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tom hyle · 1st March 2005, 01:23 PM

Agreed that these, llike European butchering knives, are effective close-quarters weapons; they are fairly clearly meant for opening animals, and very capable of doing just that. The backhand thrust with that needle point is very nasty, too, though often ignored or else sneered at by "Westerners" who haven't felt its bite and often think the smallsword thrust the only kind or the only valid kind, whatever that's suposed to mean.....

1st March 2005, 01:23 PM	#11
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Agreed that these, llike European butchering knives, are effective close-quarters weapons; they are fairly clearly meant for opening animals, and very capable of doing just that. The backhand thrust with that needle point is very nasty, too, though often ignored or else sneered at by "Westerners" who haven't felt its bite and often think the smallsword thrust the only kind or the only valid kind, whatever that's suposed to mean.....