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#216407 - 02/04/11 04:58 AM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: jzmtl]
Leigh_Ratcliffe Offline
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Registered: 03/31/06
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Loc: United Kingdom.
Originally Posted By: jzmtl
No longer a concern apparently, he got reenlisted and a promotion.



And, one hopes, a wife....
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#216419 - 02/04/11 12:33 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: aloha]
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Registered: 01/13/09
Posts: 574
Loc: UK
Cold Steel do machete kukris now if you want a tough knife cheap.
13" £20
17" £25

qjs

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#216420 - 02/04/11 12:53 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: quick_joey_small]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
If you are in the khukuri market, I bought my Chiruwa Ang Khola khukuri from Himalayan Imports. They take some getting used to . . .

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#216421 - 02/04/11 12:54 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: ireckon]
Tyber Offline
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Registered: 04/27/09
Posts: 304
Loc: ST. Paul MN
Originally Posted By: ireckon
Raise your hand if you want that knife now. Be honest.


***raises hand,, OK raises both hands****

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#216428 - 02/04/11 03:18 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: ireckon]
M_a_x Offline
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I might have raised it. I got me a kukri some years ago. I still like it. Considering what I can do with it, I do not doubt that a well trained soldier can do real damage to adversaries. This guy had really guts to start the fight though.
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#216468 - 02/05/11 01:29 AM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: aloha]
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Registered: 03/18/10
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Loc: Montreal Canada
You know I'm thinking this guy is really lucky it was on a train, the narrow corridor means the robbers have to face him one at a time. If not he's probably minced meat.

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#216469 - 02/05/11 01:47 AM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: aloha]
ireckon Offline
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Registered: 04/01/10
Posts: 1629
Loc: Northern California
I wonder if they're allowed to carry firearms there. I couldn't fathom telling a woman like this she's not allowed to carry. This story is over-the-top horrendous.
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#216517 - 02/06/11 12:30 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: aloha]
Phaedrus Offline
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Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3164
Loc: Big Sky Country
This guy has balls of steel, no doubt. I can't imagine anyone behaving more heroically than he did. Kudos on a great job, and I'm grateful that he lived to tell the tale!
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#216526 - 02/06/11 02:21 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: aloha]
garland Offline
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Registered: 12/22/06
Posts: 170
Loc: harrisburg, pa
As an instructor in Filipino stick and knife fighting (stick translates to machete), I can really respect the situation he was in. He handled himself flawlessly. He made no threat against someone robbing, which is not necessarily a threat to one's life or personal security. No sense throwing away your life over a wallet in most cases.

Then he stepped up when he had enough and saw the incoming rape.

Looking at it tactically, he had a good advantage in this situation of his position. Most train cars force you to fight very small numbers of opponents one at a time given the narrowness of the passageways. The distance of the rail car would be smaller, allowing easier distance closing. All speculative of course. I'm still amazed he pulled it off, but then again he is a Ghurka/Ghorka smile

Lastly "That's not a knife, THIS *pulls out kukri* is a knife mate", lol, I can just imagine :P
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#216564 - 02/06/11 11:56 PM Re: Brining a knife to a gun fight [Re: aloha]
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Registered: 11/10/03
Posts: 710
Loc: Augusta, GA
My internet connection is really slow (somewhere between ISDN and low-end cable. Apparently everyone needs their "real time" updates of the super bowl), does this thing actually show the awesomeness, or is it just a television report?

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