This was the scenario played out or faced by the allies against the Germans during Winter months. First Rangers were never less than two and sometimes more but the less men the quieter the approach. First, you shut his mouth. This is when you screw the butt cap off your knife and take enough steel wire, such as piano, with titanium grips. The shawl is usually made of loose knit wool for covering the nose and mouth. This would offer no or little resistance to a garotte. When a loop of wire is pulled tight around your neck, air can't pass over your vocal cords. With one knee in his back and the loop around his neck, you bring him into a position where the knife can be effective, his body against the ground, so the power of the thrust is against a solid surface. All thoughts of a person strangling to death is similar to drowning, all you can register is trying to pull at the neck and get some air.

Now he's down and you have a second to pick a place not covered with a flak vest, if you can't find an opening, this is where your knife design comes in. The handle is heavy stainless steel wrapped with parachute cord for a grip when bloody. The blade is made of an extremely hard stainless with tempered steel laminated on the sides for resilience. The blade is straight and about 8 inches long for control. The tip should be a traditional Japanese tanto style tip for penetration of heavy, and sometimes, armored clothing. The neck should be the first target but for a stab, not a slash, not deep enough. In dire circumstances, the back of the blade should have a japanese style saw back that cuts on the pull stroke. This will cut through almost anything a man wears.

Very very nice, well i guess u learn something new every day. Thanks for the info dude, it kinda made my other post sound kinda lame.

Rich.

apaarently going for the top of the neck, where it becomes your head, is a good place to stab the knife in, as this is where the medulla (?) is, anyway its part of the brain, and well, needless to say, contact should be pretty near immediately fatal

Yeah, that's a good spot too.

Rich.

just in case your wondering about importing stuff from other countries, Aussie immigration usually checks everything, wether its in a package or not. theyll definetly find a knife. the ba*****s dont even let BB guns in the country. its prob better just to pay the extra rather than 10 years in jail or wateva other disproportionate punishment they can come up with.

Originally Posted by Locke

apaarently going for the top of the neck, where it becomes your head, is a good place to stab the knife in, as this is where the medulla (?) is, anyway its part of the brain, and well, needless to say, contact should be pretty near immediately fatal

If you have ever watched a bullfight, Tiajuana was all we could get on TV where I was stationed, after the bull is down and unable to fight, there is a guy with a small dagger who comes out and stabs the bull at the juncture of the spinal cord and skull. It seemed to be a very quick death.

the john ek one looks like it has a damn good grip, and its not to much, just enough to get the job done

Originally Posted by FULLMETALJACKET

the john ek one looks like it has a damn good grip, and its not to much, just enough to get the job done

Well, you can tell the quality of a product by how much it gains in value. A good collector piece would be over a thousand if not in the thousands of dollars.

Strewth, a couple of grand for a knife.... I suppose that's what happens when quality ages.

Rich.

Not only that but some company started trying to reproduce them but I think they're out of business because of shoddy workmanship and materials.