Ek knives: Any love?

series said:
I want a knife that resembles the Fairbairn-Sykes as much as possible. I bought a Buck knife and after throwing it at the garage a few times a length-wise contact made it BREAK where the blade joins the handle. Buck is a piece of crap. A good knife would bend. My Gerber MkII is a bitchin' knife but I eye it with suspicion. The F-S was meant to be inserted into the human body and worked back and forth to slice an artery CLEANLY open as a jagged tear will cause the artery to close and make your opponent's survival more likely. A CLEANLY cut artery is less likely to close. I'd pay $300 for an Ek as long as the blade didn't break.
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ok 1. there are lots of fairbairn replicas for sale
2. Bucks or any decent knife is not made to be thrown, they are made to cut stuff.
3. A good knife will not bend, it may flex
4. Get a throwing knife if you want to throw them, they are softer and will bend rather than break. Thats also why they are cheap.

As for the rest of your fantasy.... Good grief
 
series said:
I want a knife that resembles the Fairbairn-Sykes as much as possible. I bought a Buck knife and after throwing it at the garage a few times a length-wise contact made it BREAK where the blade joins the handle. Buck is a piece of crap. A good knife would bend. My Gerber MkII is a bitchin' knife but I eye it with suspicion. The F-S was meant to be inserted into the human body and worked back and forth to slice an artery CLEANLY open as a jagged tear will cause the artery to close and make your opponent's survival more likely. A CLEANLY cut artery is less likely to close. I'd pay $300 for an Ek as long as the blade didn't break.
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I'm sorry but your premise is flawed, upon inserting the blade it is no longer clean, thus it is impossible to make a clean cut.


Leadfoot
 
series said:
I want a knife that resembles the Fairbairn-Sykes as much as possible. I bought a Buck knife and after throwing it at the garage a few times a length-wise contact made it BREAK where the blade joins the handle. Buck is a piece of crap. A good knife would bend. My Gerber MkII is a bitchin' knife but I eye it with suspicion. The F-S was meant to be inserted into the human body and worked back and forth to slice an artery CLEANLY open as a jagged tear will cause the artery to close and make your opponent's survival more likely. A CLEANLY cut artery is less likely to close. I'd pay $300 for an Ek as long as the blade didn't break.
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Thanks for being wrong.

Jagged cuts do not close up and are harder to treat, seal and heal. The cleaner the cut, the easier it is for the wound to close on itself. If "clean" cuts refused to close, then doctors would be using jagged rocks for all of their surgeries.

Did you get your knowledge from a video game?
 
The original Ek, John Ek, has been dead for a lot longer than twenty years - closer to forty IIRC. He made highly functional, very simple stabbing knives out of carbon steel, originally sold almost exclusively to servicemen.

Now, it's just a brand. Over the years they have been made in Connecticut, Florida, Japan, Illinois, and (now) are sold by a company headed by Robert Buerlein (See American Historical Foundation http://www.ahffirearms.com/ ). Made where? Wherever "HCS 1415" is used today. (Buerlein states that is is a proprietary steel close to 440.)
 
If I were shankin folks for a living they'd be high on my list. As it is, not so much. But the brand does have some neat history.
 
I like mine

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That's where my forum name comes from. My first "real" knife was an Ek Commando and I still have it. It's their "Special Forces" model and it's from Richmond, Va.

It's not something that you'd use much but it's not something I'd likely sell. I always wanted a paracord wrapped handle until I got a knife with a paracord wrapped handle. I hated how it felt so I took it to a local knifemaker and he did a great job of putting custom black micarta on it.

It's super sharp and neat looking.
 
Thomas Linton said:
Now, it's just a brand. Over the years they have been made in Connecticut, Florida, Japan, Illinois, and (now) are sold by a company headed by Robert Buerlein (See American Historical Foundation
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And Michigan. Don't forget Michigan. :D
 
I have one of the 90's vintage pig sticker models I got when CS was closing them out, never use it but it looks cool. Daggers are pretty one dimensional as users.
 
I have an early 70s sterile EK Model 5, (Combat Bowie) I use it all the time, it chops, slices, splits up wood for kindlin' and holds an amazin' edge, I chucked the paracord wrap and made a set of scales from an old wooden oak chair leg and attached 'em with flared copper tubin' for pins.


I don't know much about the 90s or the current production line but the one I have is no safe queen and it's a dependble hard use knife, I guess if I had to kill someone with it it would do a superb job but it wouldn't be my first choice weapon for SD, my S&W 9mm would be.;)
 
"HCS 1415"

Poor 440C, cast out unloved by knife nuts, forced to live under an assumed name........:(.
 
I have these 2, both are extremely sharp with a double edge and that aint cool here in California so they just collect dust. I bought the set back in the early 90's at a gun show, i got the pair for around 100.00 - they are both "Desert Storm" tribute knives, useless but very cool IMO.
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I have owned the double edged one for over 25 years but I dont use it much as its impractical for anything but combat.

I wish I had gotten the 'bowie' as that can be used for camp etc.

It is a stout blade and has lots of history being taken to bad places by good men.
 
I have a couple that I touched up the edge on, but never really carried. One was made in Illinois spearpoint blade, top swedge sharpened, (steel guard) and then I have an older one that was made in the late 80s that was a repro of their "Pig sticker" or "Hog Sticker" a very simple one inch wide, six inch double edged blade with a really good leather sheath and maple scales just riveted on. Just something really neat.

I'll dig up pictures in a bit.
 
trashboss said:
I have these 2, both are extremely sharp with a double edge and that aint cool here in California so they just collect dust. I bought the set back in the early 90's at a gun show, i got the pair for around 100.00 - they are both "Desert Storm" tribute knives, useless but very cool IMO.
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Just FYI, there is no California law against double edged knives. There is a very small chance that some certain cities have double edge laws, but none that I have ever heard of. In fact, Cali actually has some pretty lax knife laws compared to states that are often seen as less strict.

As long as you aren't concealing your sheath knife on your person you should be fine. it's gotta be out in the open.

I am not a lawyer, take anything I say with a grain of salt, and please look up your local laws to verify anything read online :)
 
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