"Counter-terrorism" knives??

antipaladin

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I was looking at this $6500 ‘counter-terrorism’ knife online. I wasn’t some high speed, low drag commando in my youth…just a Marine grunt. If I brought some knife with a jewel handle to the field, that cost as much as a used car, I’d have been laughed at. I carried the same Ka-Bar my father used in Vietnam and never had any problems. Am I missing something about the value of Jay Fishers knives to spec ops people? I may well be, so I’m not trying to say I know a lot about custom knives…or spec ops people.
 
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You are missing nothing, for 6500 clams.

Fisher makes nice knives (if you can excuse the over-the-top M-Tech/BudK styling), but no where near what he (and apparently some others) think they are worth. They just aren't that special. I have held several, and bought none.

Of course, marketing that specifically targets the high speed crowd is always guaranteed to add a premium and immeasurable perceived value, and snatched up by the arm chair commandos trying to justify and re-enforce their Walter Mitty daydreams.

Counter terrorism knife? Gimme a break. How many terrorists are killed by knives these days anyway, Jay? I am waiting for his Predator MQ-1 Drone series knives, then maybe I will invest.....

All IMO, YMMV, blah, blah, blah......
 
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1911bphil said:
I was just a Boatswains Mate in the US Navy. We carried SEALS on my ship. They would NEVER carry anything like that. They usually carried a Ka-Bar also.
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You ever see a SEAL with a Winkler? Might only be DEVGRU that gets them though, I was always curious what specific winkler they'd contract to the SEALs, a non stainless steel always seemed like an odd choice anyways, but I guess if the old breed of Marines carried Ka-Bars across the pacific, maybe there's something to those low-alloy high carbon steels.
 
kafolarbear said:
You ever see a SEAL with a Winkler? Might only be DEVGRU that gets them though, I was always curious what specific winkler they'd contract to the SEALs, a non stainless steel always seemed like an odd choice anyways, but I guess if the old breed of Marines carried Ka-Bars across the pacific, maybe there's something to those low-alloy high carbon steels.
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I don't think the Navy or DEVGRU is contracting anything from Winkler.

I think some knife nut SEAL bought a Winkler, his buddies liked it and all started buying them too. Next thing you know the Winkler Belt Knife is "the" SEAL knife; for the time being anyway.
 
Assuming that this is the knife in question?
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I mean yea, it looks cool. And I'm sure fit and finish wise it is a great knife. Would be an interesting conversation piece..

About a thousand spots down on the list for my pick of an actual deployment knife though.

And the name.. the "Ari B'Lilah counter terrorism knife". Sounds like something out of the TOPS catalog 🤦
 
Soldiers typically have terrible taste in knives, just like I did when I was in. Getting me to spend $50 on a knife was a hard thing for the sales staff at the knife store, given how much beer that was. Half-serrated is best, because sometimes you need to cut things in a hurry. The three knives I carried in the field where a traditional Buck folder with a secondary heavy crosscut saw that got more use than the blade, a Ka-Bar Utility, and finally a Spyderco Walker (which was perfect because I carried enough stuff as it was). The bayonet was the fixed blade on my webbing and I was issued a Leatherman (which was useful, but a lot of people hated the weight), so a small folder was ideal. Today Me would love the opportunity to lend Then Me a couple cool blades, but I doubt they'd be properly appreciated. Back then they were just handy tools and I hadn't yet gone down the rabbit hole.

Asking $6500 for a ‘counter-terrorism’ knife is an act of terrorism in and of itself.
 
One of my best friends is a PARA rescue trooper.

He now carries a helicopter full of buttons that fire hot flying explosive bad boy gifts to the enemy.

If he crashed he'd probably use his teeth to cut things. He is a certified bringer of doom.


I never asked him what knife he carries. His answer would probably be bone shards he picked up in the blast zone craters he just made.
 
MolokaiRider said:
One of my best friends is a PARA rescue trooper.

He now carries a helicopter full of buttons that fire hot flying explosive bad boy gifts to the enemy.

If he crashed he'd probably use his teeth to cut things. He is a certified bringer of doom.


I never asked him what knife he carries. His answer would probably be bone shards he picked up in the blast zone craters he just made.
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I wonder what knife a drone pilot carries?
 
Purdy & Holland and Holland & all the other top end gun makers do one specific thing that adds just that little extra bit of class to their guns that make you feel like you're getting your money's worth out of them - even at that huge price tag they have.

They "clock" or "time" the screw heads. If you look at one, they immediately exude class - you don't catch it right off, but, you know ""something"" just looks right.

After witnessing that (on a high-end British double I once held)- when I look at some wannabe-high-end-pretender, that fails in that detail, I just move right along and don't pay attention to the volumes they write about how great they are.

When you spend the kind of money for a knife, the sheath better be up to it. The sheath on my $28 Schrade Bowie is better than the one in that picture.
 
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