[Billthedrill]

We used rubber knives with inked edges when we played with this at the dojo lo those many years ago. What we found out was that you get cut a lot. The Tueller Drill concluded that a knife against a holstered handgun is nearly impossible to beat at 21 feet or inside. There are certain difficulties with that as a broad conclusion: a skilled knife fighter may get in a fatal strike before he is disabled by a shot, but it takes awhile for the victim to bleed out. Of course your only comfort as the victim is that you took the bugger with you, but still...

[taxcontrol]

For beginners and stab training, we just used washable colored markers and white tee shirts. It is cheep and gets the point across.

We train in multiples of 10.
10 times slow to demonstrate the technique
100 times medium to feel the motion and correct
1000 times to train the muscle memory

For advanced training, we use aluminum training knives from Steve Rollert (www.doveknives.com) and “ink” the blade edge as well. Steve is a professional knife maker, does custom orders, is a martial artist as well and a licensed EMT. Good all round guy. His commercial web page is http://www.keenedgeknives.com/KE-Practice.html if you are interested in something.

[skinkinthegrass]

Try this source:

http://www.pabujinkanbarndojo.com/equipment/index.asp