- Hardcover: 168 pages
- Publisher: Paladin Press (September 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0873647327
- ISBN-13: 978-0873647328
- Product Dimensions: 28.1 x 22.6 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 767 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #666,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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SF veteran Greg Walker takes the guesswork out of combat blades in this thorough evaluation of daggers, switchblades, utilities, bowies and hideouts. He examines legendary blades from Randall, Gerber and Al Mar, as well as the latest from up-and-coming makers. Includes selection, carry, use, care, legalities and more.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Great information on blades, but a bit outdated,
By A Customer
This review is from: Battle Blades: A Professional's Guide to Combat/Fighting Knives (Hardcover)
As a beginning knife enthusiast...I found that the book provided valuable basic information in choosing a knife, but the book is a bit outdated. Due to new knife manufacturing technology, there are more knives to choose from, improvements in quality, better handles and blade materials, and upcoming bladesmiths entering the field. Overall, a good book, but maybe Mr. Walker can come out with a millenium edition on Battle Blades.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great information on blades, but a bit outdated,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Battle Blades: A Professional's Guide to Combat/Fighting Knives (Hardcover)
As a beginning knife enthusiast...I found that the book provided valuable basic information in choosing a knife, but the book is a bit outdated. Due to new knife manufacturing technology, there are more knives to choose from, improvements in quality, better handles and blade materials, and upcoming bladesmiths entering the field. Overall, a good book, but maybe Mr. Walker can come out with a millenium edition on Battle Blades.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lacks a bit to be a professionals guide,
By Coor - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Battle Blades: A Professional's Guide to Combat/Fighting Knives (Hardcover)
By the subtitle of this book you are lured to think that this is work was aimed to be used by professionals, whose job puts them in dangerous situations,
and it can do that, but at the conclusion of it the author admits that this book is intended for civilians, and there is nothing wrong with that, except that I would have preferred to have the entire book written for professionals and to include a chapter to address civilian's matters. This book really covers the basics and provides you with valuable information, but I do feel that sometimes some concepts that needed more detail were left unexplained. It seems like the author tried to bank on a trend in the market, this produced a regional and highly dated book instead of one that could be used trough time and worldwide; several sources are listed, but half of them must be obsolete by now and more in the future, but as another writer puts it, trying to provide contacts is a never ending chore; one of the things I really dislike is that it might mention a knife because of its qualities but not include a picture of it, this is very disappointing. I do like when the author reviews knives, even though that I might never be able to get one them for any reasons, but by doing so he gives guidelines for features to look for in the ones I have available. For the author the best fighting and combat knife might be a 9 to 10 inches bladed knife, with a clipped double edged point that in USA is known as a "Bowie", for purely combat/utility chores he recommends a 6 to 7 inches knife, single edged. |
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