New Survival Knife From TOPS !

Here we have a "survival" knife designed by someone who doesn't know how to use a knife. But someone, somewhere, will buy it. No doubt about it. Don't they say something about one being born every minute...
 
chopchop said:
It looks like the grip would be pretty uncomfortable for any sawing... since anything worth sawing is going to take a while. Plus, it looks more like a metal saw than a wood saw. Maybe it's more for sawing out of an aircraft?


And I don't know how you could use that as a palm block with a firebow. It seems like the weight of the blade would make it really unstable to try and apply pressure to a spindle.
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just some facts from my experiences with this knife and others with its features.

the saw works well on wood. it surprised the hell out of me too. i am now a saw on the spine freak. TOPS' big saw teeth work nicely and are easy to clean bear fat and junk out of....


the length of the blade lets you rest the top on your knee, sandwiched under your forearm, for a steady spindle position actually. - there are other methods of making it work too.


for the brother who thought it didn't look good for batoning - note the primary edge geometry and the notes on the drawing - there is a strike area just past the guard for batoning, and the wood shifts towards that nexus point on the primary edge - it's a little odd, but innovations always are. i find that the central strike zone, vice striking on the tip of the blade, decreases the harmonics that ultimately make your best blade shatter partly or completely.


some things, like the spike on the butt, i don't care for, but i can certainly see why they would be useful - especially with Myke Hawke's style of doing things in the bush. - from what i have seen, he flat gets busy building a city as soon as he arrives in most places - which makes me laugh, as i am pretty lazy in the wild.

at least he isn't a fake. google him.

he has served the Army well, and he is a nice guy.

that's good enough for me.

vec
 
cool vec...did it come with a sheath? are all the grinds the same on the business edge? or do you have any sites they post info on?
 
Chris_Norden said:
Here we have a "survival" knife designed by someone who doesn't know how to use a knife. But someone, somewhere, will buy it. No doubt about it. Don't they say something about one being born every minute...
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um.....myke hawk is well known army survival instructor and soldier who definitely knows how to use a knife.

I personally dont like the style, but i wouldn't diss the designer. :cool:

BIO:

"Mykel Hawke is an experienced survival instructor in jungle, desert, arctic, sea, and urban environments. He is a published author with a bestselling language book and has a survival book due out in spring. Mykel is also a motivational public speaker and a lecturer on crisis responses to manmade and natural disasters, including (WMD) Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hawke is the Director of and represents www.specops.com on-camera and in creative program development during media productions.

Hawke has over 20 years of combined military, civilian, and government experience. He has served as a senior enlisted member of the U.S. Army's Special Forces, and as a Commissioned Officer and Team Commander. He has been a U.S. Government Contractor and Country Project Manager abroad. Hawke has training and experience in telecommunications, intelligence operations, remote medical management, combat search and rescue, guerrilla warfare, counter terrorism, security tactics and languages. Myke Hawke has been in Alaska, deployed to hotspots throughout Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, South America, South East Asia and Africa.

Hawke has worked with the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations, other government agencies (OGA’s) & non-governmental organizations (NGO’s). His accomplishments include the establishment and operation of a combat medic school in Azerbaijan and a combat search & rescue program in Colombia. He has also served as a Project Manager in Haiti and Sierra Leone, conducting medical evacuations, troops & munitions re-supply, quick reaction forces and VIP transport. He has developed and controlled the international education and adventure programs for SpecOps based in Costa Rica.

Hawke most recently served in Afghanistan as a Commander of Mujahideen Militia against Taliban and Al-Qaeda Forces and, among many other varied missions and operations, currently instructs and advises crisis response and stability operations to African U.N. Peacekeeping Forces. He is currently attached to the U.N. as a Special Forces Captain in a Major's billet with the U.S. Army Element for U.S. Forces Korea.

Specialized Training and Areas of Expertise
includes, but is not limited to: Myke Hawke, Survival Expert

· Special Forces Detachment Commander course - 18A
· Combined Arms Service Staff School - (CAS3)
· Officer Advanced Course - Civil Affairs - 38A
· Officer Advanced Course- Infantry - 11A
· Medical Service Officer Course - 70B
· Anti-Terrorism & Force Protection Instructor (AT/FP Level II)
· Govt. Detention & Hostage Negotiation (PGD/HD SERE 245)
· Personnel Recovery (JPRA 102)
· Survival, Escape, Resistance & Evasion (SERE, Level - C)
· Special Operations Medical Sergeant Course (18D)
· Special Forces Morse Code & Communications Course (18E)
· Special Forces Intelligence and Operations Course (18F)
· Advanced Non Commissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
· Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
· National Registry EMT Paramedic
· Combat Anesthesia
· Advanced Cardiac Life Support
· Combat Chemical Casualty Care
· Special Forces Jump Master
· Defense Language Institute (Russian)
· Media advisor: security, medical, and tactical
· Translator
· Survival and Prepardedness Expert
· Peacekeeping Advisor to the U.N.
· Fitness Trainer
· Aikido Blackbelt & Instructor; multiple other martial arts
· Expert Marksman
· Scuba Diver



Languages: Advanced
Russian and Spanish; Intermediate
French, Italian and Serbo-Croation; Basic Turkish, Thai,
Arabic, others.

Education: B.S. Biology; M.S. Psychology,
graduated Magna Cum Laude.
 
Is his name really Myke Hawke? Sounds like the main character of a video game. Reminds me a little of Mick 'Strider.'
 
I'm familiar with his language books, he actually does have some wit to him despite the reality show appearances. Won't discount anything, this design just seems to be too personalized for most audiences.

...And how in the heck did he end up with four different SF occupations? 18D alone is about as demanding as two other slots put together. I can one MOS, then cross-training in others later on as he became an officer, but if actually did move around between these occupations...Wow.
 
Bushman5 said:
um.....myke hawk is well known army survival instructor and soldier who definitely knows how to use a knife.

I personally dont like the style, but i wouldn't diss the designer. :cool:

BIO:

"Mykel Hawke is an experienced survival instructor in jungle, desert, arctic, sea, and urban environments. He is a published author with a bestselling language book and has a survival book due out in spring. Mykel is also a motivational public speaker and a lecturer on crisis responses to manmade and natural disasters, including (WMD) Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hawke is the Director of and represents www.specops.com on-camera and in creative program development during media productions.

Hawke has over 20 years of combined military, civilian, and government experience. He has served as a senior enlisted member of the U.S. Army's Special Forces, and as a Commissioned Officer and Team Commander. He has been a U.S. Government Contractor and Country Project Manager abroad. Hawke has training and experience in telecommunications, intelligence operations, remote medical management, combat search and rescue, guerrilla warfare, counter terrorism, security tactics and languages. Myke Hawke has been in Alaska, deployed to hotspots throughout Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, South America, South East Asia and Africa.

Hawke has worked with the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations, other government agencies (OGA’s) & non-governmental organizations (NGO’s). His accomplishments include the establishment and operation of a combat medic school in Azerbaijan and a combat search & rescue program in Colombia. He has also served as a Project Manager in Haiti and Sierra Leone, conducting medical evacuations, troops & munitions re-supply, quick reaction forces and VIP transport. He has developed and controlled the international education and adventure programs for SpecOps based in Costa Rica.

Hawke most recently served in Afghanistan as a Commander of Mujahideen Militia against Taliban and Al-Qaeda Forces and, among many other varied missions and operations, currently instructs and advises crisis response and stability operations to African U.N. Peacekeeping Forces. He is currently attached to the U.N. as a Special Forces Captain in a Major's billet with the U.S. Army Element for U.S. Forces Korea.

Specialized Training and Areas of Expertise
includes, but is not limited to: Myke Hawke, Survival Expert

· Special Forces Detachment Commander course - 18A
· Combined Arms Service Staff School - (CAS3)
· Officer Advanced Course - Civil Affairs - 38A
· Officer Advanced Course- Infantry - 11A
· Medical Service Officer Course - 70B
· Anti-Terrorism & Force Protection Instructor (AT/FP Level II)
· Govt. Detention & Hostage Negotiation (PGD/HD SERE 245)
· Personnel Recovery (JPRA 102)
· Survival, Escape, Resistance & Evasion (SERE, Level - C)
· Special Operations Medical Sergeant Course (18D)
· Special Forces Morse Code & Communications Course (18E)
· Special Forces Intelligence and Operations Course (18F)
· Advanced Non Commissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
· Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
· National Registry EMT Paramedic
· Combat Anesthesia
· Advanced Cardiac Life Support
· Combat Chemical Casualty Care
· Special Forces Jump Master
· Defense Language Institute (Russian)
· Media advisor: security, medical, and tactical
· Translator
· Survival and Prepardedness Expert
· Peacekeeping Advisor to the U.N.
· Fitness Trainer
· Aikido Blackbelt & Instructor; multiple other martial arts
· Expert Marksman
· Scuba Diver



Languages: Advanced
Russian and Spanish; Intermediate
French, Italian and Serbo-Croation; Basic Turkish, Thai,
Arabic, others.

Education: B.S. Biology; M.S. Psychology,
graduated Magna Cum Laude.
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Fair enough, I've been proven wrong. I guess his knife tasks are very different to mine.

Reading more, he sounds like a hell of a guy. That'll teach me for jumping to conclusions.
 
I've seen a few knives that look pretty cool but not practical. I don't think this one either cool looking or practical. Just my opinion.
 
Chris_Norden said:
Fair enough, I've been proven wrong. I guess his knife tasks are very different to mine.

Reading more, he sounds like a hell of a guy. That'll teach me for jumping to conclusions.
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haha, no disrespect intended! :D I read his bio and look at my pathetic life and my resume is EMPTY. :(
 
mcjhrobinson said:
cool vec...did it come with a sheath? are all the grinds the same on the business edge? or do you have any sites they post info on?
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Mister Hawke and TOPS are putting the last refinements on the design currently, from what i know, brother.

- my friend at TOPS edge profiles them, and TOPS is usually glad to re-profile the knife for you at little or no charge, from what i understand, although i am not authorized to speak for them of course. they are real gentlemen in my experience, even though folks try to burn them down all the time. most folks see that they are good. you thinking a finer edge near the choil? i bet they could do that without an issue for anyone.

the sheath that i saw was a big nylon one with a plastic liner of some sort and a big cargo pocket on the front, plus double velcro handle retainers - easy to fold out of the way. - plus some nice grommets to tie down for jumping with if ya like.

- the sheath was just like other TOPS knives' that i currently have, pretty bombproof and no hot spots to speak of like bare kydex, without the rot of leather. - they fit MOLLE and belts, but what i really like is that you can run a bandoleer rig's belt through them lengthwise for Dundee Rig carry, etc. - nice to have a knife that size out of the way, but easy to draw from when you need it.

a lot of folks think bandoleers are for kooks, and maybe they are right, but they are so good in the jungle and intense humidity and heat, as well as just for a comfy carry. i'll take the criticism in trade for the jungle rot i don't get with a bandoleer ...hehehe...!

here's me in the PI with my headhunter buddy a couple years ago, enjoying my bandoleer and blade on back. we are thinkin' about eating the photographer....
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so i guess what i am saying is - i think i'd be pretty happy if i got stuck with Mister Hawke's design in extremus....

that's what i think anyways....

vec
 
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vector001 said:
Mister Hawke and TOPS are putting the last refinements on the design currently, from what i know, brother.

the sheath that i saw was a big nylon one with a plastic liner of some sort and a big cargo pocket on the front, plus double velcro handle retainers - easy to fold out of the way. - plus some nice grommets to tie down for jumping with if ya like.

- the sheath was just like other TOPS knives' that i currently have, pretty bombproof and no hot spots to speak of like bare kydex, without the rot of leather. - they fit MOLLE and belts, but what i really like is that you can run a bandoleer rig's belt through them lengthwise for Dundee Rig carry, etc. - nice to have a knife that size out of the way, but easy to draw from when you need it.

a lot of folks think bandoleers are for kooks, and maybe they are right, but they are so good in the jungle and intense humidity and heat, as well as just for a comfy carry. i'll take the criticism in trade for the jungle rot i don't get with a bandoleer ...hehehe...!

here's me in the PI with my headhunter buddy a couple years ago, enjoying my bandoleer and blade on back. we are thinkin' about eating the photographer....
IMG_0108.jpg



so i guess what i am saying is - i think i'd be pretty happy if i got stuck with Mister Hawke's design in extremus....

that's what i think anyways....

vec
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Great pic buddy and thanks for the personal insight into the knife. I look forward to some reviews when it comes out !:thumbup:
 
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