best combat knife

Combat knife for what? Killing? Working? toughness? bush? lol as far as killing goes they all work, but I think Merc puts more infesis on it.
 
DGG said:
None of the above.

I would pick the M9 Knife/Bayonet. It passed numerous tests and is being used today in nasty hazardous conditions by our military.

http://www.m9bayonet.com/

What other knife like it has so much "experience"? Perhaps the Israeli and Russian versions?

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/small_arms/galil/Galil.html

http://www.military-quotes.com/knives/bayonets.htm

Thoughts?
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Poor steel, poor design (as knife or bayonet). Tried to be a one-size-fits-all kind of tool and the result is it does several things so-so, but nothing well. Been a long time since my bayonet drills but I remember the fairly widespread low regard they were held in, a regard that I came to share after having one for a time.

Keep in mind that many soldiers (and I say this as one) don't know anything about knives beyond what looks cool, and most are not in a position to afford much. Usually, if it's something that can be issued to them, or obtained at much reduced cost through their post/base exchanges, that's what they'll use. There are a whole lot more "high-speed" operatives carrying Fury folders than anyone here would like to believe. I've seen them in PXs, and they sell well---not so "expensive" as those also-available Spyderco Enduras and much cooler looking. :rolleyes: You also see more Corcoran-rip-off boots on soldier's feet than actual Corcorans or Danners.
The military issuing/using it doesn't mean it's the best. You can get more effective camoflauge, hot weather gear, cold weather gear, etc. from your local sporting goods store than what troops are walking around in. Adequate and cheap are the name of the military game---have to be when you're outfitting people in the hundreds of thousands.
 
All of the companies you mentioned make quality knives that would servea soldier well. There is no "best all around knife" there is only you're best all around knife.
That said for me that "best" knife would almost without exception be a Busse.
 
Nope, for cooking nothing beats a Henckel.
You're question shows that you lack knowledge of what knives can do. Hell, a razor sharp box cutter is the best for cutting up cardboard. Are you talking about a working camp type knife or a fighting/combat/utility knife? Or maybe a kitchen knife. They use those in the military too. ;)
 
jarrode93@gmail.com said:
What would be yalls` no.1 pick for a combat knife out of Swamp Rat,Busse,mercworx,chris reeve,mission,and fallkniven.
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I would say none of the above,except for mercworx since they make double edged knives. for example to think of Busse as maker of combat knives is... :barf:
 
Blueeyeddevil said:
I would say none of the above,except for mercworx since they make double edged knives. for example to think of Busse as maker of combat knives is... :barf:
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WRONG. Combat knife does NOT equal fighting knife.
PEOPLE explain how you mean combat knife. That word is too general to give a good def.
Also, a double edged weapon DOES not necessarily make it a better choice.
 
Oh good, the wistful imaginings of extensive knife fighting in modern combat. I wondered how long it would take...
 
Walking Man said:
WRONG. Combat knife does NOT equal fighting knife.
PEOPLE explain how you mean combat knife. That word is too general to give a good def.
Also, a double edged weapon DOES not necessarily make it a better choice.
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I would say that the word "fighting" is too general...on the other hand when I hear or read the word "combat" I can relate it to a very definite matter: a fight or fighting between two individuals,two groups of people,armies...

Any double edged knife doesn't neccessarily make it a better choice (over a single edged knife) but a good double edged knife usually does...in a combat situation...for killing people... though not for chopping wood, or hacking through bushes,not to mention digging
 
i consider a combat knife to be something of a tool for many purposes while a fighting knife is designed specifically for killing. consider a randall model 1 to a model 2 or a coldsteel trailmaster to a ontario hells bells bowie.

what kind of soldier is going to get in a duel with a knife on the battle field. :rolleyes:

now to give my opinion on your question i would choose a busse because it will do anything without failure. guaranteed
 
witchhunter said:
i consider a combat knife to be something of a tool for many purposes while a fighting knife is designed specifically for killing. consider a randall model 1 to a model 2 or a coldsteel trailmaster to a ontario hells bells bowie.

what kind of soldier is going to get in a duel with a knife on the battle field. :rolleyes:

now to give my opinion on your question i would choose a busse because it will do anything without failure. guaranteed
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Thats what I mean.
 
witchhunter said:
i consider a combat knife to be something of a tool for many purposes while a fighting knife is designed specifically for killing. consider a randall model 1 to a model 2 or a coldsteel trailmaster to a ontario hells bells bowie.

what kind of soldier is going to get in a duel with a knife on the battle field. :rolleyes:

now to give my opinion on your question i would choose a busse because it will do anything without failure. guaranteed
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A duel with a knife!!! edited for profanity I think you and similar minded watched too many movies. Why would anyone imagine you need a duel to kill someone with a knife.
 
Blueeyeddevil said:
A duel with a knife!!! what the f u c k!!! I think you and similar minded watched too many movies. Why would anyone imagine you need a duel to kill someone with a knife.
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He was being a tiny bit sarcastic, to illustrate his point that knives see about as much killing in the military as they do in civilian life (if not less)---which I imagine you understood very well but preferred to take it the wrong way as it provides more melodrama.

I hear combat, and I think trucks, tanks, fuel, crates of ammunition and food, filling sandbags, emptying sandbags, building defalade (or modifying existing defalade)...In short, a whole hell of a lot of boring, hot and sweaty work that VERY occasionally turns into fighting. Or, perhaps it'd be easier to say: I think of REAL combat. ;)

You easily do fifty times as much manual labor as you do fighting, hence, durability and utility are your friends, not wannabe-badassness. And in those moments where you ARE moving and covering and shooting and getting shot AT, there is nothing you could do to put bigger smiles on the faces of the enemy than pulling out your blade and going into your pack-tapping-kali-toyota supra-cqc routine. Once they've killed you they'll have a really neat knife.
 
t1mpani said:
He was being a tiny bit sarcastic, to illustrate his point that knives see about as much killing in the military as they do in civilian life (if not less)---which I imagine you understood very well but preferred to take it the wrong way as it provides more melodrama.
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Actually,I didn't undestand his sarcasm. Usually I take things quite literaly.


t1mpani said:
I hear combat, and I think trucks, tanks, fuel, crates of ammunition and food, filling sandbags, emptying sandbags, building defalade (or modifying existing defalade)...In short, a whole hell of a lot of boring, hot and sweaty work that VERY occasionally turns into fighting. Or, perhaps it'd be easier to say: I think of REAL combat. ;)
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Ok,more or less true ...sounds like being in infantry...when I was in the army we were told that what "combat" was like so I believe you
anyway the thread's title is "best combat knife" and first thing which came into my mind was knife for killing


t1mpani said:
, there is nothing you could do to put bigger smiles on the faces of the enemy than pulling out your blade and going into your pack-tapping-kali-toyota supra-cqc routine. Once they've killed you they'll have a really neat knife.
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this a good one ha ha...
 
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