Knives Actually Designed by Warriors for Combat

Esav Benyamin said:
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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My brother (RIP) carried a Buck 110.:thumbup: Never seen a guy pull a knife into the open position so quick!
 
Just because someone has been in combat doesn't mean they will design a good knife. If my experience is worth noting, its probably quite the opposite...

With all due respect to my comrades, many of the guys I served with had a hard time even using a knife. They almost certainly never carried one... other than the one guy who kept taking pictures with one to impress his girl. If you carried around a Rambo knife you were mocked mercilessly for being a spotlight Ranger.

Before anyone gets all butt hurt, they would approve of this message and drink to the memories. :D
 
This is what I carried... Microtech D/A Socom and Camillus/Cuda Dominator.

 
Charlie Mike said:
This is what I carried... Microtech D/A Socom and Camillus/Cuda Dominator.

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Well Charlie Mike did you impress that girl?:D Hey retzius, you mean all those knives I sent to Iraq didn't go to the soldiers who were to stupid to use a knife to open things.
 
badjujuboy said:
Well Charlie Mike did you impress that girl?:D Hey retzius, you mean all those knives I sent to Iraq didn't go to the soldiers who were to stupid to use a knife to open things.
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Yup, sure did. Halfway through my deployment, I learned that she was being sexually active with approx 10 other guys.

:eek:
 
badjujuboy said:
Well Charlie Mike did you impress that girl?:D Hey retzius, you mean all those knives I sent to Iraq didn't go to the soldiers who were to stupid to use a knife to open things.
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No... but don't fret. They were used to stab spiders and to perform endless parodies of the scene in Aliens where Bishop does the trick with the knife. Although it almost always ended in a bloody mess and good laughs :D
 
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Any of the KM (Kampfmesser) models by Eickhorn Solingen. Standard issue for Bundeswehr, KSK, and Kampfschwimmer. Also, most anything made by Spartan Blades.
 
fldawgfan said:
Any of the KM (Kampfmesser) models by Eickhorn Solingen. Standard issue for Bundeswehr, KSK, and Kampfschwimmer.
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I was unable to figure out who designed the Eickhorn Solingen knives. Can you point me in the right direction for that information?
 
I'm not certain who designed each specific knife, but Eickhorn is a large maker of knives, survival tools, etc. they are located in Solingen, Germany. JA Henkels and Zwilling, two other knife makers, are from the same area. I'm sure you could find a lot of info at Eickhorn's website.
 
A karambit was not designed as a warrior's knife. It originated as a farming tool. It was only after the tool was weaponized that makers started curving the blade more pronounced.

How do I know? My parents are Indonesian. The knife originated in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
 
fldawgfan said:
I'm not certain who designed each specific knife, but Eickhorn is a large maker of knives, survival tools, etc. they are located in Solingen, Germany. JA Henkels and Zwilling, two other knife makers, are from the same area. I'm sure you could find a lot of info at Eickhorn's website.
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Thanks. I looked at their website, and couldn't figure it out. I'm really more interested in the designers and the history of the designs.

Spartan was mentioned, and I'm waiting to hear from them as to which designs date back to when they were making blades for comrades.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Yup, sure did. Halfway through my deployment, I learned that she was being sexually active with approx 10 other guys.

:eek:
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What's with the eek? I'm sure she was just trying to keep an open mind, to see what other suppliers had to offer, and was trying to show the government an alternative to no-bid contracts :D

Zero
 
strategy9 said:
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some of the fiercest warriors in the universe.
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I AM SOLD!!!! :thumbup::)
 
afishhunter said:
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.
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The bayonets from the Revolutionary war(i.e. sharpened spike) would be much better suited to combat than the modern full blade knife with guard to mount on a gun. I base this upon information I had read about British versus French swords, for what I believe was Cavalry combat. The British had blades optimized for slashing, where as the French blades were optimized for stabbing. The ratio for killings was along the lines of dozens(or more) of dead British soldiers for every French soldiers that were hit with the opposing soldier's sword. When Tactical Knives magazine was around, some of the authors would mount the review bayonets on a rifle to see how badly they affected the weapon firing. With today's knowledge, a spike bayonet could be made with a Triangular blade to make holes harder to suture. They don't even have to be that heavy to do damage.

Back on topic, I would say the John Ek knives were designed for combat. Ek's philosophy was that a knife was better than a gun because it could never run out of bullets.
 
One wonders what the OP means. I can carry an ASEK, designed to be used by air crews, where fighting was a parameter, and fight with it. A few servicemen also have used machetes to make kills when they needed to do so. Does he mean knives built for combat, and if so, for fighting; does he mean military contract knives?
 
harkamus said:
A karambit was not designed as a warrior's knife. It originated as a farming tool. It was only after the tool was weaponized that makers started curving the blade more pronounced.

How do I know? My parents are Indonesian. The knife originated in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Many weapon/knives started this way. It was the tool/weapon the farmer/hunter had when it was time to become an army of sorts and that's what the people were use to holding and swinging with. Nun-chucks were originally a tool for beating rice to hull it.
 
corwise said:
+1 Two former Green Berets and some very nicely made knives.



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.
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True but his actual designs came about from the experience and suggestions of warriors as they gave feedback throughout the process. That being said I understand where you are coming from so I rescind my suggestion. ;)
 
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