Battle Blades: A Professional'S Guide To Combat/Fighting Knives [Hardcover]

Greg Walker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press; Vigesima Edicion edition (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873647327
• ISBN-13: 978-0873647328
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,468,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great information on blades, but a bit outdated, January 16, 1999

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knife enthusiast...I found that the book provided valuable basic information in choosing a knife, but the book is a bit outdated.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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lacks a bit to be a professionals guide, January 20, 2006

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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.