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Cold Steel Paperback – March 18, 2013

by John Styers (Author), Louis Lowery (Photographer)

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Cold Steel (originally published by Leatherneck magazine),was the Marine bible of unarmed combat. Emphasizing the practice aspect of bayonet, knife and stick fighting, this rare volume also provides short courses in unarmed combat and knife throwing. For academic study only.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: www.bnpublishing.com (March 18, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1607965739
ISBN-13: 978-1607965732
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 37 customer reviews
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good read

ByMTF414on April 9, 2015

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This book is a great beginners book on knife fighting and hand to hand combat using techniques from fencing a combat sport that still has usefulness today as it did in its time Im no expert but the knife throwing is probably not a great way to fight an armed attacker but it's fun and the techniques in the book work if you follow them all in all a fun read and solid techniques.

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Fun reading

Bytimprateron April 1, 2017

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Old school knife work. It's basically an Army training manual.

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A WWII Classic with much to recommend it for today

ByFrederick P. Bartletton October 15, 2009

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This is an excellent reprint of what I believe to be WWII or slightly later information and B&W photos. The bayonet and knife throwing sections may be irrelevant to most as other reviewers have noted. In WWII there may have been enough bayonets lying around to throw, but the modern knife carrier would not throw his weapon away. Throwing knives such as those made by Randall are indeed different, although the author says any knife will do.

The book is extremely well illustrated and the non-weapon hand to hand fighting scenes are particularly well done. Also, the use of a short baton is well explained.

I found this book useful and well worth the moderate cost.

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Five Stars

ByArk1on March 8, 2017

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Even better than expected !

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Buy it, read it.

ByJohn D.on January 25, 2015

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Classic reference. Knife chapter is gold- a streamlined, quickly learned system that if practiced instead of criticised, shows its value. The K Bar was not the first choice for it, but it is what the troops were likely to have. Good solid basics aplicable today.

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A good historic look at early combat methods

ByMatthew J Wardon May 25, 2016

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A good historic look at early combat methods; some of which can still be applied today. The photos in the hardcover version are a bit underexposed compared to the paperback version though, so they weren't as clear.

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great book full of stories

Bybobj401on February 17, 2014

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this book was written by somebody with a great imagination! Loaded with great tips and lots of thought, maybe just a little bit of embellishment in the stories because if anybody has had as many knife fights as this guy he should be rated as a Serial Killer. Maybe more like a Cereal Killer in real life but hey he took the time to write the book and paid to have it published so kudos to him. I especially liked the tip about holding the blade at an angle to fillet the arm from wrist to elbow, such a beautiful touch that I had to share it with the rest of my Navy Seal Team.

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ByAmazon Customeron July 19, 2017

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Amazing

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Watch out I have a stick

While I don't think you can learn martial arts from a book, there is a lot you can learn from this book.Read more

Published 8 months ago by alman5555

Five Stars

good book as advertized

Published 8 months ago by H B.

Great referance book

Excellent book, well formed and shipped fast.

Published 1 year ago by Colin Lee Blake

Four Stars

good read

Published 1 year ago by Richard Bartz

Still a classic

While some of the material is dated by current standards it remains a classic containing much that is helpful to the knifist of beginning to intermediate skill.Read more

Published on January 2, 2014 by Jim Shaver

Simple and to the point.

Good instruction and simple to grasp. I recommend having some back ground in this subject before consulting this book. Andrew

Published on December 12, 2013 by kime

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