Sharpdogs

Another vote for the Spyderco Byrd line. Try and get the flat grind models. Also take a look at Sanrenmu. They are not easy to find but you find some on Ebay and there are few U.S. distributors. It's Chinese brand but the quality is very good.

Take a look at the Mora knives. Hard to beat for the money.

I would be interested. PM sent.

This topic is being discussed on another forum thanks to the mythbusters episode. Here's a dated but educational video on the subject. There is a point in the video where the LEO (defender) tries to fall on his but to defend himself. It does not go as planned for him. "there are a lot of people (not only new LEOs) that have never been in a fight of any kind." Crazy how true that is. It is also suprisingly hard it is to find martial arts school that offer realistic self defense training. This is just for laughs.

I cannot comment on that school but I did take a great shotgun home defense course with www.gappnj.com. I highly recommend the course.

If you cannot find the Emerson model, take a look at the Boker Perrin La Griffe. They rund about $70-$75. If you have trouble finding one of those PM me. I am knife retailer and at least one of my distributors has the Boker model in stock.

I took a shotgun home defense class last weekend with GappNJ. I have only taken a handful of firearms classes but GappNJ's was the best so for. The price was reasonable, the training was hands on and I walked away with tons of knowledge. As soon as time and money permit I will sign up for more.

I am basically a lurker on this site, but I am very interested. Depends on the date but my schedule is pretty flexible. Please keep me posted.