Black Vein Method is not your average self-defense manual. Equal parts grimy doctrine and personal gospel, this book draws from the generational knowledge of those who lived by the blade, bled in back alleys, and walked away grinning. Centered around the hawkbill-a working-class knife with a mean streak-this manual threads together brutal tactics, lived experience, and family legacy from the coal pits of Wales in the United Kingdom to the docks of Brooklyn, NY.