The idea i that you can generate a lot more energy pulling an edge toward you than you can pushing away from you, thus you can do more damage by stabbing and pulling than by stabbing and pushing.
FactorFear74
? Is it bent? Lol.
thatguynamedbrent
It’s a specific type of knife made for a Filipino style of knife fighting called Pikal, I think. Spyderco had an old folding model inspired by the same style. Very specifically designed, and likely impractical for most daily knife uses.
Chasing_Perfect_EDC
To give you something to hold the blade with? If you’re asking why the edge is backwards, it’s for pull cutting. In addition to being able to generate more energy pulling a blade, pull cuts help turn contact into damage as the instinctive response to being jabbed is to pull away, so a grappling opponent has a good chance to hurt themselves by reflex. Speaking of grappling, that a dagger grip and that blade shape is conducive to digging into a hand that may be trying to secure the knife hand. Throw in a hip twist and it’ll do some wicked stuff.
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It’s called the “staby cut cut”.
Form 1, “Gas station tacticool”
The idea i that you can generate a lot more energy pulling an edge toward you than you can pushing away from you, thus you can do more damage by stabbing and pulling than by stabbing and pushing.
? Is it bent? Lol.
It’s a specific type of knife made for a Filipino style of knife fighting called Pikal, I think. Spyderco had an old folding model inspired by the same style. Very specifically designed, and likely impractical for most daily knife uses.
To give you something to hold the blade with? If you’re asking why the edge is backwards, it’s for pull cutting. In addition to being able to generate more energy pulling a blade, pull cuts help turn contact into damage as the instinctive response to being jabbed is to pull away, so a grappling opponent has a good chance to hurt themselves by reflex. Speaking of grappling, that a dagger grip and that blade shape is conducive to digging into a hand that may be trying to secure the knife hand. Throw in a hip twist and it’ll do some wicked stuff.