Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!att!cbnews!military From: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Sawbacks on knives Message-ID: <10268@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 16 Oct 89 01:37:59 GMT References: <10227@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Doug Krause In article <10227@cbnews.ATT.COM> munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!bxr307@uunet.uu.net writes: #I was always taught that the sawback on a knife was not designed for cutting. #Rather it is designed for use in stabbing an opponent. The Sawback is meant to #ensure that air is let into a wound and that the wound is ragged enough to #prevent "suction" from the difference in air pressure between the insides of a #body and the outside which make it difficult to quickly withdraw the knife #from a wound. Would the air pressure difference on something as thin as a knife really affect "performance" that much? Douglas Krause One yuppie can ruin your whole day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- University of California, Irvine Internet: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu Welcome to Irvine, Yuppieland USA BITNET: DJKrause@ucivmsa