Persnickety splits…
November 4th, 2009 | 
Author: I like boot knives. I think they’re cool. They are small, fast, fairly sturdy (usually) and best of all, easier to carry than most others. All great reasons to love boot knives. Especially if you actually wear boots. Though it is by no means a showstopper if you don’t. Lots of different leg, arm, chest, small of back, and belt carry solutions for these cool little knives.
But here’s something I don’t like; gimmicks. Like unnecessarily compromising a perfectly good blade for the sake of making it look “cool”. Dunno what I’m talking about? Here, let me show you:
Double Edged Combat Boot Knife
Yes, this, ladies and germs is a so called “double edged” combat boot knife. I dunno. Lots of boot knives are double edged. This is more like double pointed. Double the pain? I doubt it. More like double the amount of effort to use this as a thrusting weapon. Ok, so that is a gross exaggeration, but when it comes to dagger points, two are generally *not* better than one.
And then there’s the issue of mechanical strength. Two smaller points, imho, are just two weaker points that will break faster than one larger, thicker point. But that could just be my tenuous understanding of physics/metallurgy at work. Who knows. All I’m sayin’ is, one mans cool is another mans DOH!
Me personally, I thought the design would have looked great without that split point. The all metal grip looks good, and the blade, had it been a single blade, would have had some awesome lines to it. The fork just kinda messes it all up for me.
But then again I don’t design knives for aesthetics over function…
Double Edged Combat Boot knife – [True Swords]
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Category: Knives | 
Tags: Black, Boot, Combat, Double, Edged, Grip, Knife, Knives, Point, Split, steel | 
4 Comments »
Agreed A double pointed knife is a fail in combat but has good promise as a show weapon should they become valuable.
and also agreed that the knife (had it not had the fork.) would have been a really cool design, but.. as is … it’s still a cool design but not a practical one.
No arguments here either.
I prefer simple, clean lines in both blade and grip..no fancy geegaws or gimmicky grips. Function over form creates the best in beauty.
IMHO, the Gerber MKII and III were among the best in this category, before someone thought to serrate the edges.
I can kinda see a couple good points here (haha, couple good points. I kill me!). Seriously, though, I can see one use, although I doubt you’d need it for said use.. You *could* stab in and twist the blade to inflict more pain, due to the fork-style blade.
Of course, that’d be sadistic and cruel. And I’d know nothing about that. >.>
If they’d only used one blade and gone for a jitte-style fork with the second, though, that could be better from a structural point of view, and I think it’d look pretty cool.
In all black, of course. =p
The only benefit that I could see, is if it had an electric charge. I’ve read posts on exotic automatic where someone wanted a taser/knife combo. This design is obviously not feasable for that idea, but a two prong knife (with the right *zap*) might actually do some serious damage.
Just saying
But “as is” I agree that it is a very weak design and wouldn’t last in a fight.