@@Sillyworld82 I agree. Best you can do is pay attention to the world around you to try and avoid stupid situations. Sometimes stupid people do stupid things and you can’t always avoid it, but paying attention buys you time and time buys you options.
😂😂😂I got butterfly knives and switches and I live in Canada they aren’t as hard to get and you can now legally buy brass knuckles in Canada and they come to your door
It's fine because none of these knives are designed for self defense. They're just mall ninja shit except for the last one, that one is useful for making kindling.
I would recommend a different Spyderco, The Matriarch 2. The Black Talon is a bigger. Heavier, less tactical cousin of the much easier to conceal black on black on black Matriarch 2.
The retention ring is also good for basic karambit exercises there is one where best way to describe it is a flip forward then flip back into the hand to help set up your next slash
My favorite self defense knife I own is my cold steel spartan. Thankfully haven't ever had to use it for self defense yet, but the day I do I'll be glad to have it in my pocket
I have a talon2, a spyderco matriarch and the yojimbo. All are great but the talon2 is my go to for carrying in sketchy areas. Just watch your fingers when you close it. It’s very unforgiving when it bites you!
Word of advice to people planning on using a knife for self defense: seek training if that’s your plan. You’re not gonna punch through bone effectively, if at all, and run the obvious consequence of being very close to your attacker. Think about it this way; people can be shot 10+ times by pieces of metal going > 1k fps, in vital areas, and live to tell the tale. You can swing / stab a knife at what? Maybe a couple fps? Long story short, knife fights are unpredictable. You could stab 15 times into an abdomen and hit nothing but bone, but bad guy can take that knife from you and sever your radial or brachial knocking you out in less than a minute. The only constants are that you gotta be close and you don’t know what the other guy is packing.
The title of this video should be changed to "Here are two knifes that will Definitely look bad to a jury in a self defence case and one that is likely to".
Downside for the karambit though is if they do pry it from your grip now they got control of your hand until you get your finger free which is probably going to be after it’s broken
It’s a karambit because of the hawkbill blade in combination with the finger ring. And you need to keep the finger ring between the second and third knuckle, keeping the ring between the first and second knuckle can lead to degloving or breaking the index finger and it makes ik impossible to instantly remove the finger from the ring. You also don’t want to put the pinky finger through the finger ring when holding the karambit in the forward position (this can lead to a broken pinky finger).
You’re right about the pinky part but the middle and ring finger in the ring gives you a weaker and less secure grip, harder to move you finger out of the ring meaning higher risk of breaking if they’re able to disarm it. Also a less than optimal wrist position if you need to also throw a punch. Doug Marcaida himself shows to use index finger through the ring
@@OGFreedom1776 You only put your index finger through the ring but keep it between the second and third knuckle, don’t place the ring between the first and second knuckle or you will risk breaking or degloving your index finger.
I gave my Matriarch 2 to a coworker because that thin tip it has snapped fairly easily so I replaced it with the Black Talon 2 it has a much more robust tip so I don’t think I’ll have to worry about that 👍🍻🍻
I don’know Stassa I don’t think I’d choose and haven’t chose any of those for self defense. Personal preference I guess but the Cold Steel doesn’t offer any way of stabbing at all.
The first two are agricultural blades. The curved blades are for digging. The Spyderco isn't a "self defense" knife either. Blade is too short and made more for utility. There are knives specifically made for fighting and self defense, but these aren't it. Maybe a last resort if no other options are available, including running away.
Personally I’d rather carry a gun for self defense, but for any one who isn’t legally old enough to carry one should at least have something like this. These also would be better for self defense in gun free zones, since it would be better to have something to protect yourself than nothing at all.
It's not the blade, it's the user as even a sharpened butter can be effective! Having said that I prefer the Cold Steel Luzon, it gets the point across!
Great 1st two, description/demo...but: VERY 👎 disappointing on the Spiderco, last one! Felt like you deliberately glassed over opening, almost like slight of hand 🤔
Less motor skills for the Karambit? Do not carry a karambit unless you've trained in that style. It is not as intuitive as icepicking someone at all. Both knives are good to swing but you wanna stab... not slwing. A swing is so much easier to block... it is slower and more telegraphed. A thrust comes straight forward, from their perspective it aint blatantly obvious. One thrust to center mass and you likely have the ability to run away/call police. In that order. Ka Bar TDI is what you all would be safer with. 40 bucks. Cops carry them. They are fixed blades.... you really want a fixed blade if in a fight. Thing of it like this... a lot easier to swing an italian stilleto an slit a throat despite the knife designed for piercing opposed to using either of these knves for any kind of thrusting. You can. But you won't unless Doug Micarta DVDs ar your passion.
Damn that first blade just looks like it's meant to rip tendons to shreds,I e had a couple sharpening mishaps luckily the straight edge got me so clean straight incision easy to fold over and healed right up barely a scar,the serrated edge definitely would have been worsezso I can imagine that first knife is not meant to disable it's meant to permanently disable like tagged and bagged yikes
😂 every time I see someone declaring this pocket sickle is reversed grip aka all points for shittyness as a self defence or combat knife I pee myself a little by laughing.
It’s honestly not that hard! Just sharpen it the same way you would any knife, I will say if you have a very wide sharpening surface it will be tricky to get the angles you need but even like a worksharp can do the trick, I do eventually want to make a video on this bc I know a lot of ppl have a rly tough time and rightfully so it’s very much not the normal blade shape.
My only issue with the Civilian was that tip was way too thin and doing some testing with the one I had I broke it so I gave it to my brother but I will say they have the sharpest serrations I’ve ever had and probably my favorite because they dont use over aggressive high serrations 👍🍻🍻
@@Stassa23 yeah, i guess the thing with the civilian is that its ultra thin for deep concealment as it was designed as a last ditch tool for undercover law enforcement. I dont think the intention was to make it something that is used over and over again. That said, broken tip or no, its still going to slice deep.
Deff not useless with a little training it is great its more of slice and dice style but when you put the slice n the right area along with the dice ...you will stop an attacker
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Tired of feeling like I’m gonna get prison time for using a weapon to defend myself.
Yeah it is really shitty how they treat that kind of thing
Same 💯
I mean at the end of the day you gotta do what you gotta do regardless of how the “system” works.
@@John5.56 true, it just sucks that self defense also means lawyers and court disrupting your life.
@@Sillyworld82 I agree. Best you can do is pay attention to the world around you to try and avoid stupid situations. Sometimes stupid people do stupid things and you can’t always avoid it, but paying attention buys you time and time buys you options.
Yojimbo is a great knife, i carry it more than most of my knives. Great blade shape!
Is it heavy?? I was almost gonna but one but that was the concern.
@m3mphis.marquez835 it's 4 ounces. It's lighter than the yojumbo which is the larger version.
You got it! Black Tallon 2 is easy #1
Im an electrician amd that yojimbo work awesome stripping large cables and as a general utility knife
Woah, woah, designed for self-defense, that's a felony in Canada.
😂😂😂I got butterfly knives and switches and I live in Canada they aren’t as hard to get and you can now legally buy brass knuckles in Canada and they come to your door
Well it's also a felony to "misgender" people, Canada really isn't the place to be fam
@@GorggWhow true. Just ask Jordan Peterson.
@@victorowens9150 let's go Brandon
It's fine because none of these knives are designed for self defense. They're just mall ninja shit except for the last one, that one is useful for making kindling.
I would recommend a different Spyderco, The Matriarch 2. The Black Talon is a bigger. Heavier, less tactical cousin of the much easier to conceal black on black on black Matriarch 2.
Ha ha “for pokey pokey stuff” awesome
Good recommendations. I personally carry the cold steel voyager vaquero xl with serrations
That's better than any of these
@@yeegan69 monster of a blade
I carry the Black Talon ll as an EDC. Used to carry the XL voyager vaquero but the BT2 is thinner in the pocket.
Love the special feature on a SD knife that makes it get hooked to the inside of your pocket. Genius.
Are you being sarcastic? If you are, it's so you can draw and open the knife with one motion
In my opinion the yojimbo is the best choice. Because it's easy to maintain edge and the fact that it's a usable edc knife
Yojimbo is the best choice here. In general knives with a thrusting blade are better for self defense
My favorite is the yo jimbo
I will say cold steels pretty impressive for the quality you get at those prices.
Spyderco Matriach 2 would be my vote
I like the yojumbo,
The Yojumbo or Yojimbo are my favorite of the three 🕒
The retention ring is also good for basic karambit exercises there is one where best way to describe it is a flip forward then flip back into the hand to help set up your next slash
Seax origin for the win.
No pokey pokey for either other option.
My favorite self defense knife I own is my cold steel spartan. Thankfully haven't ever had to use it for self defense yet, but the day I do I'll be glad to have it in my pocket
My self defense blade rotation is curretly a yojimbo 2 in cruwear, socom elite auto, or cqc7. But they usually just cut open packages haha.
I like the last one best, easier to resharpen....
I have a talon2, a spyderco matriarch and the yojimbo. All are great but the talon2 is my go to for carrying in sketchy areas. Just watch your fingers when you close it. It’s very unforgiving when it bites you!
Love my yojimbo
I want a wood handle talon like from “my soul to take” it was the best part of the movie
Word of advice to people planning on using a knife for self defense: seek training if that’s your plan. You’re not gonna punch through bone effectively, if at all, and run the obvious consequence of being very close to your attacker. Think about it this way; people can be shot 10+ times by pieces of metal going > 1k fps, in vital areas, and live to tell the tale. You can swing / stab a knife at what? Maybe a couple fps? Long story short, knife fights are unpredictable. You could stab 15 times into an abdomen and hit nothing but bone, but bad guy can take that knife from you and sever your radial or brachial knocking you out in less than a minute. The only constants are that you gotta be close and you don’t know what the other guy is packing.
Just use the pepper spray guys. Self defence with a knife is a loose loose
You got some good burns there.
I really like Spyderco but I just don't like the thumb hole. I prefer a large thumb stud.
The title of this video should be changed to "Here are two knifes that will Definitely look bad to a jury in a self defence case and one that is likely to".
Downside for the karambit though is if they do pry it from your grip now they got control of your hand until you get your finger free which is probably going to be after it’s broken
I gotta add yhese to my collection...
The Black Talon 2 design reminds me of the Spyderco Civilian lol
The last one is scary
Looks solid and thick
It’s a karambit because of the hawkbill blade in combination with the finger ring.
And you need to keep the finger ring between the second and third knuckle, keeping the ring between the first and second knuckle can lead to degloving or breaking the index finger and it makes ik impossible to instantly remove the finger from the ring.
You also don’t want to put the pinky finger through the finger ring when holding the karambit in the forward position (this can lead to a broken pinky finger).
You’re right about the pinky part but the middle and ring finger in the ring gives you a weaker and less secure grip, harder to move you finger out of the ring meaning higher risk of breaking if they’re able to disarm it. Also a less than optimal wrist position if you need to also throw a punch. Doug Marcaida himself shows to use index finger through the ring
@@OGFreedom1776
You only put your index finger through the ring but keep it between the second and third knuckle, don’t place the ring between the first and second knuckle or you will risk breaking or degloving your index finger.
I have a spyderco yojimbo 2, a boker karambit, and I have a sypderco matriarch(looks like the coldsteel) in the mail.
Bestech strelit would’ve been a good addition to this list.
No better than your basic drop point that looks less threatening but works just as well for self defense. Probably better than the karambit.
Absolute blade
I miss my black talon 2, mght pick up another to keep in the back pocket. also Snaggletooth tactical sells a karambit backspacer ring for it iirc
I carry edc knives with drop point blades 3.25 inches or longer that i can deploy quickly.
Great looking knives!!
The Spyderco more utility and less threatening. Easier to justify as my EDC knive for all my cutting requirements. The others are harder to justify.
The third one is the only usable one.
Fox 479 karambit is the best
This list is silly without the Spyderco Matriarch 2 with the Emerson groove which is the best self defense knife ever!
I gave my Matriarch 2 to a coworker because that thin tip it has snapped fairly easily so I replaced it with the Black Talon 2 it has a much more robust tip so I don’t think I’ll have to worry about that 👍🍻🍻
its karambit in indonesia
I don’know Stassa I don’t think I’d choose and haven’t chose any of those for self defense. Personal preference I guess but the Cold Steel doesn’t offer any way of stabbing at all.
Karambits are supposed to be used like a claw being dragged across the opponent that definitely requires dexterity
I am not sure. But i already see the first one on Kneeves Knives channel. But i thank it was a Spiderco ... ^^
The Spyderco looks at least normal and not as threatening like a mole ninja
The serration on the black talon looks like its straight of a 30 dollar set of walmart oster kitchen knives
Do a review of the ujimbo micro
The first two are agricultural blades. The curved blades are for digging. The Spyderco isn't a "self defense" knife either. Blade is too short and made more for utility. There are knives specifically made for fighting and self defense, but these aren't it. Maybe a last resort if no other options are available, including running away.
I got a spyderco two
Personally I’d rather carry a gun for self defense, but for any one who isn’t legally old enough to carry one should at least have something like this. These also would be better for self defense in gun free zones, since it would be better to have something to protect yourself than nothing at all.
I'm rocking the old straight razor, it's legal to carry shaving gear anywhere in the world..
Just learn how to use it efficiently 😎🔪
It's not the blade, it's the user as even a sharpened butter can be effective! Having said that I prefer the Cold Steel Luzon, it gets the point across!
Glad I don't need to carry something like the Black Talon where I live. Using it against an attacker would be lifelong nightmare fuel.
Spyderco civilian > cold steel talon
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No argument that the Spyderco Civilan is a better knife, but it also costs 3x what the Cold Steel knife does. 😮
Use a stabbing weapon not a cutter but if you're stabbing knife can cut then even better
better than Yojimbo is matriarch from spiderco
Call me crazy but I don't really trust any liner lock knife that specifically want you to put pressure on the back of the blade.
Great 1st two, description/demo...but:
VERY 👎 disappointing on the Spiderco, last one!
Felt like you deliberately glassed over opening, almost like slight of hand 🤔
I've watched this so many times just to hear him say "poky poky stuff." 🤣
HOW LAZY CAN U BE?!!? (To not list names etc in description!)
“What knife should I get for self defense?” Answer: a gun
Ah yes the pokey pokey stuff
Less motor skills for the Karambit? Do not carry a karambit unless you've trained in that style. It is not as intuitive as icepicking someone at all. Both knives are good to swing but you wanna stab... not slwing.
A swing is so much easier to block... it is slower and more telegraphed.
A thrust comes straight forward, from their perspective it aint blatantly obvious. One thrust to center mass and you likely have the ability to run away/call police. In that order.
Ka Bar TDI is what you all would be safer with. 40 bucks. Cops carry them. They are fixed blades.... you really want a fixed blade if in a fight.
Thing of it like this... a lot easier to swing an italian stilleto an slit a throat despite the knife designed for piercing opposed to using either of these knves for any kind of thrusting. You can. But you won't unless Doug Micarta DVDs ar your passion.
Who says the yoJimbo is for self-defense? That's a utility blade if I've ever seen one.
Yojimbo
Microjimbo
Hissatsu
To name three more ( there’s a lot more )
For bulky bulky stuff haha🤣🤣🤣🤣man this channel one of the best and most informative about knives keep it up man👌🏽
Damn that first blade just looks like it's meant to rip tendons to shreds,I e had a couple sharpening mishaps luckily the straight edge got me so clean straight incision easy to fold over and healed right up barely a scar,the serrated edge definitely would have been worsezso I can imagine that first knife is not meant to disable it's meant to permanently disable like tagged and bagged yikes
spyderco canis bodies the yojimbo for self defense
Thanks for sharing bud!👊🏻
Benchmade has made me not trust knives that don't have an AXIS lock.
PLEASE, make emphasis on the working property of them. Thank you.
P.S. Did you ever seen a REAL blade wound ?
I disagree with the last knife if you want a stabbing knife you want more of a spear tip the last one is more of a utility knife shape
Gerber Remix
In case you have to fight "or something" heh, heh
I'm sorry but, I disagree with the karambit, karambit's aren't really good for self defense, you can break your finger in a bad situation.
Freekin,..poky,poky stuff😂
😂 every time I see someone declaring this pocket sickle is reversed grip aka all points for shittyness as a self defence or combat knife I pee myself a little by laughing.
could not find any of them on line
How the hell do you sharpen that first one? Lol
I’m not sharpening it lol I will definitely send it in to get sharpened by someone capable of doing it and that isn’t me
It’s honestly not that hard! Just sharpen it the same way you would any knife, I will say if you have a very wide sharpening surface it will be tricky to get the angles you need but even like a worksharp can do the trick, I do eventually want to make a video on this bc I know a lot of ppl have a rly tough time and rightfully so it’s very much not the normal blade shape.
There are sharpeners designed specifically to sharpen serrated blades. The Syderco Tri-Angle Sharpmaker is one example.
That first one is nice, but probably illegal in every blue state. Fml 🤦♂️
"Cold Steel" all day, especially for self-defense!!! 👍
Every time I hear or read "knife designed to Protect yourself" I cringe..
I carry a stick
Just taking a guess based on the physical appearance of your hands, I’m going to assume you’re between the ages of 70 and 60
That first one is seraded. How is that a self defense knife?
Civilian???
My only issue with the Civilian was that tip was way too thin and doing some testing with the one I had I broke it so I gave it to my brother but I will say they have the sharpest serrations I’ve ever had and probably my favorite because they dont use over aggressive high serrations 👍🍻🍻
@@Stassa23 yeah, i guess the thing with the civilian is that its ultra thin for deep concealment as it was designed as a last ditch tool for undercover law enforcement. I dont think the intention was to make it something that is used over and over again. That said, broken tip or no, its still going to slice deep.
wait a min, the 2nd one - did you just SKIP a thumb tab that ALSO opens it up?!?!!
another 👎 !!! this whole short is so lazy!
Man I miss my Spyderco civilian got to love a divorce
No Daggers?
I would just rock a stiletto if it was for that
That spiderco would make a good self defense knife but I don't think that's its purpose
The designer of the yojimbo designed specifically for self defense and is an expert in knife tactics.
Everyone hates reverse grip it’s useless
Deff not useless with a little training it is great its more of slice and dice style but when you put the slice n the right area along with the dice ...you will stop an attacker
No Gerber Applegate Fairbairne. A knife designed by a legendary real world knife fighter designed for self defense.
No because gerber is shit
Cause Gerber is trash
If he included every folding knife designed for self defence the video would be several hours long.