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From: boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
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Subject: Re:  Best Knife for a LRRP?
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Date: 12 Jun 91 16:20:15 GMT
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In article <35474@mimsy.umd.edu>, ronp%hound@uunet.UU.NET (Ron Phillips) writes:
#
#Killing silently with a knife, unless you have been trained to perform 
#the task, is not as easy as one might think.
#
#Most knife attacks *do not* end in death and are far from being silent
#as the person wielding the knife does not know the techniques and 
#succeeds only in surface lacerations, penetrating non-vital areas or 
#having the knife strike bone.
#

Heck, I don't think it's easy!  One thing I forgot to mention in my post 
is that the logical extreme for the "dagger" style blade is realized in 
a kitchen utensil.  Yes, the veritable icepick, which is quite well suited 
to this particular task for a number of gory reasons.  

As pointed out later in my post, most knife "fights" are over in about 
2 seconds, with both parties being cut (and hollering).
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