Larue Battle knife

I was able to track down the origin of the skull thing. The earliest versions of these about 20 years ago, had a tiny choil. They sent the knife over to Tactical Knives magazine, where Chuck Karwan was a field editor. Overall, he really like the knife, but suggested they give it a long choil like the Randall #1, so you could hop over the guard, and choke up on the blade. Larue didn't get the choil idea, so Karwan (he had a long military career) told him a story from Vietnam, where he saw or heard about a knife (Randall #1) getting stuck in any enemy's head during hand to hand combat, and the fellow having to grip the knife almost like a subhilt to get it out.

Right now, they seem to be close to a 1000 sold/pre-ordered, so we may see some field reports soon.
 
tltt said:
I was able to track down the origin of the skull thing. The earliest versions of these about 20 years ago, had a tiny choil. They sent the knife over to Tactical Knives magazine, where Chuck Karwan was a field editor. Overall, he really like the knife, but suggested they give it a long choil like the Randall #1, so you could hop over the guard, and choke up on the blade. Larue didn't get the choil idea, so Karwan (he had a long military career) told him a story from Vietnam, where he saw or heard about a knife (Randall #1) getting stuck in any enemy's head during hand to hand combat, and the fellow having to grip the knife almost like a subhilt to get it out.

Right now, they seem to be close to a 1000 sold/pre-ordered, so we may see some field reports soon.
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What I miss about those colorful, gimmicky, tactical magazines from back then.....?

At least they were written by People.

Someone here, recently mentioned a knife they did got published and an article "written".... It was awesome to revive accolades, but it Had to of been a bot article. :/
Poorly written.
 
ferider said:
Looks nice. However, I wouldn’t buy a fixed blade in that size in S30V. Lots of competitors in that price class, 3V, INFI, Magnacut, Cruwear, you name it. Plus - for that budget - you can have a nice custom made.
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I'm not particulary into choppers, but I agree that for a big knife that is likely to see impacts in use, I'd probably not choose S30V as the blade steel.
 
The Larue knife could quite possibly be made in the USA or maybe it's not. It reminds me of Entrek brand(Great Knives) from the past. I think their marketing is not focused on "knife guys" but more focused on people who like/ love Larue brand. I have a buddy who loves Larue accessories. He carries gas station knives, but as soon as he saw that knife, he was ready to order. Larue lovers are gonna buy the Larue knife.
 
BOHAWG said:
The Larue knife could quite possibly be made in the USA or maybe it's not. It reminds me of Entrek brand(Great Knives) from the past. I think their marketing is not focused on "knife guys" but more focused on people who like/ love Larue brand. I have a buddy who loves Larue accessories. He carries gas station knives, but as soon as he saw that knife, he was ready to order. Larue lovers are gonna buy the Larue knife.
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I think this is right. I don’t see knife guys buying this because why would they? So many great options at this price point and $400 buys you a lot of knife, especially a fixed blade. A Les George M12 Bowie is about the same price (assuming you can find one). Larue is impressive in that they manufacture every single component of their rifles in house (and they are a small, high end boutique shop, not a giant company). So I guess it’s conceivable that they could make the jump to making a knife. They have all sorts of CNC machines, etc. It would be interesting to get this knife into someone’s hands who really knows about knifemaking to see if it’s a good knife or if it just *looks* like a good knife .

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I like the design of both knife and sheath, and I’ve been impressed with LaRue scope mounts, but I wish they’d used a tougher steel.

The price seems very fair unless they’re lying about making it themselves (and I personally doubt they’re lying based on their reputation).
 
For $400 is find something in a different steel. S30V wouldn't be my first choice, or my second, for a fixed blade that large.

There are lots of options out there that you can find for this price in cpm-3v and other great steels.

Personally, it seems like you're just paying for the name on the blade.
 
When I was looking for "the best" knife for our Marine Lt son to surge into Iraq with back in 2003/2006, I found tha I really had to uy a sparat combat sheath for nearly any knife I bought. At that time, that included a "21st Century" Ka-Bar, a Randall #16-1, and a CRK Green Beret. Each of them needed a more rugged and secure nylon sheath with plastic liner.

Regarding price: If you are buying for your self, by all means carefully ballance the cost aginst construction details and your ability to pay . . .along with thinking about whatever else you think you will need.

I had a different perspective when buying "combat" knives our only son before deployment. Read this post:

I culd have spent more money, but it wouldn't have made any difference to him or made my anxiety any less.
 
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Alberta Ed said:
Who carries a "Battle Knife" into combat these days?
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As I have written in other threads, when I gave our Marine son a number of serious knives prior to going to Iraq, what he chose to take was not the stabbing daggers from Ek or the Darrel Ralph designed folding dagger from Camilus. After seeking the advice of several combat veterans at our church (WW-II, Korea and Viet Nam) what he packed were utility-oriented knives from Randall and CRK . . .along with a mid-range pocket folder and a multi tool.

I think most combat units are dropping the bayonet now as many troops have some sort of suppressor on their long guns.
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