Ek commando? Somebody fill me in on these

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bleedingfinger

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Is this a USA made knife?I got it local on trade other day It says Richmond VA..
I never heard of EK until few days ago. Is this good steel? Should I oil these hard wood handles? Man these things are grippy! Pretty aggressive checkering really bites in! Maybe I'll get a new leg sheath made lol no I'll prop sell it.
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EK is a nice piece of Americana.

The Company also makes Bowies and smaller daggers.

Here is one of my EKs




An EK Family member has chimed in with good input on knives on occasion.
 
Nice knife, Bladescout. I always liked the Ek dagger, but thought their bowie version was just too cool.
 
Thanks.
Yeah, I agree - very nice.
I have two of the Bowies - one wrapped and the other with the factory wood handle.
Both of mine are old and of good quality.
They are not from the Blackjack period.
 
My somewhat different looking John Ek knife was made between 1982 and 1993 in Richmond, VA,

 
i can't answer your question, but generally the problem was this
"...Ek was purchased in 1993 and Mike moved the production from Japan (... many of the later Richmond Ek knives were made in Japan, PRIOR to the Blackjack purchase..) to the United States. Many said the quality suffered, but most I've seen complain about the quality didn't realize they were holding on to a Richmond Ek that was sold from the inventory purchased in the acquisition."
http://blackjack.0catch.com/pages/effingham_fyi.htm
"...The easiest way to distinguish a current production Ek from an 80s production Ek is the company logo on the blade. Gen. 2 daggers have two banners, a large top half-banner reading "Korea, World War II, Vietnam" and a smaller, separate bottom half-banner intertwined through a pair of crossed EK daggers reading, "Commando". Current production Gen. 4 daggers have extended the top banner in an oval shape so it now encircles both the crossed daggers and the smaller intertwined "Commando" banner. The large banner includes "Gulf War, Iraqi War" along the bottom half...."
http://www.ebay.com/gds/EK-Knives-A-Short-Introduction-/10000000002133047/g.html
 
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Hmmmm..... I'll have to find out.

GIRLYmann said:
i can't answer your question, but generally the problem was this
"...Ek was purchased in 1993 and Mike moved the production from Japan (... many of the later Richmond Ek knives were made in Japan, PRIOR to the Blackjack purchase..) to the United States. Many said the quality suffered, but most I've seen complain about the quality didn't realize they were holding on to a Richmond Ek that was sold from the inventory purchased in the acquisition."
http://blackjack.0catch.com/pages/effingham_fyi.htm
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Here's a few pics of my collection...
 

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Did these knives come in this wooden case originally? Or did someone make this display box? I would really like to see this double edged beast with mirror finished edge all the way around!
 
The EK Commando bowie G-5 with the walnut handle was the very first "survival knife" that I purchased in 1990. It was during the "Rambo" period and Rambo knives were quite abundant at gunshows. Don't know much about the history of EK other than what I have read.

I was never a fan of the paracord wrapped handles, still not.
 
Not a believer of paracord on hard use knives either.
I have experimented with it. Cord is tough on the hand, when you use the knife hard for prolonged periods of time not wearing work gloves
I used cord on a hunting knife and its gets very nasty, dirty and full of gunk. You DONT want rotting particles in the handle material and have to remove, wash and re-wrap the cord every time it gets dirty. Everything else is inviting a health heazard. It got to be old in no time flat. Luckily I had scales, that I could put on the hunting knife instead.
 
Bump for an old thread

Anyone know what kind of steel and heat treatment Blackjack used.
 
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