Favorite fixed blade fighter?

mdauben said:
Heh! I have always been facinated by anything assocaited with Lt. Co. Fairbairn so when Boker came out with their Smatchet, I picked one up. It definetly is a big, heavy knife and not well suited to quickly flick around. I'm no knife fighter, myself, but I think in a duel against an trained opponent with a smaller, handier blade you probably would be at a disadvantage. I don't think that was what it is designed for, however.

The Smatchet is a big knife for chopping and disembowling that would probably reward strength and agressiveness in place of skill and speed. In real life, using a knife in moden warefare is probably infrequent enough, that knife-on-knife fighting is almost vanishingly unlikely. In the sort of rough-and-tumble CQC combat against pistols, rifles, etc, I think it would probably excell. After all, the designer was one of those who had "seen the elephant" and designed the knife based on real-life experience with armed and unarmed combat.
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I see. I have never personally handled one, but kind of assumed along the lines of what you're saying. I just love the way it looks, and the Boker one is a beauty!
 
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for a big knife it's very light
 
as much as I detest it's name the Al Mar Sere Operator is pretty sweet for a cheaper option.

Ive seen a Bob Loveless made bowie, wouldnt mind having one of those lol.
 
randomlooker said:
I got the CRKT version of the Dragon in the mail today, after finding out about it thanks to this thread. I have no intention of ever doing any knife fighting, but I like wharnies and fell in love with the knife. Knifecenter has some left on closeout. Going to take it camping this weekend and play with it...
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+1. I ordered the knife within five minutes of discovering it on this thread. Same website too. Considering the quality and the aesthetic value, the price is a steal! You guys who are eyeballing the CRKT Dragon better order one before they stock out!!!

I won't be able to afford a Mike Snody wharnie anytime soon, so this will hold me over until then :)

Bladeforums is making my money grow wings and fly far far away :-p
 
The American Bowie and there are so many great custom makers out there it is a buyers choice. A couple production would include, CS TM, or Recon, R1, Masters Series by Ontario in particular the Bagwell series, Kabar/Case of course and many many others. keepem sharp
 
cziv said:
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
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there is a little fail here.

1. you don't ever try to catch a nother blade w/ your guard, unless you have a sai or something . But often, if it somehow ends up as a deulting situation, he will cut at your knife hand. That double guard might save your bacon. Also, the double guard will keep your hand from sliding up.

2. you dont shif your grip in combat, You grab it in a good forward or reverse modified hammer grip and go till till its over. Try doing a thumb reiforced draw cut in a fight and you will break your thumb and your thumb is quite vunerable on the spine of the blade to being cut/smashed/grabbed and broken
 
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This is what I take on the very bad nights, it hasn’t let me down. It’s a Winkler Belt knife.



If I’m going to get in to a knife fight, well I will have to pull out my axe to make it a very unfair fight.

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Guys all those beautiful knives could be a great waste of money.
If I picked a knife for an attack I would probably go for a 5",
20$ ,thin,deep plastic handled with guard , boning knife. Fantastic penetration and
hand retention. for Self Defence an Endura SE or similar for trapping and inflicting rips|cuts on the opponents extremities.I have a little training behind me/
I carry an endura ,if you see a guy coming towards you with a boning knife not in
the kitchen or dressing game....RUN.:)
 
Lots of great knives to choose from... Here are few I like..

RMK:

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BCK:

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bld522 said:
Superb! I'll never be able to afford one. But Dietmar Kressler makes a wonderful subhilt fighter based on the Big Bear design. He and Boker are collaborating to release an integral subhilt with a tapered tang that I CAN afford. The knife is featured in the 2010 Boker catalog. It's due to be released in May. Here's a pic.

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And here's the info on the Kressler Fighter from the Boker USA site:

http://www.boker.de/us/index.php?c=3000&a=02BO190

:)
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Dietmar Kressler's custom pieces are incredible, like works of art. I too saw the Boker sub-hilt above in an A.G Russell catalog and I may just have to grab one.
 
Seven pages & no Kasper fighter?

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And only one mention of a Bagwell Bowie?

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The best of the genre I've personally owned would be the Ontario Spec Plus Fighter:

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The CRK Green Beret has the features that I would associate with a fighting knife, me not actually being a knife fighter. Wilson Combat had a similar model years ago and I really wanted one. I never got one but I got a somewhat similar model from another Arkansas maker. Of course the standard Randall is pretty good too.

It seems to me that a fighting knife needs to have a keen point for stabbing, a pronounced guard, maybe a double guard, so your grip doesn't slide down onto the blade, and some form of retention so if you do stick the knife into something with resistance, you can pull the knife out and keep using it. Finger grooves, rough texture, maybe even a larger pommel end would help with that.
 
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