with all the respect, there is no knife use, on any type of knife ,where the thumb of our hand, rests on the handle, The way the handle is designed, on any combat knife, automaticaly tells you, that you should grip that tool tight, which means you use it with a "hammer grip". I make and maintan knves for living, or the last 2 to 3 decades. I've never seen anybody, to hold a knife like that in person, but in the same time, I see it a lot on RU-vid videos and it's always someone that speaks English with a US accent. So, my guess, is that you use the knives holding like that in the USA? Another grip that puzzles me, is that I also notice, people puting their thumb on the blade (not the secnondary hand's thumb, to help on detailed carving,) but on normal everyday tasks...It also becomes more and more common, as years pass. Who knows, I could be wrong, and haven't noticed that all those years, but it still looks wrong to me.
While I'd use this technique if forced to fighting with knives, I'm hardly an expert. I defer to Rex Applegate author of "Combat Use of the Double-edged Fighting Knife". He studied with Fairbairn and Sykes in the UK. Then as Director of OSS he trained operatives with this technique...which was refined as they got feedback from the field. amzn.to/3O1ZPko
i have one i dont like the knive because i have learned, that a knive is a knive and its too much money for a knive. But i liked that you tell about the book somewhere i have it, but cant find so i downloud it too now
Yeah, overpriced. For me it's just a way to commemorate the influence of Rex Applegate. I don't carry fighting knives at all. Honestly the thing kinda scares me.
The loss of consciousness is inaccurate. It can be twice as long as stated. Even if you destroy the heart your attacker can still be a threat with a firearm for about 20 seconds and 10 to 15 seconds with grappling skills.
Not if thoroughly destroyed. An MMA fighter can cause loss of consciousness in as little as 5 seconds with a rear-naked choke. Why would a destroyed heart pump blood 4 times as long?
@@SR-wz2iv It does not pump blood 4 times as long. Just the oxygen in the bloodstream can allow a person to continue to operate for about 20 seconds. It depends on the person's activity level and on the person themselves.
Marketing at it's best! The dagger has been used for hundreds of years. That knife is over priced. 3 years ago the all black one was £145 ! It is now over £300. So they made a dagger. My relatives used daggers from all over and different makes. Without being told. They knew it was common sense! Use this knife with wet hands, and it is crap. But Marketing knows better. The slots in the handle goes the wrong way. But they wrote a book so it all new to people!. Boker put the names on to make money.
IN THE UK THIS KNIFE HAS DOUBLE IN PRICE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THIS IS NOT A FIGHTING KNIFE. IT'S A RIP OFF OF THE ORIGINAL. HIS RELATIVES UXE HIS NAME TO MAKE MONEY FROM BOKER. MORE ONLINE RIP OFF. DO NOT GET SUCKED IN BY USING HISTORICAL KNIVES. THIS IS TOTAL NONSENSE. TRYING TO SOUND CLEVER!
While I live the Applegate Fairbairn knife, it has more to do with appreciating what I learned from Rex Applegate. "Disarmed and you are turned into a resource" Got your Pioneer paring knife? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d1MqucZyodc.html
What a beauty! You can tell a lot of research went into this video. Did yours come sharp out of the box? I've been holding off purchasing one for years due to steep price compared to other knives and bad reviews of it coming dull or with an off-center center grind line
Awesome presentation. Not a cheap knife. Was yours made in Germany or Argentina? I just bought a Böker Hunter Stag handle made with 498 steel on Cyber Monday. Good value knives.
The Boker Applegate Fairbairn is made in Germany. For me the knife is a tribute to Rex Applegate for his point shooting advocacy. A worthwhile trophy it is. It's potential for immediate lethality is rather unnerving. No doubt I'd rather be shot with a 9mm than stabbed with this knife.
Thanks for the video. I'll never be able to afford a $260 knife. With my health issues, I'll never have the skill to make that kind of knife worthwhile. I'm a little skeptical of some of their incapacitation times. I believe that one of the armed robbers in the 1986 Miami shootout was shot through the brachial artery with a 9mm hollowpoint round, and he continued fighting for several minutes.
I'm skeptical of the claims, too. I wonder where that data came from. If it was based upon the experience of OSS operatives in the field, maybe it was skewed by the fact that in situations where the operative didn't survive, we missed some important data points. For those who live in gun free areas, I think it's an excellent self defense option. But for most people, I think a more utilitarian knife makes more sense.
