looking for black tanto blade with knuckle guard

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agoutihead said:
well im not demanding anything first off.

and i just want this knife because its my favorite looking knife all around.

ive had a ka-bar when i was younger and really loved it (i honestly dont even remember what happened to it and it kills me to figure it out)

the tanto look, to me gives it a very robotic and clean look, thats why im specific of getting that exact blade because i want the top to be flat. makes it more symetrical. im a weirdo when it comes to things looking/being symtrical.

the knuckles look really cool if you ask me, if you dont think it does thats your opinon.

and lets face it, if and when WW3 happens, it will be very functional in a time of need. all looking cool in the process. haha

is that good enough for you guys?

im not into tons of different kinds of knives. alot of stuff looks cool, but i wouldnt waste my money on it.

i want select few, functional, yet artistist looking pieces. im getting one knife, one rifle and one hand gun.

thats all i really see the need for. get what you want in a certain thing, and pimp it out.
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Remember that form follows function. If you just want a showpiece then get one of the junk fantasy knives, if you want a real useful tool then get a 'normal' knife. If you want a weapon for WW3 get a gun.
 
haha, sure sure. im getting a gun! but a knife is still a good idea. and well, if im only going to have one knife, i might as well try to make it as functional for different purposes as possible.

i mean theoretically, i could slice up some bite-size pieces of a fresh apple i just found on the ground, and punch a guy in the face with the same item an hour later.

im just saying. im trying to have it look cool but be functional.

i mean you guys say the tanto is only good for stabbing things... well um ok, isnt that what the point of the knife was first used for?

and how much more different and useful can a curved tip be compared to the tanto? i mean their both going to stab something, so what else is the tip of the knife used for that a tanto sucks?
 
Kabar is a brand name. They manufacture the Marine Corps knife that many are familiar with. However the same style knife is also made by a few other companies.

Now about your proposed knife... I don't think you'll be able to find a production version of the knife you want. I don't think you'll be able to find a custom maker who will make your knife for a price that seems reasonable to you. I doubt you'll be able to find someone who will modify a Kabar to your specs (again for a reasonable price) nor do I think you'll be able to make the modification yourself. What you're asking for is not very practical.

Some of these people are teasing you. Most of them are being honest and frank.

Good luck finding your knife.
 
agoutihead said:
i mean you guys say the tanto is only good for stabbing things... well um ok, isnt that what the point of the knife was first used for?

and how much more different and useful can a curved tip be compared to the tanto? i mean their both going to stab something, so what else is the tip of the knife used for that a tanto sucks?
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A tanto tip is designed to punch a hole through something, compared to a drop point, it will take a lot more effort to make a hole, but will be much stronger. A finer tip (unlike the tanto) can be used for much more precise work (splinter picking comes to mind), and is generally better for utility, unless utility happens to require punching holes in sheet metal all day.
 
Ok pal im gonna help you out as much as i can seeing that you have your mind is made up. Yes, the Ka Bar is good quality, the balde on that model is 1095 carbon i believe and yes they do have a good heat treat from what i have heard. The handle is not the easiest thing to remove as the partial tang is extended into the handle and capped of with a steel butt cap. (or was it aluminum) Now, if you really want to swap the handle i dont think if would be impossible but the hard part is finding somebody who would make it for you from your material of choice and actually make it fit the Ka Bar. Come on guys cut him some slack, we all went through our "It looks good, it's cheap, I'm buying it" phase.
 
hahahaahahah, TH232... you had me laughing my ass off when i got to the sheet metal part!!! hhahahahaahaha

thats what im looking for though! durability!

that knife is only 60 or 70 bucks depending on the size i get. even if someone charged me 150 on a modification for the knuckle guard, its still way cheaper than paying 400+ on another knife.

are there better things out there? always.

but i dont have the luxury of spending that much on a knife, nor do i want to.

this is the first night ive done research on this knife, so it was all new to me, and i had no idea how hard, or how much it would cost.

if it is still possible to get a knuckle guard modified for 150 or less on that heat treated ka-bar tanto, it will be exactly what im looking for, and to me, worth the money some might/would say is dumb.

but look at the thousands of dollars you guys spend on knives. i mean their cool, but you do invest alot of time and money into them.

im spending a fraciton of the cost to get my "dream" knife i suppose
 
right right. absolutely!

i understand im asking alot. i understand im a hard head.

but it seems that it can be done covering all bases of price, look, durability and functionality.
 
http://www.leisurepro.com/Prod/OMRTKT.html

that knife is so sweet too, i want to buy it almost. the only thing is the top part of the blade is curved up a bit compared to being flat like the one i want.

why do they do that? any structural reasoning? most of the tanto style blades i see have that look to them too.

i just dont like the handle at all on the ka-bar. i really like the rubber handle on this particular diving knife. can you buy rubber handles like that to have put on?

is it good to have a knife made out of titanium? is it better than steel?
 
I use my knives all day long for CUTTING things, not STABBING. About the only thing I ever stab is myself when I catch my bali wrong.

If you want a knife for fighting purposes, you would be better off spending $50 on a knife, and starting martial arts lessons, so you don't have your "cool looking" knife taken away from you and you stabbed with it.

You also said you are going to buy a rifle and a handgun. Do you know anything at all about guns? That's all we need is somebody shooting themselves with a pistol spinning it around their finger because it looked "cool." If you do decide to buy guns, please have some proper training on how to use one.

All in all, welcome to our world. If you stick with it, you will learn form should follow function, and there is no reason why you can't have a quality, useful knife that also looks damn sweet.
 
and if you think about it, the knuckle guard is actually a technological advancement for a knife.

your adding something very major and vital with out comprimising the knife itself.

if you get the knucle guard with individual finger slots, you have less chance of dropping the knife and having it taken away from you.

and you are able to wield it and apply pressure in certain directions that wouldnt allow you to do so normally with a knife.

and you can punch someone pretty hard with it too.

i think its a win/win situation if you ask me.
 
I actually have a knife with a knuckle guard. It's called Spirit I Tim DuBetz design made by Mustang Knives.I bought it at budk but don't see it there now.The thing about it that might interest you is that the blade is removable. It was less than $20.00 so you could throw the blade out without losing any sleep. The tang goes thru the handle and is fastened with a cap. It shouldn't be any big deal to put a tanto blade on one
 
that sounds like a good idea... do you know which knife had the removable blade?

i wonder if i could just order a tanto blade with no handle from ka-bar?

is that something that is possible or am i off the wall?
 
Google:mustang knives spirit I,this will lead you to joyenterprises. You can look at it there. And yes you are off the wall. Maybe that's why you got so many responses.
 
I've got a question. Are you new to knives, or just new to bladeforums ?

If you are new to knives then start out with a leatherman or sak and a mora, and maybe a saw, an axe, or a machete. Those are functional tools that you can do pretty much anything with.

Once you have the basic knife requirements covered you can start a collection. When you are collecting you can buy whatever suits your tastes, no matter how dorky/impractical they are :thumbup:
 
agoutihead said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ka-bar-Impact-S...4QQihZ019QQcategoryZ88916QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that looks like the handle should be easily removable. it doesnt have the serrated part to it though, can a smith add them into it with out messing up the finish?
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Buy the Ka-Bar. It's a good knife of its type.

Maybe you'll like it just the way it is once you hold it.
You can contact machine shops, sometimes you can find someone who'll
do the kind of work you want in a rough form that'll be sufficient for your needs.

You know, you're looking for brass or metal knuckles to put on a big knife, it's the kind of thing that's illegal in a whole bunch of places.

Or go to budk.com, or look for a Gil Hibben "fantasy" knife. Some of them resemble what you're describing.

And that's about all I'm gonna say on this.
 
alright that G I tanto is 1055 carbon steel

but the ka-bar is 1095 i think isnt it?

is there any real difference?

and its legal to have these where live.
 
no im telling you it is. i live in ohio. we can have everything here.

Kraton G Thermoplastic Elastomer- Referred to simply as kraton, is a man made material resembling rubber can be molded into knife handles.

is it really similar to rubber? or like a hard plastic?

if its more like rubber, ill be alot happier with it.
 
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