Cold Steel Rubber Training Recon Tanto, Black

As described by the seller.

I bought this for me but then my son took it over and now everyone is gonna start krav maga. So it's basically a gateway drug to krav maga.

This training knife was very sturdy and durable. I can now use it for airsoft melee

this is good practice. its durable and tough plastic that will mimic you being able to use the real steel tanto you have. this is good for practice - it will still maybe hurt someone if you use it on them but more around like a bruise instead of breaking skin. but not actually "RUBBER". but can still hurt if you fool around too much.otherwise its exactly the size but not the weight. its more for training practice than mimicing the real knife 100% but its okay overall

Rugged training tool, very blunt but can still poke well, so no kids without supervision. That said, the edge can be slightly sharpened. Just enough, to make people accept it as a threat during training. Basically to the point of heavy scratches being left on bare skin. If you sharpen, purchase the kevlar arm sleeves sold here to be smart. If using in public, suggest dipping point in orange paint to indicate it isn't real.

great

I will rate this product on the three aspects that left a great impression during my practice drills:1) Extremely sturdy. We put this practice blade to the test and it held up, to include full 5 minute sessions.2) Grip is excellent. I expected the grip pattern to be quite low quality with minimal regard, but to my surprise the grip pattern was very well inlaid and gave a good grip even in heavily perpetrated hands.3) Realistic Reverse Grip/ Forward Grip interchanging. I usually like to start my sessions in Forward Grip then during a live practice run quick swap to a Reverse Grip. This usually can be tricky if you have a cheap blade either from low quality grip handle or uneven balanced blade. I did not have many difficulties swapping grips and found this to be more realistic with a higher quality blade than a generic pocket knife balance.All in all this is a great practice knife for the price. I highly recommend this product to those who are interested in this martial art.

This is my favourite of all my trainers.The "rubber" on these cold steel trainers is fairly rigid and strong. If you train hard you'll still get bruises, but it's not as harsh as metal trainers can be (and less dangerous for any surprise pierces). There is a small amount of flex on these if you're putting a lot of pressure on the side, but not enough to cause frustration if you're practicing strips.Of the different cold steel trainers, this one is my favourite because of the minimal hand guard. The hand guards on the others are nice in some contexts, but if you're practicing a lot of disarms they can be pretty brutal to the skin on your hands.This one is also a good size. Smaller than some other knife trainers to make it more realistically like something one might carry, but not so small that it makes training disarms and some abilities difficult.