The "Ranger Throwing Knife" gets leaner and meaner...and becomes the Ranger Knife!

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And we are close to having several more now available.

The Ranger Throwing Knife debuted at Best Ranger 2002. A long, double edged thrower, inspired by Bobby Branton's See Wee Trade Dag, the design provided for the same one-spin distance mark as the Vietnam Tactical Tomahawk. We made a small run and sold out quickly.

Justin has improved the design, to include CNC precision fly-cut bevels, a symmetrical and integral double guard, an improved integral grip, and a SWATH cutting blade pattern along the lines of the late Col. Applegate's Smatchet and a Roman sword or scaramax (...the scaramax WAS a Roman throwing weapon and reported to be dangerously accurate).

This thing is TOTALLY bad @$$.

The H-13 hot dye steel performs superbly as a rust, wear and shock resistant material. The machined cutting bevels provide clean, shoulderless edge geometry...and WICKEDLY sharp edges.

Specs are as follows:

H-13: .375 thick or 3/8ths
Overall Length: 11.75
Blade Length: 6.5
Width at Guard: 2
Blade Width: 1.5
Rc C: 54-56
Finish: glass bead blast
Sheath: to be announced

Deep, center mass ;)
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...a little Maximus action anyone? :D
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In this upgraded configuration, the Ranger could easily become your favorite knife...for anything, because there isn't much it can't do.

Price to be announced...but you can anticipate that it will NOT be pricey.

Enjoy and stay tuned!
 
Damn! Now I am going to have to teach myself to throw a knife too!

Andy, between you and Jerry Busse, I am going to be broke for years to come. :D

Cool blade.
 
What do you guys think of the name, "Airborne Ranger" for the knife, because it's a DO-IT-ALL combat knife that can also be deployed from the air? ;)

Let me know...
 
This throwing knife looks great and I like the name.

Justin does fine work and I think they will be hard to get due to quick sales...Sheath options are unlimited...

Great work guys!

Melvin
 
Guys,

I've currently got a Chris Reeve Project 1 and have been oogling the VN Tac 'hawk to compliment it. Now I see this beauty and am wondering if I should sell/trade the Project 1 and get the VN Tac/Airborne combo?

So basically, my question is how do you think the Airborne would compare to the Project 1? The Project's hollow handle has some benefits, but I'm not married to the idea. I'm thinking that having a double edge knife could have some other benefits that the Project does not. Could the Airborne be sharpened so that one edge has a narrower angle to it? I'm thinking one edge for fine slicing work and another edge for chopping work. Any thoughts?

Finally, any ballpark numbers on cost for this little gem?

Thanks!

- Mike
 
You raise some excellent points.

First, let me talk about the handle in the context of your question, because I think the info would be helpful.

We designed this handle to feel comfortable in both the traditional or inverted position, in a point-forward grip. We did not want to do a lemon-drop or symmetrical handle like those seen on most double-edged knives.

Your question about edge geometry is good, because it allows us to talk about the handle feature.

At present, we can slack belt the machined upper bevel to be quite thin and the preferred slicing edge, while the lower edge can be used on the chop. The handle swell at the fingers on the chop would be the most comfortable of the two grips for high stress/high torque use. Inverted, with the swell in the palm, the handle affords very good control and comfort for a slicing motion.

As to if we will program our CNC to machine both bevels differently is another question and something that deserves consideraton. But more than likely, we can tune the knife to the customer's needs from its standard configuration, i.e. symmetrically-identical, fly-cut bevels.

Our preference would more than likely be that the lower edge be the chopping edge, but if the customer wanted it to be the thin slicer, we would certainly make it accordingly.

I hope to have the price up by tonight or tomorrow.

Great remarks Prop. ;) (...luv that screenname :))
 
Forgot about your remarks re: Project I.

First, the Airborne Ranger is thicker and wider...and I will be bold enough to state right here, straight-up stronger. If that's important to the customer, than this is the knife.

It's bevels are indeed flat and shoulderless...unlike a hollow grind.

The only drag that some might identify in a double-edged knife of this size is that one cannot use a cudgel i.e. a hard instrument, like a rock or a stone, to slam into the spine of the knife. Frankly, I don't know anyone who does that anyway.

In short, I don't think there is anything that one could do with any other knife in the same category of blade-ware that couldn't be done with the Airborne Ranger.

Hope this helps.
 
$185

Sheath is currently planned to be an offering from the London Bridge Company, although we are looking at one more option.

More to follow...

Contact Suzanne@americantomahawk.com to place your pre-order.

We have a small pre-production run in stock sans sheaths. If you can't wait for the sheath, we can ship immediately.

I'll have stuff about it on our site by the weekend.
 
Andy,

Thanks for the info!!

I agree that the double-edged knife prevents the use of a cudgel, but that's what the 'hawk is for, right? This allows the knife to handle it's appropriate chores and not be pressed into service beyond it's intended use.

Wow. Now all I have to do is find someone that's interested in a Project 1. ;)

Also, is the Airborne Ranger handle too thick to handle a Strider style wrap?

Cheers,

- Mike :D
 
I think a Strider style wrap on the 3/8th stock would not be uncomfortable at all...just hand filling i.e. no chance of dislodge or twist...kind of like a Hawk handle! ;)
 
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