Recommendation? Guard Material for Counter Terrorism Knife

Lynne Thompson on bowie knife guards and fighting. I have also seen a thing called a nagle that comes out the side and sits over the hand.

I think your tactical knife would start looking a bit weird though


When I see things like this I’m always reminded of the scene in Indiana Jones where the sword fighter is doing all of his fancy moves and Indy just shoots him.
 
Oddly enough, when our group was part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, we weren't issued any counter terrorist knives. I feel cheated.
Nelson Demilles Character uses a Kabar, your department must have been affected by budget restraints. 😉
 
Nelson Demilles Character uses a Kabar, your department must have been affected by budget restraints. 😉
Closest I came to a Kabar that was issued to me was a USN MK (can't remember the number) that was given to members of our SRT.
I gave it to Fred Perrin as a gift when I was in Paris.

In reality, our agency had a pretty good budget due to not only gov't funding, but what was allocated via seizures of property from cartels and other criminal organizations.

Back to Counter Terrorism Knives...
 
Oddly enough, when our group was part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, we weren't issued any counter terrorist knives. I feel cheated.
Terrorists with joints aren’t hard to sneak up on. They’re generally just eating Funyuns and playing video games.
 
What happens when you are too efficient and enthusiastic and launch your April 1st project a couple of days early. 🤣
 
I do want to say I don’t want this to turn into maker bashing session. I mainly wanted to ask about darker/matte/muted materials and finishes for guards and such. I just figured we’d have a little fun with it. I googled something in the neighborhood of “dark knife hardware”. Of course it returned all “tactical” knives which is where I discovered counter terrorism knives.

It’s all for a little good natured fun. Now, back to it.
 
Don't forget, the blade needs to be black. And also the edge. The edge must be black, too. The entire knife has to be black.
 
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