Buck What Knife is this Astronaut Using?

[JL in Sac]

I was watching this Imax Space Station Documentary and saw an astronaut one-handed open a black handled pocket knife. I thought for a second we might have the same knife, the Buck Vantage Select.

What are the odds? Anyone know what knife this is? Go to Minute 22:10:

 

[jfk1110]

That knife is much bigger that any Buck folder made! Can't see enough to determine what it is, at least I can't but I'm 99% sure that's not any model Buck knife!!!

 

[Zulus]

Emerson Specwar

 

[bobobama]

I saw the beginning where he separated from the ship and thought WTF, and then he works his way back to the ship and thought how the hell did he do that?

So yeah, it was all virtual reality but it sure fooled me. Awesome!

Zulus- how did you know what knife that was?

 

[tltt]

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Better video of it -

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[Zulus]

Zulus- how did you know what knife that was?

25+ years of internet experience :^D

 

[Alberta Ed]

I believe Emerson made a special knife with a gut hook for opening sealed food pouches and/or enemy aliens.

 

[dano]

Not a Specwar. The blade shape is different. It has a weird notch, but the front of the blade is a concave, possibly serrated cutting edge. Link to pic: https://ibb.co/BgS6tY2

 

[Zulus]

Not a Specwar. The blade shape is different. It has a weird notch, but the front of the blade is a concave, possibly serrated cutting edge. Link to pic: https://ibb.co/BgS6tY2

OK neverknifer,
so what's your solid opinion - which knife IT IS ??

BTW - Emerson Specwar (as on OP original movie)
GOT HALF SERRATED BLADE :^))))))
Period

 

[The Aflac Duck]

OK neverknifer,
so what's your solid opinion - which knife IT IS ??

BTW - Emerson Specwar (as on OP original movie)
GOT HALF SERRATED BLADE :^))))))
Period

Nope, it’s a Specwar but not serrated. Look at post #5, pretty simple. It’s been well known that Emerson made a knife for NASA.

 

[Zulus]

Borrowed picture from inter space

 

[dano]

The notch on the blade in the video isn't on the secondary "Tanto" edge, it's ground into the main cutting blade. The secondary "Tanto" edge is concave in the video, not angular. The clip is chrome in the vid, and the handle profile near the butt looks different. I have zero idea what it is. It may be an Emerson, but without the fanfare (Which is rare for him). 05521CB0-5B91-4853-96C4-5022CB0F3DCC by dano1427, on Flickr

 

[The Aflac Duck]

Borrowed picture from inter space

Cool, how many times have you been to space?

 

[Zulus]

You got picture of that knife right above
End of story

Except money of course, it's rare and not cheap.

 

[Arathol]

Hold on, whats all this now.....You mean the NASA astronauts don't use genuine KA-BAR USSF knves? How disappointing.....

 

[Arathol]

NASA Emerson Specwar-
https://knifenews.com/knives-in-space/

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

Hold on, whats all this now.....You mean the NASA astronauts don't use genuine KA-BAR USSF knves? How disappointing.....

NASA and USSF aren't the same thing; NASA doesn't even fall under the DOD. The Marines don't use USSF KA-BARs either...

 

[Arathol]

NASA and USSF aren't the same thing; NASA doesn't even fall under the DOD.

Not officially but NASA has very close ties to the military. All the original astronauts were military officers and pilots, and many NASA missions were classified as they were for military purposes.

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB509/

 

[Silent H]

The notch on the blade in the video isn't on the secondary "Tanto" edge, it's ground into the main cutting blade. The secondary "Tanto" edge is concave in the video, not angular. The clip is chrome in the vid, and the handle profile near the butt looks different. I have zero idea what it is. It may be an Emerson, but without the fanfare (Which is rare for him).

Note the janky liners on the knife, it's definitely an Emerson! You can see just about anything you want to see in that pixelated screenshot, and the few seconds of video.

But seriously, the butt of the knife has the same squared off protrusion the specwar has, and we know that NASA has used the specwar in space. The simplest conclusion is that it is the specwar. The other option is that it's a knife that astronaut personally owns, but that's less likely. There's only a certain amount of weight that they can send up to the Space Station at a time, and NASA has to approve everything the astronauts bring with them, even their personal property. If there's a need for a knife up there, it makes more sense that NASA would have one in a toolbox that stays up there, rather than wasting the few ounces of weight to send a new one with every astronaut. That could be another few ounces of food, water, or other experiments, and it costs a lot of fuel to launch even a couple extra ounces.

 

[dano]

Note the janky liners on the knife, it's definitely an Emerson! You can see just about anything you want to see in that pixelated screenshot, and the few seconds of video.

But seriously, the butt of the knife has the same squared off protrusion the specwar has, and we know that NASA has used the specwar in space. The simplest conclusion is that it is the specwar. The other option is that it's a knife that astronaut personally owns, but that's less likely. There's only a certain amount of weight that they can send up to the Space Station at a time, and NASA has to approve everything the astronauts bring with them, even their personal property. If there's a need for a knife up there, it makes more sense that NASA would have one in a toolbox that stays up there, rather than wasting the few ounces of weight to send a new one with every astronaut. That could be another few ounces of food, water, or other experiments, and it costs a lot of fuel to launch even a couple extra ounces.

Yet, the blade is completely different, the liners are shiny, almost SS looking, and the clip is mounted pivot-up/point down...that's even shown when he opens it. Go figure...