Knives Actually Designed by Warriors for Combat

Speaking of leatherman, the new leatherman MUT has been getting some great reviews too, designed specifically with soldiering in mind regarding weapon maintenance, and they have a job specific EOD model as well; and I've posted about it in another thread, Real Avid designed a nice AR15 specific multitool with a full 440c blade.
 
The late John Moore of Mission Knives and did someone say Ernest Emerson?
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There is a custom maker here on the forum that is a veteran.... Josiah Gravelle. I have one of his older 1095 blades and its a beast of a knife. I have noticed that a lot of his newer designs have been higher end steels. Good stuff.

http://www.gravelleknives.com/
 
Leftytwogunz said:
Working in conjunction with US Navy SEAL Veteran, Dom Raso of Dynamis Alliance, Winkler Knives has introduced the Dynamis Blade.
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Was looking for this. Surprised no one mentioned Winkler until the 2nd page. Good post! I originally remember reading (i could be wrong so be gentle) that he had made a knife for a Seal team 6 member and started getting approached for more from other members until he started a line of production knives. Is that correct?
 
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I'd trust this guy:




After all, he does "have the power!"
 
guns_and_labs said:
I was just thinking, looking at a Ka-Bar, what knives are out there that were actually designed by warriors for hard use in theater. I can't think of a lot...

  • The new Buck 245
  • The Grayman knives
  • The Peltonen Sissipuukko
  • The Strider knives?

What others are there?
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Strider knives were designed by warriors?!?

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There are many knives designed by warriors. Few are designed for "hard use in theater." There aren't many people who use knives for that. Very, very few. And probably the vast majority of them use Gerbers from the PX.

Knives are designed (even by warriors) to sell to people who like to think they are hard use warriors in theater. There are a ton of them, and that is where the money is.
 
guns_and_labs said:
I was just thinking, looking at a Ka-Bar, what knives are out there that were actually designed by warriors for hard use in theater. I can't think of a lot...

  • The new Buck 245
  • The Grayman knives
  • The Peltonen Sissipuukko
  • The Strider knives?

What others are there?
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Lulz. Good job. I had to do a double take on whether this was really a post from 2015.
 
skyhorse said:
Vietnam most guys carried this. Those that could afford it may had something like a Buck 119 or even a Randall. You know 99% of these ( Warrior Knives ) nowadays are advertising BS. ;)
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Hell, I consider "warrior knives" and "tactical folders" to be just another two categories of fantasy blades.
 
Most of the offerings of Spartan Blades.
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+1 Two former Green Berets and some very nicely made knives.

Was looking for this. Surprised no one mentioned Winkler until the 2nd page. Good post! I originally remember reading (i could be wrong so be gentle) that he had made a knife for a Seal team 6 member and started getting approached for more from other members until he started a line of production knives. Is that correct?
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Winkler makes some very nice knives that are said to be used by a lot of combat guys (know some SF guys that use them and speak highly of them) but I don't think I've ever read anything about Winkler being a vet himself, which I think is the question of this post.
 
skyhorse said:
Vietnam most guys carried this. Those that could afford it may had something like a Buck 119 or even a Randall. You know 99% of these ( Warrior Knives ) nowadays are advertising BS. ;)
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Certainly that's what I believe, as well. And I wasn't really interested in the ones designed for the mass market by ex-military, but more those designed by an identifiable individual for the specific purpose. The Fairbairn-Sykes is a perfect example.

Kuhkri, etc. would fit, except it's unclear to me who originally designed them. I thought they just evolved.
 
Back "in the day" virtually every USA soldier in Viet Nam carried a Buck 110. Combat, Clerks, cooks, motor pool, everyone.
The bayonet has been obsolete since WW I. (actually earlier. Even back in the US Civil war, Hollywood not withstanding, there is not a single documented case of a combatant on either side, being stabbed by a bayonet. The bayonet does have a practical purpose though, attach to rifle, stick bayonet in ground, to store rifle muzzle down.
 
guns_and_labs said:
Certainly that's what I believe, as well. And I wasn't really interested in the ones designed for the mass market by ex-military, but more those designed by an identifiable individual for the specific purpose. The Fairbairn-Sykes is a perfect example.

Kuhkri, etc. would fit, except it's unclear to me who originally designed them. I thought they just evolved.
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ALL Knives have Just Evolved!

Not meaning to be disrespectful of anyones military service but every single knife or sword on the planet is a condo of what people have used and what they think will be an improvement for a given task. Killing to Culinary to splitting firewood etc..

The Kukuri is thought to go back to when some of Alexander the greats troops brought the Kopis swords with them to India. They had local black/sword smiths make them and the natives adapted the design to their needs & wants.

Read here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopis

There really are very few if any new knives under the sun. Perhaps new combos of features.
 
Going by the standard of a specific named model of production knife specifically designed for war zone use by a current or former military person -- there are a lot.

Many traditional knives end up in use in war zones, because they are simply good knives, like the Buck 110.
 
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