Favorite fixed blade fighter?

theamazingdrew said:
does anyone smell that??? smells like...................TROLL!
if your joking my apologies, but Im tired of mall ninja trolls
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Ok chief, I've not been in the 'knife scene' for as long as you, it appears.

Please explain how posting a picture of a fighting knife that looks like it could kill a man and crack a beer open in .3 of a second (I cannot comment on anything but looks as I've never handled one) and adding a little bit extra about the price of the knife and finishes available warrents the tag of a troll post?

I obviously haven't been let in on the inside joke between you master knife experts about this particular piece.

I'm all ears mate.
 
Ease off Roobiks,

Just a bit of newbie hazing...ya know? Welcome to BladeForums mate! :D
 
Yeah copy that.

I would actually like to hear some critisim about the knife, why everyone thinks it's a big joke?
After all, I did join to forum to extend my apparent lack of knowledge about knives.
 
Roobiks said:
Yeah copy that.

I would actually like to hear some critisim about the knife, why everyone thinks it's a big joke?
After all, I did join to forum to extend my apparent lack of knowledge about knives.
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The company is not well liked. Their advertising is, well, a joke & the knife basically caters to "Mall Ninjas." I don't think you were trying to troll or are one, but that's why the negative comments about Dark Ops.

Personally, a "Fighter" is very subjective. I like to carry a HAK (HideAwayKnife) on my weak side to defend against a gun grab (If, heaven forbid, one was done against me).

Other nice ones that I liked are:

Spyderco Ronin: Not big, but an excellent design & very concealable.

A well designed Karambit: If you know how to use it, it's an excellent SD blade shape.

Ka-Bar Next Generation Fighter: I also like the SOG Seal 2000, but currently have this. Mine's an older model in 12C27 Sandvik & has the slightly wider 8" blade.

If we're talking about "dispatching" someone, while a small blade will do in a pinch, a 7"+ blade is ideal for penetration of key organs.

Another good choice, IMHO, is a quality sub-hilt knife. While it's not exactly a fighter, the knife in my Avatar's not bad, either (J. Wharton Fighter in CPM154 with bocote scales).
 
Roobiks my opinion why that is not useful:

* Knife is design for the looks and not for the use.

* There's barely in fighting involved when using knife but knife is primarly ambush weapon these days, just my humble opinion. Thus double edge or knife with lean and sharpened swedge would be idea. Less 2" stab would is prooven usually mortal (depending where do you stab ) and thus is more effective than slashes.

* Excessive serations. hey serations might be good cutting ropes but not stabbing. That much serations and you get your blade stuck. It has serations in swedge?! Integrated Saw and "regular" serations.

* as listed Evasion and Escape knife basicly means survival knife, batoning that would be awkward to excessive seratation.

* 8,62" blade and I am sure my Becker BK-7 with 7" blade is better chopper.

Compeare DarkOps Interceptor in real deal Survival Knives like Beck BK-7 or true Escape and Evasion knives like ESEE RC 4,5 or 6. Then you might get slightly idea ^^

One reason is also how DarkOps advertise that knife in their site:" use is a great bar fight deterrent in exotic third world locales" Why would 3rd world locales be any different from american's? How often american's pull out their knives in bar brawl? You pull out that thing in exotic 3rd world location, locales would pull out Ak-47's or Machettes...
 
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"One reason is also how DarkOps advertise that knife in their site:" use is a great bar fight deterrent in exotic third world locales" Why would 3rd world locales be any different from american's? How often american's pull out their knives in bar brawl?"

Not being American or having any plans to travel there, I wouldn't have a clue. But to hazard a guess, I would say they worded it like that so as not to advertise this as a good thing to bring into an American bar..

Thank you for taking the time to write a proper response to my post and not just "haha what a dumb c*nt!"

PS, Again not being American, how far off am I with the guess that a mall ninja = someone who carries an agressive knife at wrong time and place to enlarge self image of their bollocks?
 
Nicest Randall I've seen in a while .... and the Dozier is awesome too. :thumbup:

Ramm9 said:
But as somebody wrote it’s hard to beat the time tested Randall fighters.
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or a little further down the list
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Its simple really. Take a look at the Randall and Dozier in the above thread and then look at the Interceptor. The former are just pure form and function, no silly features like black coating and serrations fore, aft and middle to make the blade look bad-ass. Just pure, sleek fighting steel. Its the same concept as a jet fighter. If it doesn't serve a purpose, it's gotta go. ;)

Roobiks said:
"One reason is also how DarkOps advertise that knife in their site:" use is a great bar fight deterrent in exotic third world locales" Why would 3rd world locales be any different from american's? How often american's pull out their knives in bar brawl?"

Not being American or having any plans to travel there, I wouldn't have a clue. But to hazard a guess, I would say they worded it like that so as not to advertise this as a good thing to bring into an American bar..

Thank you for taking the time to write a proper response to my post and not just "haha what a dumb c*nt!"

PS, Again not being American, how far off am I with the guess that a mall ninja = someone who carries an agressive knife at wrong time and place to enlarge self image of their bollocks?
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I don't want to get into a big deal here, but combat blades GENERALLY have blades less than 8" and double hilt guards.

a no guard knife, is not a combat blade, blood is very slippery and flows freely on deep wounds, your next penetration might result in your own palm being severely cut without a definitive guard. blades of large size allow for a ton of leverage on what is generally one of the humans weaker joints, the wrist, even after sticking someone with a 12" blade, and they go down, if they secure your weapon in some fashion, you may find yourself disarmed.

Of course this is extreme but so is pure combat with a knife, of course i am of a generation that has been spared the bloody battles of the past. but i would like to think this newish evolution to super steels and guard less knives is a lack of comprehension of the history lesson learned in the most painful of ways by generations before.

8" or less, and double guard.

Everything else seems very conditional to me. I could use this if "X" were the case, or I could use this if "Y" were the case. And as always training with a specific weapon or a weapon tailored to a martial practice of any pattern will likely trump a combat blade in everyday hands. However I believe the pattern of the combat blade is mainstay, and irrelevant to those discussions.
 
PS, Again not being American, how far off am I with the guess that a mall ninja = someone who carries an agressive knife at wrong time and place to enlarge self image of their bollocks?
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Now you've got it! :)
 
I much prefer the open double guard fighter or a minimal guard to offerings like the CS Black Bear Classic and was that a Randall with the double guard in an earlier photo?

In a mud, blood, guts scenario they may be best in high adrenaline mode.

Chances are slim to none of catching another knife on the guard anyway and they really restrict you from moving the knife "in hand" and performing a lot of very sophisticated cutting movements in a self defense scenario.

I know - go away and post in Prac/Tac....just sayin though....:D
 
The problem with Dark Ops in my opinion is that they can't avoid running afoul of the universal constant of Irony.
They advertise to some type of deranged repressed killer a tool which is deranged and repressed and crappy itself.
My first impression as that image appeared was it looks like some kind of scepter......and then I see it is indeed named the Interceptor i can fill in all the blanks from there.

My favorite combat style knives; EK, Randall, CQB1, Bravo 1, Kukri.

Dr Heelhook, I know exactly what you mean about that blade shape.
 
vonhizzle said:
What is a double guard?

Like this?
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The pic you posted is a sub-hilt. Take off the 2nd, smaller guard that would be between the fore & middle fingers & you have a double guard.

I suppose the OP could've posted his definition of a Figher/combat knife, but I took it to mean a FB that someone carries/uses for SD use. Kind of like my back-up handgun, it's probably going to be a knife that rarely sees any use, other than for practicing/training (Carried often, used little).

I listed what my favorites (Of what I own or have owned) are, but do really like the Randalls that have been posted.
 
vonhizzle said:
What is a double guard?

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These are a pair of brass double hilt Randall's from the AG Russell site...
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This is a double hilt with a sub-hilt usually referred to simply as a sub-hilt fighter. This knife photographed, by Coop, is a "Big Bear" 8-1/2 inch knife made by the original designer Bob Loveless. Note the hand crafted workmanship like the tapered tang. Folks say they can pick out a Loveless knife with their eyes closed just by the balanced feel.
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