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[petrow 0527]

I want to become a navy seal and am ready to enlist now and I was wondering what knife would be best in a hand to hand fight as well as a general purpose knife I like knives with 6-7 in. blades. And want to spend 200-450 $ can some one help me out

 

[marcinek]

Welcome. Maybe it would be best to wait until you become a SEAL, and see what knives they train you with. And then use that.

 

[erhodes]

Honestly don't worry about getting one now. You won't be able to have it with you for a long time if you haven't even enlisted yet. I'm in the army and going through special forces training right now and haven't been able to use any of my nice fixed blades yet and won't for another year or so. Also they will teach you some things if you make it so I would wait till you find out what type of knife you train with.

That said spartan blades makes some really good fighting knives and so does busse and kin.

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

Every kid WANTS to become a SEAL. Wait until you make it through BUDS before you worry about what knife to get as a SEAL. For now, buy whatever knife you can afford that makes you happy.

 

[Sonnydaze]

Lots of good advice above. Just wait, my friend, you will learn when it is time.
I hope you accomplish your goals.
Sonnydaze

 

[addylo]

For now focus on getting into and through BUDS. Everything else is secondary.

Do you already have the three NSW guides? If not, download and follow them. You'll notice there's nothing about bringing a knife with you but plenty about how to survive BUDS with your assets intact.

 

[Shotgun]

I say forget the above advice. The guy wants a new knife. Let's enable him.

I would go with the winkler belt knife. That's what I would want to carry as a fighting knife.

 

[marcinek]

I say forget the above advice. The guy wants a new knife. Let's enable him.

I would go with the winkler belt knife. That's what I would want to carry as a fighting knife.

I'll bite on that challenge!

How about the Entrek USA Force Recon MKII?

Coated, stainless 440C, USA-made, 7 inch long, 1/4 inch thick double edge Persian fighter. You gotta like that thing! I do. :thumbup:

 

[Firestrike]

With a little Google-Fu and 5 minutes of searing through a page of answers the consensus is the Ontario Mk 3 is standard issues to Seals since WWII.

I thought they would be issuing Sog Seal Elite, guess I was wrong.

 

[marcinek]

I thought they would be issuing Sog Seal Elite, guess I was wrong.

Why would you think that? You don't think that, if a company puts "Seal" in its knife's name, that actual SEALs necessarily have anything to do with it, do you? It's marketing! Everybody tries to imply their knife is SEAL-related.

I'm sure the Mission crowd will be here sooner or later....

 

[Quiet]

Why would you think that? You don't think that, if a company puts "Seal" in its knife's name, that actual SEALs necessarily have anything to do with it, do you? It's marketing! Everybody tries to imply their knife is SEAL-related.

I'm sure the Mission crowd will be here sooner or later....

Marcinek beat me to it!

 

[red mag]

From what I read Winkler knives are in vouge.
hope this helps.
red mag

 

[Quiet]

I wasn't aware that you could just enlist in the SEALs. Sweet! I'm going to sign up right now!

 

[Wolf1524]

I wasn't aware that you could just enlist in the SEALs. Sweet! I'm going to sign up right now!

Don´t forget to take some hardcore Emerson knife with you. Maybe CQC or Commander. Something what elite operators use.

 

[Quiet]

Don´t forget to take some hardcore Emerson knife with you. Maybe CQC or Commander. Something what elite operators use.

LOL I'll hold my tongue so we don't get this locked. So, uh, how about that local sports team? They could totally go all the way this year, ALL! THE! WAY!

 

[NetshadeX]

Your main concern in choosing a suitable blade would be (should be) prolonged exposure to salt water.
An exquisite choice would be the Extrema Ratio Ultramarine which uses N690 X105 CrCoMo 182 steel. It's msrp is slightly over your posted budget but it's a winner.

 

[Wolf1524]

If I had to choose a fighting knife, it would be Spyderco Warrior. Also, it is from H1 steel which is good at rust resistance, so salt water wouldn´t be a problem.

 

[Hammer27]

Are you even in the US?

 

[Firestrike]

Why would you think that? You don't think that, if a company puts "Seal" in its knife's name, that actual SEALs necessarily have anything to do with it, do you? It's marketing! Everybody tries to imply their knife is SEAL-related.

I'm sure the Mission crowd will be here sooner or later....

Ya, the "Seal" being part of the name is not what led me to believe that it was the standard issue, I had read an article long ago somewhere, or perhaps watched some T.V. show that implied the Sog Seal was the standard issue.

Wiki, says the Sog Seal 2000 was tested in the 1992 trials for Seal use, perhaps that is what I remembered.

 

[jac_solar]

With a little Google-Fu and 5 minutes of searing through a page of answers the consensus is the Ontario Mk 3 is standard issues to Seals since WWII.

I thought they would be issuing Sog Seal Elite, guess I was wrong.

Actual military knives seem to be straightforward, simple, made out of relatively cheap materials - probably to make them easy to mass-produce. That sort of goes against what the marketing machine for "elite", "military knives" wants you to think.