Lan Cay M11 EOD , experiences

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Leandroc

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Hello guys!
I'm thinking more and more about Lan Cay M11 EOD as a survival and combat knife.
As a derivation of the M9 bayonet I think shouldn't be bad, even with a not so strong assembly structure.
Please, I'd like to know if you have experience in survival or combat situations with these Lan Cays....can I depend on it?
I've read something abour broken blades in the Lan Cay site, but it can mean nothing, because any knife can be broken during abusive use.
I'll very grateful with experiences or comments of people that used Lan Cays.

Thank you very much.

Leandro.
 
I've got one. It's basically a semi-sharp prybar, and not a particularly good one. IMHO, the M-11 is a heavy, overly bulky piece of junk, just like the Lan-Cay M-9 bayonets (Saw quite a few of those break the 5 years I spent on active duty; interestingly, never saw a broken one made by Ontario.)

From a quick google search, it seems as if they're retailing for about $100. I wouldn't pay $5 for one (the only reason I have one is that it was issued to me.)

Here is a picture I took of the top half of my M-11's edge. It doesn't adequately convey how dull it is, but you can certainly see how obtuse and uneven the grind is. All that gunk on the blade is packing grease that I never got around to cleaning off.

M-11Edge1.jpg


If you want a sharpened prybar, get an EOD Breacher Bar, and put the other $80 or so you've saved toward a halfway decent fixed blade, like one of these:

Rat Cutlery RC-4
Becker BK-7
Fallkniven F-1
Cold Steel SRK
SOG Seal Pup
Standard Ka-Bar
Gerber LMF II


Of course, you could also get yourself a prybar and an awesome knife in one package (for a little bit more money) with a Chiruwa Ang Khola from Himalayan Imports.

Here's a review with better pictures.


Edit: To the mods; The links I've included are just to provide examples. I hope they don't qualify as deal-spotting, but if they do, I apologize. Let me know, and I'll remove them ASAP.
 
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Thank you very much CubistHamer, I really appreciate your help and evaluation.
I like outdoors activities and about my equipment I always count and respect the experience of the military, because they also need equipment you can depend on.

Sometimes even when I'm not a military, when I'm alone in the middle of the jungle, mountain,etc. and without a gun, your knife is the best friend you can have.

I was thinking about the M11 as a good companion, but probably I was wrong and just can count it as a collectible piece.

I own between others three RAT knives in D2 steel, SOG Seal, SOG Trident, Ka Bar 2000, and also SRK's in Carbon V and AUS 8A. Between them, usually I go to bushcraft and survival activities with my SRK in AUS8A, and for me is one of the best survival tools I have.

Thank you and have a nice weekend.

Leandro
 
Glad I could help.

From your collection, it sounds like you've got good taste in knives. (And I should probably show a bit more humility in mine, with as few posts as I have here.:rolleyes:)

I also don't want to discourage anybody from buying an M-11 as a collector's item, which is the main reason I've kept mine.

And in fairness to Lan Cay, I've never seen an M-11 fail.

Like I said earlier, I have seen several M-9s break. In fact, my dislike of Lan Cay is due to an incident with one during basic training...

When I went through Basic at Ft. Benning in 2004, we still did bayonet training (not sure if that is still the case.) This consisted mainly of drilling basic moves with a partner, at about three paces distance from each other to prevent anyone from getting stabbed.

My partner was practicing a slash when his bayonet blade broke off just above the guard, flew through the air, and hit me in the face. Fortunately, I was wearing BCGs (heavy, ugly army issue glasses) which absorbed most of the impact, and the only real damage was a badly chipped front tooth.

Since then, though, I don't trust Lan Cay products.
 
Humility, Schmility:). You were right on with your post, that series of bayonets qualifies as beautiful garbage. It's a big, heavy, useless mess of a knife.
 
Thank you tltt to you too... anybody knows if the fragility problem was solved or they modified the design after these failures?
 
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