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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 35627" data-attributes="member: 18">Guro Carl Atienza (who teaches one of the most comprehensive dedicated blade systems out there) has a good take on this.He states that he never carries anything over $100.  He believes you develop undue concern for a weapon like this and don't use or carry it in the way it is designed.  The Atienza and Sayoc systems of Kali are also big on using knives as projectiles, particularly in mass attacks so they seem to be against throwing an expensive custom knife.It is a position I am in complete agreement with.  I have two carry knives worth over $100 but I carry them the way they are intended and if I lose them, I probably won't replace them with another like it.So a crappy little Gerber folder may be just fine.The Atienzas did a boar cutting demostration in Florida a while back and used knives they bought at Wal-mart that day to demonstrate that you don't need a super custom battle blade to be effective.In fact I think there's a lot ot be said for minimizing the cost of your equipment and spending your free time training.Michael Brown</blockquote>