If you are confronted with an assailant with a decent knife, the best thing to do if possible, is to have on a good pair of running shoes and run like hell.  Even Paul Vunak recommended that defensive maneuver. LOL

This is a true story.  A friend of mine was walking through Kapiolani Park one night when a guy with a little 1.5" blade pen knife demanded his money.  This friend had next to no martial arts skills but was taught how to deliver a sidekick to the knee, which he never practiced.  He did know that a good kick to the knee will usually drop someone if they have their leg planted.  He gave the guy a straight kick to the knee and the guy surprisingly enough dropped to the ground holding his knee in pain.  Instead of running as he should, he asked the guy, "Now, was that a smart thing to do?"  The guy swore at him, he laughed and walked away.

Another time we were trimming the coconut trees on the beach in Waikiki (this is done between 2200-0400 when the beach is empty) when two guys got into a fist fight.  One of my guys ran over there to break up the fight when one of the guys pulled a knife on the other.  The guy with the knife then threatened my guy.  My guy held up his cane knife and told him my knife is bigger than yours so you better get out of here.  A few seconds later you could hear police sirens and the guy with the knife ran.  He would have been stupid if he tried to attack my guy with a 3" folder.  Common sense will tell you that you don't attack a coconut tree trimmer who swings that cane knife hundreds of times accurately and hard everyday with a 3" blade. LOL

I wear a folding knife daily. But then again I'm shoeing horses and living the paniolo lifestyle.  I have a smaller folding knife on my belt buckle, and a larger folding knife in a belt case with the sharpener beside it. 

I recommend women wear a knife all the time and use it for all sorts of benign things.  Cutting fruit, opening a package, etc.  Not something you strap on just when you go to a sketchy area. There will be a lack of familiarity with the tool when you most need it.  Heck, a knife on a keychain could be better than nothing.

I do agree that fixed blade knifes are the best. I have a case design for horizontal carry on a belt with a thumbreak snap release. But currently I wear my phone on my belt on the strong side.


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That Koa wood belt buckle is gorgeous.

If you are confronted with an assailant with a decent knife, the best thing to do if possible, is to have on a good pair of running shoes and run like hell.  Even Paul Vunak recommended that defensive maneuver. LOL

True, a skilled person with a knife beats a gun up close even if already drawn.  If not drawn already, might be better just to go hands on instead of drawing a concealed gun.  This is why things like jiu jitsu and krav maga are just as essential as concealed carry training.