What knives do Special Forces use?

BladeScout said:
I understood as much (that you werent aware of the MISSION titanium range).



The ti knives are impervious to the elements - a huge advantage when hiking/hunting for extended periods of time and for kayaking in salt water, ti is an obvious advantage. Ive used several different SS knives for kayaking and they all developed some kind of rust even with rinsing and oiling after each use.
SS will eventually rust around salt water.
The ti knives just sits in my rig and only gets rinsed Down with the gear (vest etc.). They'll never rust.

My ti skinning knife will zip through several deer in one session with no noticable loss of edge to slow down skinning in any way.
Ive used several models of the MISSION knives for skinning.

BETA titanium knives work just fine....for me;)

Sorry for going on and on about these, but if there was any doubt, Im partial to these knives, so dont take my word for it - go use one for yourself and make up your own mind:D
BladeScout said:
I work in a lab a Aerospace company. We use CP TI and Beta C. CP is so pure and "easy" to work with. While Beta C is a whole different beast. I will call it "dirty" but all that dirt makes it so strong. If someone is going to get a TI knife I would do some research and make sure its BETA.
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BladeScout said:
Ohh dear, this could go on for a while (pls dont let it go on for too long:rolleyes:)
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Only because you claimed something you can't prove except for that ad copy. Do you have anything else that proves your claim that spec ops operators use these knives? If not, then Marcinek is right.
 
marcinek said:
Oh...he knows all about Special Ops and what they use. Remember, before in this thread he told us



Actually, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if someone in Special Ops used a CS fixed blade. Inexpensive, easily available, pretty sturdy. Probably available on a base.
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Well I don't know much, I'm not in the military. But I know one seal was given, carried, and used a spydergo police model (folding). He still carries one (different knife,same model). I don't know what else he carried.

I just don't get the attitude toward cold steel.
 
L2bravo said:
I seem to disagree with you. Do you remeber the Seal Team 6 mission, where there were 2 couples on the boat? On of the guys was killed, and a few of the pirates were dead from infighting. The Seals killed a few of the guys, "One was killed with a knife", was pretty much advertised everywhere. Why that Seal chose that? I have no clue, but it most likely happened. Here is a link.

http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum...oses-knife-fight-us-navy-seal-today-dies.html
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Maybe he was going for style points?
 
OP HERE!!!

Come on Guys no hair pulling and poking in the eyes!! :rolleyes:
Don't be hating and hagl'in cuz of my original post....it was not intended for this purpose!!

Just wanted some facts from those in the Military or had been in the Military. Esp Spec Ops.
As was said I guess it's much like on the outside world......
Some people look at a knife as a sharp edge and don't care if it's cheap.
Some Guys want quality and spend a few bucks.
I've seen very little discussion of anyone factually carrying a $150+ knife in Spec Ops.

Personally I can see Guys in general service not caring what they carry long as it's sharp and can cut rope.
I kinda expected more of Spec Ops as your knife in a extreme situation could mean life or death.
Thus they would carry something of quality and value cuz of this. Guess I was wrong!
 
I always had a Buck light on my person, and another on my gear. For fixed, I had a Gerber Big hunter, thin blade, cut well and cheap. For a while I was the hammer man, but gave it up when I got stuck with the Pig!!!

Lots of guys in my unit had Randal sheathes, they moaned lots when they lost 1/3 of a months pay when they disappeared on a jump. I spent more on Boots and wool than blades.

When dinking around on opfor, the KaBars came out, you could stick them in trees all day without breaking, but I never humped one.

I learned very quickly never to lend out a Leatherman, or set on it down anywhere, even the first gens were desirable!!
 
lambertiana said:
I have a friend who served in the Green Berets. He said that they could get any weapon they wanted, issued from their armory. Their armory could supply them with whatever small arms they wanted, you name it, not just limited to US-made/issued arms.

He said that for knives they had a variety, with the SOG Seal Pup being one of the more popular fixed blades.
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There are weapons pools "not just limited to US-made/issued arms", but they don't exist so the soldier can be supplied whatever small arms he wants. Be careful passing on what your friend says, and I'd be wary of anything else he says.
 
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Gee, you mean SEALs aren't issued Spyderco sprint run Delicas in ZDP189 or sumthin?
 
While I am not a big fan of Cold Steel or SOG's Marketing I got to admit they hit certain high points that I think Special Forces folks would be looking for.

1) Stainless steels like AUS 8
2) Sturdy and thick blades
3) Lightweight
4) The use of kydex and MOLLE compatible sheaths
5) Economical
6) Easy to obtain, no need for special orders or wait time.

While I'm not a big fan, I can see why SOG's Seal Pup Elite, and Cold Steel's Recon 1 and SRK may be popular with Special Forces, vs. some other high end knives.
 
sideways said:
Maybe he was going for style points?
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He was going for badassery, I'm gonna hunt down your whole family and burn them alive, strike fear in the hearts of evil men, I am FAR superior than you points! I think I like his style! LMAO! You can bet that there are Somali pirate today, that fear that same fate. No doubt!
 
What I have taken from this whole discussion is that our Spec Ops folks carry a wide variety of knives and in most cases, they are not the super-steel/super-tactical/super-expensive knives that many companies would have you think that they carry. I have a feeling the general public gets into more arguments about spec force knives than the spec forces guys do themselves. Firearms, on the other hand, is probably a different matter :rolleyes:
 
Most of the guys have families , hell they are normal guys with kind of normal lives, I know a few Army SF Soldiers and while they were given the Chris Reeve Green Beret knife upon SF graduation, they don't carry or use it. Most carry what they are issued and aren't really knife nuts. I got into Emerson and I'm going to be really honest here I was a young man around SF soldiers and I kept seeing and hearing cqc-7, I had 2 gerber 06 autos and told a member of a seal team I'd give him my two 06s for one of thoses cqc-7s , He got me one and I carried it everyday I was active duty, matter of fact I still have the knife, As a young man I wanted what the seals had, lol kind of embarrassing now but I did it and it started a dirty love affair with EKI and myself.
 
I know a lot of Army and National Guard SF guys get issued Gerber autos and a multi tool. I've even met a guy who has used his Gerber in combat multiple times. SOG and Gerber are the most common with a few Spyderco and Benchmades every now and then. Once found out a fellow soldiers entire company was issued Strider SMFs! They were regular infantry guys, I guess it depends on what your CO and 1Sgt like and can get ahold of.

I usually carry my CQC 8 or a socom elite. Most guys think Gerber and SOG are the best knives out there or they just don't care.
 
Now this was a while ago (say 2003) but the SEAL team that was at the time on board the ship my father was on (USS Typhoon) were all issued Benchmade auto-stykers and SOG Seal pups as were the rest of the crew on the USS Typhoon. In my own time in the service I saw a few SEALs with Benchmades but honestly they don't seem to care too much about what knife it is they're carrying so long as it's dependable and cuts. SAR swimmers are issued the bluntest junkiest piece of crap knives I've ever seen in my life however lol. Saw one who was supposed to puncture a rubber raft in a training evolution break his nose as his knife bounced off the surface and sent the handle and his fist back into his face!
 
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