Latest knife design - The Aggressor

 I've been a fan of pushknives for a very long time. I mean, what kid didn't see a picture of an Indian Katar and fantasize about owning one? I know I did! Over the few years that I've been making knives, I've come up with several different variants on the pushknife idea, most of them meant to get around the legalities of owning and carrying one, which are draconian in most areas. For that reason, I've mostly avoided the traditional T-handled designs, despite their benefits. No longer. This is the Aggressor.

At an overall length of right under 5 inches with a blade of right over 3 inches long and over 1.5 inches wide, the Aggressor provides a lot of blade for a VERY short overall package size. The wide blade makes a nice big wound channel and the grip - dimpled for grip - provides for a secure grip without excessive torquing in the hand. Materials used on this one are the same ones I almost always use. Carbon fiber laminated to 6AL4V titanium alloy, held together with two carbon fiber pins in the blade. The grip scales are made from green, translucent G11 composite with two translucent G10 pins in the handle. 

The edge is impregnated with tungsten carbide and while it's not a shaving sharp edge, it will cut fibrous materials like clothing, meat and other things, with ease. 

It is designed to be worn on the outside of your belt, horizontally, using my shock-cord attachment system. 

This is a very secure mode of carry and with the non-slip foamed rubber I attach to the back of the sheath, the attachment system marries the sheath to your belt, ensuring that it won't move around and it will always stay in the same position. I advocate, based on the paradigms about in-fight weapons access established by the group at www.totalprotectioninteractive.com and from my training sessions at RBFC, that a blade like this should be carried towards your centerline, preferably accessible by either hand. I carry this to the left of the belt buckle and I can readily access this with either hand, with very little articulation of the shoulder required. 

This is, for once, going to be my own personal piece, although I would be more than willing to make more for others. Expect to see a non-metallic variation, sometime in the future. 

In this shot you can see the shock-cord used for the belt attachment. This would also allow you to attach the sheath securely to PALS or MOLLE webbing. Or to pretty much any other kind of webbing gear. 

As you can see, the Aggressor is a very compact package. 

The Aggressor in the sheath. Note that the sheath provides plenty of clearance to establish a full fighting grip on the knife immediately. 

The Aggressor in the hand. You can of course also use this between the middle fingers, but I find that I have a more secure grip if the neck protrudes between my index and middle finger.