Loading... Please wait...Now you can practice with Cold Steel's most popular knife designs, in relative safety, with their new range of rubber training knives. We have rubber training versions of the Peace Keeper I, the R1 Military Classic, Recon Tanto, Black Bear Classic and the Leatherneck-SF. Each has been carefully fashioned to look as realistic as possible so they can be effectively used in solo practice, training drills, disarm drills, and demonstrations and any other activity where you want a reasonably close approximation of realism but not the extreme danger and risk associated with an actual knife. The Santoprene rubber blades are soft enough to prevent the likelihood of most bodily injury. They do however, have a level of firmness that might cause injury to the face or the eyes, so it is recommended that appropriate eye protection or a fencing mask is utilised at all times when using a Cold Steel rubber training knife.
| MODEL: |
PEACE |
RECON |
MILITARY |
BLACK BEAR |
LEATHERNECK-SF |
| WEIGHT: | 3.2 oz. | 3.1 oz. | 3.2 oz. | 3.7 oz. | 4.1 oz. |
| BLADE: | 7" | 7" | 6 3/4" | 8 1/8" | 7" |
| OVERALL: | 12 1/4" | 11 3/4" | 11 1/2" | 13 1/8" | 12" |
Posted by Scott A. Enders on 29th Nov 2010
This is good as a sparring knife. It's rigid enough that slashing and stabbing give some pain to the receiver so they respect it, yet flexible enough that it won't injure the receiver.
Posted by Brian Dowrick on 29th Nov 2010
With daily use, these hold up. No breaking, bending, or cracking. Only issue is the safety issue about it's
hardness. It's great for doing weapon training, but be careful when doing ground techniques. These will not bend.
If you are on the ground you can really hurt your partner. You will not kill them, so that's the point of a training knife, but soft knife is better for beginning ground.
You should also wear goggles when training knife. We use Horse Riding Goggles.
Posted by William Thompson on 29th Nov 2010
This knife was great, perfect size, seems to have the right hardness, it keeps its shape for realistic performance.