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You probably all know that the afck was designed by ex-seal chris caraci (I think I spelt that wrong...). However, there was a part before that where some people speculate that Chris went to spyderco before benchmade. This is the story:
"This model was designed as a tool that combined fairly heavy-duty cutting ability with light weight. The knife's chief venue was seen as the outdoors, and it provides for gloved use. The impetus to develop the Military Model was the result of a shadowy request from somewhere in the federal government. Explains Sal,*
This model had an interesting beginning. A guy called and said he was with some secret combat dive unit. He wanted some Police Models with a liner lock, G-10 handle, and a blackened blade. He would only give us his first name and, whenever he called, he refused to let us put the call on the speaker phone at our end, so we figured he was a spook. I didn't think the C07 was the right knife for his unit because the police and the military have different needs. So I didn't want him designing the knife.
As the months went by, we started working on a design that would be right, but we lost touch with him. None of our military contacts could locate his mysterious unit. In the meanwhile, Benchmade came out with their A.F.C.K. Model and I figured our caller had bought some of them instead. He never did call back, and I now think this guy wasn't what he claimed to be. But he did get us working on what became the Military.
I decided it would be an interesting challenge, to create the all-around military cutting tool. I approached the design of this knife as though it would be the one my own son would use if he entered the military and went under extreme conditions where the toughness and performance of your knife could make the difference between living and dying.
....I don't think of the Military Model as a fighting knife: to me fighting knives have to be much larger. I think of the C36 as a cutting tool that the military person carries to use for whatever the applications of a knife may be. If you're involved in combat with somebody, your gun is a whole lot more effective than your knife. So, using it as a combat weapon wasn't part of the plan or I would have built a much larger knife.
At this point, I think this model is probably one of my better designs."
http://knife-collecting.com/interest...tical Knives
I think the general opinion on this forum was that the afck was designed for SD and that it was inspired by the Police model.
My question to you is, how does the police3 compare to the afck in the same role (SD)?
Please note that this is all hypothetical and is just for fun, so assume that whoever is using the knives is adequately trained in knife fighting.
"This model was designed as a tool that combined fairly heavy-duty cutting ability with light weight. The knife's chief venue was seen as the outdoors, and it provides for gloved use. The impetus to develop the Military Model was the result of a shadowy request from somewhere in the federal government. Explains Sal,*
This model had an interesting beginning. A guy called and said he was with some secret combat dive unit. He wanted some Police Models with a liner lock, G-10 handle, and a blackened blade. He would only give us his first name and, whenever he called, he refused to let us put the call on the speaker phone at our end, so we figured he was a spook. I didn't think the C07 was the right knife for his unit because the police and the military have different needs. So I didn't want him designing the knife.
As the months went by, we started working on a design that would be right, but we lost touch with him. None of our military contacts could locate his mysterious unit. In the meanwhile, Benchmade came out with their A.F.C.K. Model and I figured our caller had bought some of them instead. He never did call back, and I now think this guy wasn't what he claimed to be. But he did get us working on what became the Military.
I decided it would be an interesting challenge, to create the all-around military cutting tool. I approached the design of this knife as though it would be the one my own son would use if he entered the military and went under extreme conditions where the toughness and performance of your knife could make the difference between living and dying.
....I don't think of the Military Model as a fighting knife: to me fighting knives have to be much larger. I think of the C36 as a cutting tool that the military person carries to use for whatever the applications of a knife may be. If you're involved in combat with somebody, your gun is a whole lot more effective than your knife. So, using it as a combat weapon wasn't part of the plan or I would have built a much larger knife.
At this point, I think this model is probably one of my better designs."
http://knife-collecting.com/interest...tical Knives
I think the general opinion on this forum was that the afck was designed for SD and that it was inspired by the Police model.
My question to you is, how does the police3 compare to the afck in the same role (SD)?
Please note that this is all hypothetical and is just for fun, so assume that whoever is using the knives is adequately trained in knife fighting.
