[Wolfwood]

Originally Posted by Bucketbot

No offense dude,

But a regular punch (regardless of how much you have trained) versus a punch with a brass knuckle...

It is like the difference between hitting something with a nerf ball as opposed to hitting it with a slab of concrete!

I think his point is there are two reasons to get them (outside of as a novelty for the heck of it etc.) one is becasue you plan on getting into a fight and you think you can't punch hard so you need brass knuckle the other is for self defense. Brass knuckles are not nearly as efective as a knife for example. I've seen a see feight with both brass knuckels and knives and the former is not a automatic fight ender even if you land solid the later has always been. MOreover from my experience pullling out a knife generally stops confrontatoin if the other person is unarmed while the same can not be said of brass knuckles so there is a higher deterrent effect