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The lore of theknife-told by an expert and master of edged weapons.
Deadlier than the club, more uniquitous than the sword, the knife is the universal edged weapon of all humankind. Knives can be objects of beauty, objects of utility, and many of us carry one on a daily basis. In this compulsively
'There are historians of the edged weapons, from sword to dagger. There are master practitoners of fighting with the blade. There are experts in the craft and the metallurgy of these tools. And there are those who have actually used them to fight. To get that exertise together would normally take a large, round table of separate masters.
'Or, you could just meet Hank Reinhardt.' So says Massad Ayoob, founder of the Lethal Force Institute and the Massd Ayoob Group. In Hank Reinhard'ts Book of Knives you can do just that.
'If you are interested in knowing what really happens in kinife fights from a person who participated in more than his share in his youth, knew the subject inside out-as well as many others-and is an author who separates fiction from fact and gives you the latter in copious doses, then Hank Reinhardt's Book of Knives is for you.'-Steve Shackleford, Editor, Blade magazine
Contents
Preface by Mike Stamm
Editor's note
Part One by Hank Reinhardt
1 The warm face of history
2 The cold eye of reality
3 The street knife
4 Knife concelament
5 Wounds
6 Using the knife
Interlude by Hank's students
Massad Ayoob
Richard Garrison
Henderson Hatfield Heatherly III
Michael D. Janich
Niles Onsager
Hohn Maddox Roberts
Whit Williams
Part Two by Greg Phillips
7 Choosing a knife
8 Acquiring basic skills
9 Fighting with the big knives
10 You, the knifefighter
Epilogue: The true secrets of knife fighting
Deadlier than the club, more uniquitous than the sword, the knife is the universal edged weapon of all humankind. Knives can be objects of beauty, objects of utility, and many of us carry one on a daily basis. In this compulsively
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readable volume you will find a clear-cut, illustrated guide to fighting with a knife if you have to-and the reasons why you really want not to have to.'There are historians of the edged weapons, from sword to dagger. There are master practitoners of fighting with the blade. There are experts in the craft and the metallurgy of these tools. And there are those who have actually used them to fight. To get that exertise together would normally take a large, round table of separate masters.
'Or, you could just meet Hank Reinhardt.' So says Massad Ayoob, founder of the Lethal Force Institute and the Massd Ayoob Group. In Hank Reinhard'ts Book of Knives you can do just that.
'If you are interested in knowing what really happens in kinife fights from a person who participated in more than his share in his youth, knew the subject inside out-as well as many others-and is an author who separates fiction from fact and gives you the latter in copious doses, then Hank Reinhardt's Book of Knives is for you.'-Steve Shackleford, Editor, Blade magazine
Contents
Preface by Mike Stamm
Editor's note
Part One by Hank Reinhardt
1 The warm face of history
2 The cold eye of reality
3 The street knife
4 Knife concelament
5 Wounds
6 Using the knife
Interlude by Hank's students
Massad Ayoob
Richard Garrison
Henderson Hatfield Heatherly III
Michael D. Janich
Niles Onsager
Hohn Maddox Roberts
Whit Williams
Part Two by Greg Phillips
7 Choosing a knife
8 Acquiring basic skills
9 Fighting with the big knives
10 You, the knifefighter
Epilogue: The true secrets of knife fighting
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ISBN
9781451637557
Publication
Baen Publishing Enterprises