Combat Knives let's see 'em!

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Just today I bought a Ka-Bar style knife made by Conetta. Heard they only made them 1968 thru 1970.

Only added the Cold Steel push dagger because it's the one that Willem Dafoe carried in the movie Platoon. The Camillus Pilot knife was carried by a friend in VN.

One's a Ontario and the other is a Imperial.

AK bayonets, one came with my Romanian, the other my Maadi.

Cetme Bayonet.

I have no clue what this is, it was a bayonet at one time.

That last one is a cutdown M1917/Trench Shotgun bayo. Neato.
Edit/ correction: Its a cut down Krag M1892 bayonet, the front of the guard is a giveaway. Sorry, Ive been drinking.

 

[Gerd33]

Inherited this old USN marked knife and sheath from uncle when he passed.

 

[The Night Rider]

I suppose this is the closest I've got. It's a Gerber strong arm and I didn't even own it when I was in the Army. If I was magically recalled to Active Duty today I would take that knife.


This is what I actually did carry in the field when I was in the Army. Again, if I was magically recalled to Active Duty today I would definitely take that knife.

I remember one dipstick I was in the National Guard with that always showed up for drill with an absolutely pristine K-Bar taped to his LBE. He was so proud of that knife. To my knowledge the only thing he ever cut with it was an MRE bag but he looked cool doing it

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I was never in combat but as a Navy Diver on a sub tender we wore our knives pretty much daily. It was the 70's so what we were issued was the good old MK2 "Kabar". It held up pretty well and, (don't tell "Uncle Sugar"), but I still have it. I did replace the handle as the original leather got kinda funky and the sheath is long lost, the salt water,tropical sun and time took it's toll on the leather and canvas webbing.
I'm sure there are/were better knives for that job but it worked for me.

 

[Boattale]

Onliest fighter I have.

 

[JShirley]

(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.







After using my Justice on a fire mission.




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..



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. 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.


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.




John

 

[ms6852]

This was my go to knife in the jungle throughout my military career. It is a Carl Schlieper knife. My backup was a 110 buck knife.

 

[herrwalther]

I'll have to gather up all the knives that I had on me during combat. The ones that are left anyway. Plenty were broken or lost.

 

[bannockburn]

Got a few...

 

[JShirley]

The best single solution I found to a deployment/combat knife while I was an infantryman was the On Scene Tactical "speed dialer". It was a sheath for a WAVE-equipped Spyderco, giving the speed of a quick-draw fixed blade with the convenience and light weight of a folder. The Service Member (SM) could just take the knife out of his armor, and wear it in his pants, if not wearing armor. Versatile, practical, stronger than most folders, and fast.




Unfortunately, their website seems to be a relic. The email address listed doesn't work, and the phone number listed is out of service.

 

[EMC45]

The bulk of my knives are folders, but I have a few fixed blade -

 

[WooD]

Mailman just dropped this one off. Conetta

 

[Mk-211]

Mailman just dropped this off.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

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If I HAD to fight someone with a knife (and couldn't run away screaming), it would be the SEAL Pup.

M9 For the WIN!! And no stupid rail under the muzzle. Awesome.

 

[Speedo66]

How about a couple of combat knives that have actually seen combat (WWII)?

Bottom is a German paratrooper OTF gravity knife.

 

[JeffG]

 

[theotherwaldo]

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[NIGHTLORD40K]

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Wow! What are we looking at for the "fanciest?"

 

[Jim Watson]

Seen in an era before cel phones…
One of our machinists was a veteran of the Aleutian campaign.
His colleagues back in defense industry sent him a shop made Arkansas Toothpick with canvas micarta handle.

 

[Mk-211]

Something like this?

@Jim Watson

 

[theotherwaldo]

Wow! What are we looking at for the "fanciest?"

It's a Persian Kard dagger from over a century ago.
It's a left-hand weapon designed to go through chain or leather armor.
This one is damascus steel with silver inlay and horn grips.
Women of the area often carried a smaller version of this weapon.

 

[Jim Watson]

Something like this?

@Jim Watson

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Yes but broader, almost a cinquedea. A tresedea, maybe.

 

[Space Ghost]

Well, this one is on my battle belt.





However... that's just there for emergency use. For knife combat... I like a bit more reach.

CRKT Hisshou with a custom handle.



Pattern 1907 bayonet, again... with a custom handle.

 

[WisBorn]

The thread is titled combat knives!
Does an old German bayonet qualify?

I have thought about cleaning it up and replacing the stocks, but I don't use it and am afraid to hurt the value.

 

[herrwalther]

Combat knife family photo. Omitting the standard clipped pocket knives for small stuff and multi tools for more stuff. These usually road around with me in some capacity for "social work." Not all at the same time. I mixed and matched depending on the mission.

Left side, top to bottom: Kabar LDK. Good knife to be laced into boot laces. McNett Samish usually rode on the left side shoulder of my web gear. Easy to grab with either hand. Dog tag knife. Engraved with my info it has a beveled edge that hides behind a rubber "silencer" as a true last ditch knife. Had this one even in the shower.
Middle: Gerber Jr machete. Could be used on two legged threats. Much more useful clearing brush for a campsite. Especially when I spent the later part of my service time stationed in the south. Never carried on person, usually in/on a bag. Kabar D2 extreme fighter. Carried on every patrol. Either on my leg or in a bag, especially if I was in the gunner's seat. Same size as the legendary Kabars of WWII. A bit too unwieldy for modern theaters.
Right side: Kabar TDI knife. Great knife for weapon retention. Kabar Mule. Solid folder that feels like a fixed blade when opened. And finally Benchmade Infidel.