{"id":7388,"date":"2014-03-22T08:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2015-01-31T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T15:38:30","slug":"new-ka-bar-tdi-hinderance-and-hell-fire-knives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7388","title":{"rendered":"New KA-BAR TDI Hinderance and Hell Fire Knives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KA-BAR<\/a>I feel kind of vindicated.\u00a0 I wrote an article about the original KA-BAR TDI Law Enforcement Knife<\/a> a while back that essentially said, “Like the knife, hate the sheath.”\u00a0 And I got hammered for it on a few forums.\u00a0 To be fair, my article was titled, “KA-BAR TDI Knife Review: Unsafe for Duty<\/a>,” so I guess I started it.<\/p>\n

But that is in the past since the updated knives have a hard plastic sheath with a sliding thumb lock to keep the blade under your control.\u00a0 Well, KA-BAR has finally addressed<\/a> what I thought was the shortcoming and officer safety issue.<\/p>\n

In the avalanche of booths at SHOT Show 2014, I apparently missed KA-BAR’s knives and my opportunity to check out the two new TDI rigs, which are collaborations with custom knifemaker Rick Hinderer and Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) President John Benner.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hinderer designed two different blade shapes for the TDI.\u00a0 The Hinderance model is a Wharncliffe, while the Hell Fire is a modified tanto with a wickedly recurved primary edge.\u00a0 They are appropriately combative in nature.<\/p>\n

Both knives have a blade length of 3.56″ and are 7.25″ in totality.\u00a0 The full tang material is 1095 Cro-Van carbon steel at 56-58 HRC.\u00a0 It has an unnamed black coating.\u00a0 Scales are Zytel.\u00a0 Either knife weighs 4.5 ounces.<\/p>\n

\"Hell<\/a>

KA-BAR TDI Hell Fire<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hinderance\"<\/a>

KA-BAR TDI Hinderance<\/p><\/div>\n

A jimped thumb ramp and index finger relief at the choil secure the knife into the hand.\u00a0 The original TDI was nearly a punch knife in the hand, but the blade to handle angle is less acute in the new Hinderer TDI’s.<\/p>\n

I think the Hinderers’ relaxed stance will still accomplish the job of adding leverage to power cuts–as in cutting an aggressive suspect off you and your sidearm.\u00a0 This was designed by Benner to be a law enforcement back-up knife, so it is there to save your life.<\/p>\n

If this sheath can withstand a full force pull and retain the TDI without defeating the lock, then I will be thrilled.\u00a0 The knife itself is Made in the USA.\u00a0 The sheath is constructed off-shore.\u00a0 MSRP for either model is $111.56.\u00a0 They are currently available for 37% less at some on-line retailers.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n

Update:\u00a0 I got to examine the new knives and sheaths at 2015 SHOT Show.\u00a0 Click here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

photos:\u00a0 KA-BAR Knives, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I feel kind of vindicated.\u00a0 I wrote an article about the original KA-BAR TDI Law Enforcement Knife a while back that essentially said, “Like the knife, hate the sheath.”\u00a0 And I got hammered for it on a few forums.\u00a0 To be fair, my article was titled, “KA-BAR TDI Knife Review: Unsafe for Duty,” so I guess I started it. But that is in the past since the updated knives have a hard plastic sheath with a sliding thumb lock to keep the blade under your control.\u00a0 Well, KA-BAR has finally addressed what I thought was the shortcoming and officer safety issue. In the avalanche of booths at SHOT Show 2014, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,4],"tags":[493,827],"class_list":["post-7388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knives","category-officer-safety","tag-ka-bar-tdi-knife","tag-shot-show"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t