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Uh oh, I'm sure you guys haven't seen this question a million times before. This may not be the best topic for my first thread on this forum, but it's a topic that interests me. I'm a bit of a collector of survival/utility tools. I collect knives, axes, pry bars. I love getting into the really nitty gritty details about what makes a tool efficient and how certain characteristics balance their pros and cons against one another. I enjoy getting into the history behind the development and evolution behind certain designs. Out of all tools, I feels that the ones designed as fighting "weapons" have the richest and most interesting history.
No, I'm not going to be walking around trying to pick fights with ninjas or stirring up trouble in dark alley ways, but I'd like some input from someone who's been around these types of knives for much longer than I.
From the days when our ancestors survived using tools made from stone, to modern day materials and manufacturing processing and methods, it seems like the age old designs have more or less stayed the same. This seems a bit odd to me. Has there really been no change in the design of combat blades since WWII? Knuckle Duster Trench knives, Bayonets, Kabars, Fairbairn Sykes? Thankfully trench warfare no longer exists. Now we just need to get rid of all the other types as well, but has no one improved on those designs or devised one that's completely different? I always considered the cold steel taipan to be the most proficient design when it comes to "fighting" knives that are available on the market, but I feel like there's something better out there. I always considered an interesting and proficient fighting knife design to require a metal guard, synthetic handle, fully double edged blade, a wider tip that's less prone to breaking, a bit of a belly, some thickness and a high quality metal.
Giant wall of text almost over. What are your opinions on this topic? I currently own a non-serrated Kabar with the Kraton handle, Becker BK9 and a SOG Fixation Dagger, which I purchased after I learned of my interest in "fighting" blades. Like I said earlier, I just find them interesting and I like to discuss them, but I don't really know a lot about them. With that said, I'd call the SOG Fixation dagger a sub par design, at least for me.
No, I'm not going to be walking around trying to pick fights with ninjas or stirring up trouble in dark alley ways, but I'd like some input from someone who's been around these types of knives for much longer than I.
From the days when our ancestors survived using tools made from stone, to modern day materials and manufacturing processing and methods, it seems like the age old designs have more or less stayed the same. This seems a bit odd to me. Has there really been no change in the design of combat blades since WWII? Knuckle Duster Trench knives, Bayonets, Kabars, Fairbairn Sykes? Thankfully trench warfare no longer exists. Now we just need to get rid of all the other types as well, but has no one improved on those designs or devised one that's completely different? I always considered the cold steel taipan to be the most proficient design when it comes to "fighting" knives that are available on the market, but I feel like there's something better out there. I always considered an interesting and proficient fighting knife design to require a metal guard, synthetic handle, fully double edged blade, a wider tip that's less prone to breaking, a bit of a belly, some thickness and a high quality metal.
Giant wall of text almost over. What are your opinions on this topic? I currently own a non-serrated Kabar with the Kraton handle, Becker BK9 and a SOG Fixation Dagger, which I purchased after I learned of my interest in "fighting" blades. Like I said earlier, I just find them interesting and I like to discuss them, but I don't really know a lot about them. With that said, I'd call the SOG Fixation dagger a sub par design, at least for me.
