I would also think that a steel guard would chew up your baton pretty bad. Again, the right tool for the job. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Wouldn't have been the first time, Bruce. I swear, sometimes I feel like a post killer!

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if someone swings a knife at you hard enough to slice cleanly through the thick res-c guard on the regulator, just run away. I think metal would protect the handle while batoning through larger pieces of wood, but if it changes the balance and feel of the knife it is not worth it.

Unless you are fighting someone who has a sword and you have a regulator, in which case, run away

I agree, but like I said, the Res-C on my SOD looks ship shape and I've batoned a lot of wood with it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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My friend who is very much into martial arts told me the best thing you can do if a knife comes out in a fight is to run. It doesn't matter if you have training. He said if you can run, then run. Knife fights always end with lots of blood. This guy's martial arts training doesn't just apply to studio training either. He's in some branch of the special forces and is off somewhere in Germany right now, so he knows a fair share about hand to hand combat and weapon usage. I respect him a lot and take his advice readily. Besides that, I don't see myself ever carrying my Regulator anywhere I'd get into a fight.

Wait a second! You mean everyone here doesn't buy knives because there's an absolute needed use for them?! I'm shocked! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Dan knows his craft. He knows whats best for the dogs. I've never seen a bad SY Knife.

I'd still like to hear what his own image of the Regulator is though. Like what came into his head when he was designing it. Fighter? Camp Knife? Toe nail clipper?