Combat Knives let's see 'em!

trackskippy said:
The Gerbers have become too much of a collectible anymore, at least the older ones, so they stay at home. Same goes for the old Blackjacks. The issue Brit "Commando's" are still readily available and at fairly reasonable prices, and that's what Ive been using for the most part these days.



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Yep, even the recent production black blades with the square tooth serrations.

My original Mark I and Mark II bought from the PX in 75 reside in the safe. The Mark II in the truck has been replaced with a Schrade SCHF44LS which can be had on Amazon for under $30. https://www.amazon.com/Schrade-SCHF44LS-Needle-Knife-Fixed/dp/B01785QCRY . I probably should pick up another before they are all gone.
 
The early Gerbers were totally different knives. Carried a bunch of their pocket knives in the past as well. Their quality has consistently gone downhill and they arent very good these days. I have one of the newer MKII's and its about junk. It'll work, but losing it wouldn't be a loss.

I still have a couple of others, an early MKI and Guardian. Both had a lot of use and eventually needed some help. Wore the "cats tongue" finish off the MKI's grip and parked it, and ended up stippling them. All have been retired for a while now.

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I have a Schrade similar to the one in your link. I paid about the same for it. Mines a little different, and maybe just a different batch/version. It seems to be a decent knife, especially for the money. I wish they put a little more into the grip, as for me, its a tad light/skinny and needs more "meat", and the balance is a bit too far forward for my liking.

Ive really come to like the balance of the British F/S Ive been using these past years, which has its weight in the grip and a more rearward balance. Feels like the blade is floating. The MKII's are pretty neutral balance-wise.

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Ive never been a fan of the serrated edges on these types of knives and prefer a standard edge. Serrations do have their uses and places, but not on these type of knives.

The other thing that bugs me no end is the sheaths. Some great knives out there, then they scrimp on one of the most important parts and give you a cheap, afterthought, crappy sheath.
 
JShirley said:
(ETA; I had a problem loading the first picture. Mal finally got it working, but I found some additional pics to add.)

In the first picture, I am carrying a recurve 5" bladed custom by Shane Justice. It's on a Mountain in Kapisa Province in early 2007. Never went hand-to-hand with it, but did use it during actual combat several times, chopping through the steel bands that were on our ammo pallets, and using it at one point to actually pry a frozen 120 mm out of its "tootsie roll" container.

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After using my Justice on a fire mission.

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Here is a compact combat knife I've been working on for about 8 years. It's designed for real operators who don't have the free space or weight to carry a big blade.. 😗

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Notice how my knifemaker decided to add a "skull smashing" impact pommel to the first one, ruining the dynamics and making the GE dangerous to carry in many places on the SM's body.

Here's a real combat knife in my hands. Used in many conflicts for at least hundreds of years, the kukri is wickedly effective at close range. I carried one some of the time as a mortarman at Fort Lewis, and used it to cut sight lanes instead of our TO&E machete.
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Also in this picture, deceased former moderator Byron Quick, moderator Kaylee, and former moderator and gun writer Tamara Keel.
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Here is my Spyderco Native. I used it during several fire missions, to cut open old 60 mm mortar rolls to shoot at the enemy. In this picture I had just found it again after it had been stomped down in the mud during a night fire mission and lost for several days.
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In this picture, I'm wearing one of Don's Combat Sharks, modified a bit by Sam. it's not 5 in, sorry, but it is again a real, useful knife for real people who might see real combat.

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This was my uncle’s when he served in WWII. Then my dad ended up with it and now it’s mine. The family story is that the knife was at the battle of Iwo Jima. My uncle’s been gone many years but I always wanted to research his military service. I was young but never remember him saying anything about the war but could tell something affected him in not a positive way. IMG_6312.jpeg IMG_6312.jpeg
 
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