Recommendation? Guard Material for Counter Terrorism Knife

[ScarFoot]

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.

 

[ScarFoot]

Sounds like Jay Fisher's website was stumbled upon....

I’ve heard of him but I came across some different brands on one of the major knife dealer websites. I think he’s the one that uses all the different stones/gemstones for handles.

 

[Danke42]

I’ve heard of him but I came across some different brands on one of the major knife dealer websites. I think he’s the one that uses all the different stones/gemstones for handles.

His rant treatise on why kitchen knives can't be carbon steel should be required reading.

 

[Blues]

Oddly enough, when our group was part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, we weren't issued any counter terrorist knives. I feel cheated.

 

[Steven65]

Oddly enough, when our group was part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, we weren't issued any counter terrorist knives. I feel cheated.

Joint terrorism, counter terrorism……sounds like communist kitchen carpentry to me!!

 

[Whisperstealth]

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.

 

[Blues]

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...

 

[Acutereference]

Of course there are various knife / pistol hybrids - bring a gun to a knife fight?

 

[ScarFoot]

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.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Formica, quartz, granite.....
After all-

 

[C_Claycomb]

What happens when you are too efficient and enthusiastic and launch your April 1st project a couple of days early.

 

[ScarFoot]

His rant treatise on why kitchen knives can't be carbon steel should be required reading.

I got a nosebleed half way through it.

 

[ScarFoot]

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.

 

[Lorien]

Formica, quartz, granite.....
After all-

 

[Bigburly912]

Obsidian. Have fun shaping that stuff

 

[madcap_magician]

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.

 

[SharpBits]

Paging junglefighter

On one of his posts he says the Filipinos are using the traditional Ginunting as their close in weapon of choice along with the Barong.

 

[ScarFoot]

I’m considering titanium for the guard. This needs to be as difficult as possible.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Corian.....

 

[Blues]

I’m considering titanium for the guard. This needs to be as difficult as possible.

That's the spirit!