One "bad" new custom Combat Fighting knife..

sunnyd

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Has anyone here handled or used/practiced with this brand new custom Combat knife that Jim Behring just released yet?. If so, please, pray tell, details??. Steel, Grind, Quench, Scales, Size, ect.?.


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This is his first release of this type of modern Combat knife. He usually stays in the traditional realm producing Scagel, Randall and Ruana type Sportsman style knives and this knife is a complete departure from that no doubt. This photograph just went up on his website 1-2 days ago and I cannot find any details about it. A little help, please.
 
oh my god that is one bad SOB.... I absolutely love that!

This is from the same guy who does the Scagel knives? Treeman?

*edit* oh nevermind....said so in the original post....lol.
 
psycho78 said:
.. This is from the same guy who does the Scagel knives? Treeman?.
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Yup, This ain't you Fathers Treeman, though is it?..:D

That scull crusher looks absolutely lethal all by its self!.:eek:

~ ><> ~ Still looking for folks who may be able to answer the original questions in post 1 of this thread.

Thanks
 
I have one of the first of those coming to me once the opening batch comes out. It's made from O-1 steel, gun-koted, hollow-ground with a sharpened top edge. 8" blade. Micarta plates.

Cannot testify to how it flows in the hand just yet, but I will upon receiving it.
 
Your a lucky stiff!.:cool:

I chatted to James, Jr shortly after I started this thread and I was supposed to pre-order when they started the first numbered run. I was slack in getting back to him and I recon they had probably filled all the pre-orders by that time.. Did you pre-order yours in the first marked 50 pieces??
 
Too bad…another 'combat' knife that is designed so that only one grip is tactically possible: the sabre duelist's grip. An 'edge up' grip or ice-pick grip is obviated by the undeniably attractive and graceful finger grooves. I wish the makers of serious knives would remember that not all knife use occurs with the grasping technique of a French foil-master. A true combat knife should be comfortable in the hand blade down, blade up, edge down, edge up. If the Scandanavians can do it with their puuko, why can't we?:grumpy:
 
The problem with smooth handled knives is that they can be hard to index when you cannot look at the knife in your hand. The finger grooves on the knife in the photo do not appear too dramatic that the knife cannot be held in any position. I'd worry more about the sharp skull crusher injuring the user or getting caught on clothing during the draw or when in use. The skull crusher looks great, but I think if it were squared-off more it would be more effective and it could then be used as a small pry-bar. However, enough negative comment - I think it's a composite of everything a modern large fixed-blade fighting-knife should be. I'd love to own one!
 
That sharp skull-crusher pommel looks like it might poke a hole in your ribs if your were wearing the knife on your belt and decided to bend over.
 
Bobby,

Around 500.USD round numbers as I recall, but demand has increased so I am not sure at this particular time, so don't quote me.
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Lazydog,

I agree with you completely on the application of the handle. Besides, rarely if ever is their a call for hand-to-hand combat one-on-one with knives in military situations involving US forces any longer. Although, ocassionally I am sure it exists. I veiw this knife's application specifically as a special ops type knife that has multiple uses, but perhaps is best described as a stealthy quite, lights out target tool, IMO. The scull crusher, along with the blade, is safely secured in the specially designed military web sheath worn by the user.. No worries there. :cool:
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gunhou,

Judging from your post, I recon you have no clue who Jim Behring is or what he has accomplished in the last decade+. I pity you and your knee jerk response to a knife-maker's custom product that you know nothing about.

Here is your homework assignment:

Go Google some Blade and Knife World articles(among many others) from the last ten years or so, and then get back to us when you can reply intelligently.
 
My my, pity and contempt in one post! What a spectrum you display! And also, what a willingness to judge. I envy you your self-assurance, 'sunny'. BTW…your assessment of my ignorance is way off base.
 
I have no problem with that handle. I'm a big fan of 'positive retention' in a combat knife. Overall knife design looks like an A+ in my book. Very impressive. I really like the continuous curve of the cutting edge--bet it slices just fine.

Kinda reminds me of a bigger version of the one attached:
 

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I don't understand why gunhou's post is taken as controversial. At worst, it's addressing a different issue than the general reader might consider. He is certainly not the first to point out that "tactical" and "combat" are not necessarily the same, and a true fighting knife could benefit from an unspecialized handle design.

As a point of order, Bladeforums encourages criticism of knives. Criticism of members posting is disruptive and unnecessary. Play nice, guys!
 
He's expressing an opinion. Yes, he could have prefaced it with "Pwease, I don't want anyone to be offended .." but that's never been necessary around here from anyone else. The response he got did get personal and that's certainly not necessary. This isn't Prac Tac.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
He's expressing an opinion. Yes, he could have prefaced it with "Pwease, I don't want anyone to be offended .." but that's never been necessary around here from anyone else. The response he got did get personal and that's certainly not necessary. This isn't Prac Tac.
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nowhere and at no time have i suggested anyone preface anything this way.

one can easily express an opinion without being derisive regardless of the stance taken.
 
I'm frankly astonished at the response to my simple comments. I refuse to believe that any reasonable person would have found my remarks 'derisive' or 'condescending'. They were not intended as such. Perhaps they seemed overly critical to readers who have a personal relationship with the knife's designer, and feel impelled to defend him and their approval of his work. Sorry if I touched a nerve.
Thanks to Esav Benyamin for setting a better tone.
I don't post much on Bladeforums. Perhaps if I had several thousand posts next to my name, candid criticism would be more acceptable.
I stand by my expressed opinion. Gracefully curved finger grooves, aesthetically pleasing though they may be, have no place on serious cutlery. Ex: the excellent and venerable Marine KaBar.
 
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