Knife seen in Modern Warfare?

i was playing the missions and in one of the missions i spotted one of the knives stuck into a table so i grabbed a couple pics of it.

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i couldnt make out what the symbol on it says, but maybe if you had an hdtv you might be able to make it out. it was on the missions where you start out in the underground bunker, and you walk around and its all sad and everyone is laying around all hurt and sleeping and stuff. i dont remember the name of it.
 
Without a doubt IMO the taktical knife used for CQC in the game is a blackhawk tatang.

I own the knife and the game and I was curious as to if they are the same.

What gives it away is when the game shows the knife held side by side with a handgun.

A easy way to see this is to go to spec ops part of the game and select the sniper snow mission called evasion in alpha.

Switch to your pistol and watch closely. For a split second the animation shows the hand grip the knife and it shows you for a brief moment a bit more of the handle and the blade.

The obvious give away is the half circle near the hilt that's on the tatang.

Sure the handle looks to be g10 and there are more prominant serrations on the blade but the shape and style are exactly like the tatang. It had the lanyard hole in the same spot. The curve in the handle, blade shape, and the finger half circle.

I have a serrated tatang and they are different but the games serrations looks better.

I held the knife to simutlate the way they use it in game and it looks just right.

You have to keep in mind the game is not 3d so the perspective makes it look a bit shorter, but if you hold it the same and look down at it you can see the same perspective which looks just as the game shows it.

I'll post a link on you tube the mission
 
They're not the same guys, I just bought the tatang for the same reason and I'm very disappointed with it. Thankfully I'll be putting together my forge on tuesday, I've already spent an hour or so analyzing tons of pictures and sketching and came up with this.
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If you want the throwing knife from MW2 then yes, the Tatang is as close as you'll get, but the tactical knife just looks way different than the Tatang, it's probably just perspective, but none the less, it's different.
 
I concur Infinity Ward even said themselves that it is a Blackhawk Tatang with a slightly moded handle.
 
Not gonna lie if someone made a mw2 knife I'd prob buy it. I'm pitbull592 on the psn network, feel free to friend me. I love mw2, and still play cod4 from time to time as well.
 
Kenny, while I disagree with you I'd love to see your version. I think in reality the knife you sketched will be too curved in the handle.

When I played the game and then held the knife I admit I was also a bit disapointed. The games perspective makes it seem as if it's a stubbier, shorter, thick blade. But again, I feel it's just our perspective of it.

Infinaty Ward modified it just a bit for whatever reason (avoiding lawsuit? look of polygons?) but if I get a chance I will takes some photos of me holding the knife as it is in game to show the similarities.
 
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Stephan said:
Kenny, while I disagree with you I'd live to see your version. I think in reality the knife you sketched will be too curved in the handle.

When I played the game and then held the knife I admit I was also a bit disapointed. The games perspective makes it seem as if it's a stubbier shorter thick blade. But again, I feel it's just our perspective of it.

Infinaty Ward modified it just a bit for whatever reason (lawsuit? look?) but if I get a chance I will takes some photos of me hold the knife as it is in game to show the similarities.
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There's a big hair on my hand XD
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They are similar, I'm not saying they aren't. But the Tatang has a much more "leaf" like blade while I think the in game knife is more triangular like a spear.

The handle, just by look at the in game perspective of the knife when it's in your hand, the handle has a very steep curve to it, one thing you need to realize is that in making the game, the model in your character's hand on your screen and the model someone else looking at you, is different, if that makes sense. I think my sketch needs some tweaking, but the handle should be more curved than the tatang, the blade should be stubbier and thinner than the tatang.

I was going to make a wood blank while I was down at the shop today but I could't find a suitable piece of wood to use.
 
Kenny H. said:
There's a big hair on my hand XD

They are similar, I'm not saying they aren't. But the Tatang has a much more "leaf" like blade while I think the in game knife is more triangular like a spear.
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That hair is really distracting. :p

The lack of detail and using a triangle instead of a rounded shape is a characteristic of removing polygons to increase performance.

I remember back in quake they showed how they wanted the guns to look and how many polygons it took to draw them, then they showed it again when they had reduced the number of polygons as much as they could while it still looked "okay" and the number of polygons it took.
 
dinozzo said:
Yeah...were not retards, but i asked if it was real, and if not what looks like it...dont be such a smartass...

anyway..i took a pic of it when i was playing today, this is one you throw on live...
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That is definitely a Tatang - Designed by Michael Janich and marketed by BLACKHAWK! knives.

The reason it looks different is probably due to the limited polygon count of such a simple shape ina graphic intensive game. Regardless of what the blade may look like, there is only one design that looks even remotely like that, and it is the Tatang. What else can it be? If it looks like a Tatang, walks like a Tatang, adn quacks like a Tatang... That is a close to it as Infinity Ward could get.
 
Well obviously it is the tatang, I'm just saying that they are different and probably not because of polygon count. They're just different in a number of subtle and not so subtle ways. The curvature of the handle is more steep and long on the game version, the little "dip" I want to call a choil is differently shaped and the protrusion is smaller on the game version, the blade is also smaller in scale with the handle on the game version.

Personally I prefer the knife that's in the game to the Tatang, there are a number of differences that add up and IMO make the knife look completely different, if I hadn't done what I always do and used the knife before thinking, I would return it.

To me, the Tatang looks more like a barong
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While the knife in MW2 looks much more like a fighting/tactical knife to me.
 
Okay so here are some shots.

I have a custom tatang that has camo tiger stripes and a lanyard attached to the handle.

I tried to get a good angle but my friend helping got bored quick. :jerkit:But I think this does the job.

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Whatcha think?

i think if I had a bit more patient photographer that I'd be able to produce a pretty accurate depiction of the affect perception has on the knife's image in the game.

Also as shown in the pictures, you can see that with the right size hands and proper placement of grip, the handle seems to be curved enough. I do wish they had a g10 model.

Who knows maybe Blackhawk will release a game accurate version of the tatang,
 
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Honestly I think anyone who doesn't think that that knife is a near copy of the Tatang is blind. :p
 
I think the differences in the BH tatang and the Combat knife are in how it was animated.The animator/designer probably did it quickly.Or re-did it to fit with IW design choices.Maybe the Tatang wasn't the first choice for the combat knife.That's why the logos don't match the knife.(throwing knife,combat knife ect)
I feel the Logos look more like this knife.....
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United kingdom Special forces knife.
This makes sense as most of the games spec-op characters are British.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Honestly I think anyone who doesn't think that that knife is a near copy of the Tatang is blind. :p
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Without a doubt, anyone who can't see that IW copied the Tatang, is blind.

But I like IW's version better and if you look at these pictures you can see a number of differences.

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In this picture you should see a number of things.
1. The distance between all three of the screws on the tatang are equal, the game version however, the first two screws are significantly further apart, showing that the game version definitely has a long handle.

2. Obviously the handle scales are different, the game version has something like G10 scales with cross hatching pattern and they're flat, the Tatang has glass reinforced plastic handle scales with a plain finish and two little "grippy" spots.

3. The dip between the handle and the blade is much wider and more circular on the Tatang as well as the guard that protrudes from the handle is much longer and more pronounced on the Tatang.

4. The end of the handle, on the Tatang the end of the tang widens while the game version stays constant with the width of the handle.

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In those two you can see the blade profile of the game knife is much more like a spear point, the edges have a more straight and subtle curve to them.

I don't know, it's obviously a copy without a doubt haha, but the game version just turns me onto it more.

I really like that tiger stripe paint job, I was thinking of stripping the epoxy off of mine and dura coating it.
 
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