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Favorite fixed blade fighter?
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My personal favorite is my Randall Made #14. As a fighter, it is about as close to perfect as you can find.
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The Bark River STS-5 is a pretty nasty little fighter. Supposedly designed upon request from Special Forces working in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It's a pretty great utility knife too, and made from 1/4" thick 154CM, you'd have a hard time breaking it. :thumbup:
I like mine a lot. It doesn't look particularly mean, but when you hold it in your hand, you can feel exactly what it was designed for.
The Busse Jackhammer is another great one.
It's a pretty great utility knife too, and made from 1/4" thick 154CM, you'd have a hard time breaking it. :thumbup:
I like mine a lot. It doesn't look particularly mean, but when you hold it in your hand, you can feel exactly what it was designed for.
The Busse Jackhammer is another great one.
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Its Probably in the lines of... hmmm... Probably Scrapyard, Busse, Swamp-rat etc... Something with great warranty and great steel and blade profile combining long but stury tip with sharpened swedge. Something the line Bark River STS-5 what moonwilson posted. Something that can pierce... Piercing makes fearsome "fighter" knife....
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Give me a DarkOps Intercepter any day.
Fairly well priced for the ammount of knife you get, $229 ($249 for ACU, Tan, or Digital Desert finish on blade)
Some pure sarcasm at it's finest
:thumbup:.............I hope 
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I have checked out bumps in the night with khukuris and bolos. I figure I may only get one shot, better make it a good one.
And don't poke too much fun at the Interceptor. It does an addition 1d6 points of damage against Elves.
Frank
And don't poke too much fun at the Interceptor. It does an addition 1d6 points of damage against Elves.
Frank
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Yes, but does it come with a Darth Vader suit as well? 
Give me a DarkOps Intercepter any day.
Fairly well priced for the ammount of knife you get, $229 ($249 for ACU, Tan, or Digital Desert finish on blade)
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Speaking of knives, not swords, the ultimate fighting knife, to me, would be a mid sized knife with a blade shape similar to the Shivworks disciple. It would be a double edged knife, sporting a curved primary edge with a lot of belly on the outside and a slight hawk bill shaped edge on the inside, possibly serrated. This would enable regular slashing and stabbing, as well as inverted edge and pikal application. It would also be a damn good looking knife.
It surprises me that I've never seen this made anywhere. The closest thing I can think of right now is the Al Mar/Spyderco Warrior, but the blade on it is a little too curved and the tip is not pointy enough for what I'm thinking about.
It surprises me that I've never seen this made anywhere. The closest thing I can think of right now is the Al Mar/Spyderco Warrior, but the blade on it is a little too curved and the tip is not pointy enough for what I'm thinking about.
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Favorite that I own would be the first Spyderco Perrin. And it is a useful pattern for normal stuff, so it is not a waste to own it.
In terms of knives that I have owned, I would say the CRKT Hissatsu is one of the best designs in that category. And I have no doubt as to it's efficacy at that task.
Best,
Marion
In terms of knives that I have owned, I would say the CRKT Hissatsu is one of the best designs in that category. And I have no doubt as to it's efficacy at that task.
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ahhh hemmmm. Lets not forget the combat and time proven brands.
Randall double hilt military knives. (a top choice of combat personel to this day. Korea, Vietnam, WWII)
EK knives. I'm not so up on that companies history, but they are battle blades and were used as such the name is built upon that i believe.
And yes, the venerated Ka-Bar.
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Anything pointy and sharp, with enough reach to allow a quick thrust and recovery. A 4-5" dagger would be my choice, short of a rapier. To me, weapons are tools of the moment. Steel, etc is all pretty irrelevant, since the fight will be over in seconds, one way or another. Cold steel makes a lot of "weapons", affordable, semi-disposable. I think the peacekeepers are dagger-like knives that I would probably pick if I need such a knife.
A personal knife is, well, personal. It should be enjoyable and well made.
A personal knife is, well, personal. It should be enjoyable and well made.
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I'm actually kind of fond of the Crawford Kasper Dragon.
I've got one of the CRKT 9Cr18 versions of the knife (left pic) and its actually quite nice and faithful to the original, but I would love to get one of the original S30V customs (right pic).
I think I just fell in love. That looks like it'd be great in the kitchen...