Help me pick a 6-8" fighting knife.

cricketdave said:
Well if someone really wants to have a knife fight with me I'm shooting them in the kneecap and running. That said, the sfno or the terror monkey or the tglb.
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^what he said :thumbup: :) until i run out of ammo which could occur pretty soon considering our ammo prices

i would say the sjtac and jackhammer would make good fighting knives - being a little to light for chopping imo - mine wont probably be used in a pre-apocolypse scenario :D

 
How about a CS ASH-1 .22 recurve, swedged, bruiser!;)




FAT ASH:)




Here's a couple of my favorite CS fighters!:thumbup::)
NMFSH and Boss Jack LE.

 
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I think by definition a fighter must be light and fast in hand, which eliminates almost everything mentioned here so far. Busse's are not fighters, no matter what the designation (typically). They are combat knives which place a high priority on utility and durability, with everything else being secondary like cutting ability and fighting characteristics.

For a fighting knife I believe it must spec out to no more than 1 oz. of weight per inch of OAL in a blade, with less weight per inch being even more desirable. Anything over 1 oz. per inch makes for essentially a utility biased knife, which is often the form a Busse takes and 1.5 oz. per inch is not uncommon. Take the NMSFNO for example, weighs 21 oz. with 14" OAL. That's not to say you couldn't use this knife for defensive purposes, it would just be far from ideal as it will not be very nimble.

Choils are also a serious handicap on a fighting knife and a prominent feature on nearly every Busse and kin to date. This is an undesirable feature on a fighting knife, due to the greatly increased propensity for snagging on clothing, bone, etc.

That being said, the choilless Boss Jack LE is probably the closest I am aware of to a 6-8" Busse that is reasonably well suited to fighting.
 
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AValenz said:
Tali-Wacker
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Andy the Aussie said:
... this followed by the TGLB. The SARGE/SAR handle is going to get slick with blood and I would wager see your grip sliding up onto the blade when plunges in. I have seen plenty of hand injuries from people who "slid up the blade" cause the grip was slick. I prefer the DSF to the SAR handle in this regard as well. The Tali looks and feels like it was designed to fight. It probably has just enough forward weight that a good downward chop will be damaging across flesh.
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+2 on the Tali Whacker
I grabbed one recently and this thing is just built for punching holes in things!

If you wanna go for a Busse ask Garth if he can make you a Force One or a nice DSF. :eek:

Good luck!!!!
 
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DSF. Too bad there isn't a choil less DSF option. Unfortunately they aren't available from the custom shop. I asked Garth already. Then again most of the ones mentioned already aren't available either.
 
aaaa_cccc said:
I think by definition a fighter must be light and fast in hand, which eliminates almost everything mentioned here so far. Busse's are not fighters, no matter what the designation (typically). They are combat knives which place a high priority on utility and durability, with everything else being secondary like cutting ability and fighting characteristics.

For a fighting knife I believe it must spec out to no more than 1 oz. of weight per inch of OAL in a blade, with less weight per inch being even more desirable. Anything over 1 oz. per inch makes for essentially a utility biased knife, which is often the form a Busse takes and 1.5 oz. per inch is not uncommon. Take the NMSFNO for example, weighs 21 oz. with 14" OAL. That's not to say you couldn't use this knife for defensive purposes, it would just be far from ideal as it will not be very nimble.

Choils are also a serious handicap on a fighting knife and a prominent feature on nearly every Busse and kin to date. This is an undesirable feature on a fighting knife, due to the greatly increased propensity for snagging on clothing, bone, etc.

That being said, the choilless Boss Jack LE is probably the closest I am aware of to a 6-8" Busse that is reasonably well suited to fighting.
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What he said. A fighting knife is a 10 - 12" bowie, with a distal taper and a sharpened clip. See Bill Bagwell:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.paladi...And-The-Best-Of-Battle-Blades-Free-Sample.pdf
 
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That being said, the choilless Boss Jack LE is probably the closest I am aware of to a 6-8" Busse that is reasonably well suited to fighting.
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Tali Whacker as well, I got one and it is really light and nimble in hand
 
HG55? Think this is fast in the hand and very pointy!

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:thumbup: +1 for HG 55, and you can get them with satin finish. They are a little short of 6", but I think they're long enough to take car of business.;)
 
Or a Randall model 14 in stainless with a 7 1/2 inch blade. The problem is the 3 year wait. I have 11 weeks so for busse BM I ordered last week.
 
DSSF, TGLB, HellRazor, Tali, TankBuster....but you know you can always drive 5 min and play with all mine ;)
 
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