Originally Posted by cavit8
Not to be critical, but I wonder if a knife is the best option for self defence. Wouldn't a pepper spray "dog repellant" be a better option? A knife seems like more of a liability because a) it's pretty easy to kill someone and b) it takes a fair bit of skill to knife fight.
and c) it can easily be taken and used against you.
I'm all for a collapsable baton or pepperspray however.