US Army Special Forces Knife Eval ?

Demon613

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I knew a guy that was US Army Special Forces and he showed me these two large, full-tang, knives with what appeared to be Kydex sheaths. One of them was all beat to hell but the other looked brand new and really nice. He said that everyone in his unit was given two of them from the maker for Testing and Evaluation.

That was about two years after 9/11 and me being ignorant about knives I never registered the make and model of these knives. Although, I'm pretty sure they were a pre-production model.

Anyways, this was more than a decade ago and I was wondering if anyone knew the big name maker that did these knives and if anyone has pictures of them.

He got Medical'd out in OEF I and he retained the blades but I never kept contact with him to find out if the unit liked the knives enough to adopt as their "special" knife or whatever.

Thanks, in advance.

Demon
 
You sure it wasn't this one?

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NYOutdoors said:
Most (if not all) Winkler's come with a leather sheath, don't they? Well, maybe a kydex liner with a leather outside.
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They do new. These were protos supposedly and ten years ago. I don't know---just a shot in the dark. I don't know exactly when Winkler started the military evaluations.
 
Mecha said:
You sure it wasn't this one?

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My god, man. You've done it. The knives this guy handed me while sitting in his truck in 2003 must've been images from a 2014 video game that I've never played or seen images of. No wonder I was confused. :confused:

Rounic said:
I apologize in advance for what I am about to say but: a) anything "given" or "issued" has that "cost" factor and b) since when do SF operators have to "evaluate" and "stick" with what was "given"? Again, I do not mean to phrase it in hostile or disrespectful way, just bringing it up for consideration. Are you looking at getting one of the knives you talk about for what they are or for the story behind it?
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I have no idea about the T&E. He made it seem like the knife maker gifted them to each soldier. I was regular Infantry and we didn't even get bayonets so I don't know anything about the Army's knife practices other than to say that they don't even exist for regular people like me. I just really liked the heft and size of the knives and they seemed to be excellent quality. Participating in this knife forum reminded me of these seemingly high quality blades that I only briefly touched.
 
Mecha said:
You sure it wasn't this one?

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My god, man. You've done it. The knives this guy handed me while sitting in his truck in 2003 must've been images from a 2014 video game that I've never played or seen images of. No wonder I was confused. :confused:

Rounic said:
I apologize in advance for what I am about to say but: a) anything "given" or "issued" has that "cost" factor and b) since when do SF operators have to "evaluate" and "stick" with what was "given"? Again, I do not mean to phrase it in hostile or disrespectful way, just bringing it up for consideration. Are you looking at getting one of the knives you talk about for what they are or for the story behind it?
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I have no idea about the T&E. He made it seem like the knife maker gifted them to each soldier. I was regular Infantry and we didn't even get bayonets so I don't know anything about the Army's knife practices other than to say that they don't even exist for regular people like me. I just really liked the heft and size of the knives and they seemed to be excellent quality. Participating in this knife forum reminded me of these seemingly high quality blades that I only briefly touched.
 
Demon613 said:
My god, man. You've done it. The knives this guy handed me while sitting in his truck in 2003 must've been images from a 2014 video game that I've never played or seen images of. No wonder I was confused. :confused:



I have no idea about the T&E. He made it seem like the knife maker gifted them to each soldier. I was regular Infantry and we didn't even get bayonets so I don't know anything about the Army's knife practices other than to say that they don't even exist for regular people like me. I just really liked the heft and size of the knives and they seemed to be excellent quality. Participating in this knife forum reminded me of these seemingly high quality blades that I only briefly touched.
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I retracted my comment my friend because it wasn't on point. I apologize for questioning your motive or described circumstances even though I meant no harm to begin with.
 
Your response is funny as hell LOL seriously made me laugh
Demon613 said:
My god, man. You've done it. The knives this guy handed me while sitting in his truck in 2003 must've been images from a 2014 video game that I've never played or seen images of. No wonder I was confused. :confused:



I have no idea about the T&E. He made it seem like the knife maker gifted them to each soldier. I was regular Infantry and we didn't even get bayonets so I don't know anything about the Army's knife practices other than to say that they don't even exist for regular people like me. I just really liked the heft and size of the knives and they seemed to be excellent quality. Participating in this knife forum reminded me of these seemingly high quality blades that I only briefly touched.
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Rounic said:
I retracted my comment my friend because it wasn't on point. I apologize for questioning your motive or described circumstances even though I meant no harm to begin with.
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I have no problem with your comment, sir!

I wasn't anyone special when I was in the Army and, up until recently, I only concerned myself with firearms. When he showed me the knives I thought they were neat but, not really being a knife guy, I dismissed them. Now I wonder what the hell I was looking at and what production models from top makers would be comparable.
 
I Googled the names of the knives provided and the Yarborough looks to be the knife. I don't remember there being serrations and I don't remember there being any words anywhere on the knives. I guess I could have been wrong about the sheaths being Kydex. They could have been nylon. But the knife looks pretty damned close. Then again, that was over a decade ago.
 
I just read a couple of reviews on the knife and it appears to be a disappointing tool. Oh, well. Thanks, anyways, guys!
 
Demon613 said:
I Googled the names of the knives provided and the Yarborough looks to be the knife. I don't remember there being serrations and I don't remember there being any words anywhere on the knives. I guess I could have been wrong about the sheaths being Kydex. They could have been nylon. But the knife looks pretty damned close. Then again, that was over a decade ago.
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I don't know much about the knife as far as blade configurations (serrated, combo edge, or plain edge); but it is my understanding that the Yarborough is given the knife upon completion of SFQC. I cannot speak to the sheath that they are given with. To the rest of the knife nuts of the world, the knife is called the Green Beret.
http://chrisreeve.com/Green-Beret
 
Demon613 said:
I just read a couple of reviews on the knife and it appears to be a disappointing tool. Oh, well. Thanks, anyways, guys!
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Poor reviews by Special Forces guys who carried them in training and combat or by a guy breaking stuff with a sledgehammer? Big difference.
 
Guy with a hammer and guys tossing them at brick walls don't really mean much in the scope of how well the knife works at actual knife stuff like cutting things. Which the CR Green beret does very well.
 
If the knife was a pre-issue Yarborough then it might have been sent out by Mr. William (Bill) Harsey? He designed the knife and it was produced by Chris Reeve of CRK.
 
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