please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources sti knives news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message sti knives type corporation industry consulting training manufacturing founded france 2006 headquarters moissac fr key people jeff thenier president & designer products knives impact tools tactical gear bayonet martial arts & self defense related products website combtact.com sti knives is a tactical knife company based in moissac france . the president and ceo is jeff thenier who designs the tactical products including knives impact tools and other edged weapons . sti knives are different from other tactical knives because they are modeled after the hand gun using pistol bayonet type techniques for combat these tactical folding knives have multiple locking positions making them able to mimic characteristics of various other weapons . citation needed contents 1 jeff thenier 2 concept 3 products 4 references 5 external links jeff thenier edit jeff thenier is the president and ceo of sti knives . he has been training body guards for 20 years . state certified teacher in martial arts and combat sports . shooting instructor police science instructor tonfa and baton instructor bodyguard knifemaker and technical director of dojo kmi . jeff thenier created the concept design for the p001 knife for high security professionals as an alternative to the firearm . citation needed concept edit sti knives have a unique pistol shape design so that the professional who uses the hand gun as their primary weapon would be more efficient and effective when forced to use their secondary weapon the knife . citation needed these knives were designed to be used when the user wasn t allowed to or able to use their firearm . citation needed these pistol shaped sti knives also have many characteristics of other weapons such as the tonfa tomahawk boomerang brass knuckles yawara stick straight razor karambit and pistol bayonet . citation needed the knives are designed for various circumstances such as lethal and non lethal emergency rescue and martial arts training . citation needed products edit many of the common responses to the products are ; knives with the appearance of a firearm the bodyguard p001 is a pistol shaped tactical folding knife it has 3 locking positions and it took 4 years in the making . it features capabilities of lethal and non lethal emergency rescue and characteristics of martial arts weapons including pistol bayonet standard knife tonfa straight razor karambit knife sai kubotan brass knuckles tomahawk boomerang . citation needed the bg911 is a compact version of the p001 . the tdz7 is the pistol shaped non lethal impact tool made of hard plastic it is used like a large yawara stick there are 5 different colors to signify your skill level black yellow green red and blue . the tai sabaki is marketed as their best knife unlike the combat weapon looking p001 this tactical folding knife is shaped like a sleek utility folding knife and it features 6 locking positions with 13 grip positions designed for edc every day carry self defense on the street . citation needed references edit external links edit http www.combtact.com this article related to weaponry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sti knives & oldid 606056671 categories knife manufacturing companiesweapon stubshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2012all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from july 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking sources from july 2011all articles lacking sourcesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 april 2014 at 17 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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