Edged Weapon Training Equipment --Shocknife

[stunned_gunner]

Is anyone training with these?

Shocknife - Home

They look like excellent training tools and I was curious if we've got anyone with practical experience with them to comment.

Thanks.

[El Gato]

Originally Posted by stunned_gunner

Is anyone training with these?

Shocknife - Home

They look like excellent training tools and I was curious if we've got anyone with practical experience with them to comment.

Thanks.

Our deptartment (Kern County Probation) has them on order to use with SIMS...
I have used one and I really think it will....umm.... impress some people... the shock is nothing much but students cant deny you laid an edge to 'em!

[OCExec22]

Man that thing is pretty slick. Talk about learning the hard way.,

[THE Gimper]

Sounds like the edged weapon equivalent of Simunitions.

[El Gato]

Originally Posted by The Gimper

Sounds like the edged weapon equivalent of Simunitions.

That's what we got if for... simmunitions and defensive tactics...

[Brian1911]

I was at the SHOT show in Vegas last week and got the chance to play with there knives. I like the concept but the need to make it a little bit tougher for disarming use. If I am going to pay 400+ dollars for it, it should be able to take some abuse.

Brian

[stunned_gunner]

I just received a back channel reply with additional information . . .

I

had a chance to play with and spar with a Shocknife last year at a self defense training course. It was a nifty device and the amount of shock delivered was uncomfortable/noticeable but hardly disabling (at least at the 1/2 way setting it was on). You definitely noticed it when it made contact with flesh, slightly less so through thin clothing. Some reacted more strongly than others.

I think it would be a great training tool due to the feedback it provides except for these drawbacks:

1) It's REALLY expensive for most folks who aren't getting them paid for by someone else (ie. work, agency, etc.)
2) Battery Life isn't great and you have to manually depress the momentary on/off button to provide a shock. So either you have the button pushed down the whole time/taped down and thus quickly run the battery down. Or you're consciously making an effort to activate it before you make a strike (no so realistic and a bit distracting during full speed FOF training)
3) The hard plastic that it's made of (it's actually quite sturdy) is pretty tough on your sparring partners over time. Rubber trainers allow for harder/full speed strikes w/o as many training injuries.
4) It comes in one size, so if you're training against let's say someone with a longer bowie knife or a shorter folding knife sized weapon, it's less flexible/realistic.

In short, pricy item that gives interesting feedback when you're messing up. However, you'll also be able to get similarly good training/practice with some rubber simulators/training weapons and partners who are honest about calling hits.

Just my take on this. Sorry I didn't see your initial post until recently. Feel free to quote this back/re-post onto the thread you'd started. I just wanted to stay anonymous.

[sealbeach]

It looks as realistic as using one of these for training medical doctors: