Was there ever a better fighting knife than a bowie?

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>>30797097

>>30797097
Yes, it's called a dagger.

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>>30797588
>Yes, it's called a smatchet.

FTFY

>>30797651
>Oh no it stuck on his ribs because I stabbed the wrong way.
Smatchet isn't a bad combat knife, but it's not as purpose built as a dagger.

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>>30797668
>Designed by the F in F-S for the express purpose of killing people
>not as purpose built as a dagger

>>30797696
It wasn't though.
It was also designed as a utility knife, largely because many dumb shits used their fighting daggers as utility knives.

>>30797696
well he is right, though

>>30797709
>It wasn't though.

[citation needed]

>>30797097
Traditional tanto, daggers, bayonet knives, and double-edged karambits are better in trained hands, imo.

Bowie to me was always a big hunting knife more-so than a knife for combat.

Fairbairn-Sykes anyone?

>>30797709
It was also neither a very good dagger nor a good utility knife, which is why nobody's fucking using them any more.

>>30797781
Tantos don't have a handguards.
Bayonets are, well, bayonets and have slightly different needs (they don't need to be balanced very well, for example).
Karambits are mostly easily concealable (which has its purpose for some things of course) but short.
Daggers are the traditional pure fighting "knife" used by people almost everywhere. Guess there's a reason for that.

>>30797097

A grosse messer.

"Honest, m'lord, it's not a sword, it's just a two and a half foot long knife."

>what is a kukri?

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>>30797668
>Oh no it stuck on his ribs because I stabbed the wrong way.

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>>30797785
This tbqh

>>30797939
Still as deadly as a pointy one.

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>>30798001
>Still as deadly as a pointy one.

>>30797939
>Use it to pry open ration tins.
>Be surprised when it breaks.

>>30798037
>I have used le memes and proven him wrong
Wanna bet your rib cage against that?

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in the right hands one of these has proven to be very effective in a fight

>>30798279
>cuckri
No thanks, that's just as much of a meme as a karambit

>>30798325
you are arguing that this item has not been used effectively in a fight? you are a fucking retard my boy

>>30798340
I'm sure it's just as nasty as a machete for chopping people up
I wouldn't want to get into a knife fight with someone with a pointy stabby stabby like
>>30797959

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>>30797097

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>>30798209
>Wanna bet that a knife that failed before it was fucked up will fail now that it's fucked up?

>>30797785
Made with concealable properties in mind. Too small to be good.

>>30798069
>Use it to cut anything tougher than butter
>Be surprised when it breaks

Gr8 knife /k/

>>30798340
>>30798362
Machetes are lighter, longer, faster.

A machete with a point would make a better weapon than a fighting knife. But I would feel better equipped with a long dagger or short sword, such as a kindjal or gladius, or a large bowie, because hacking is done much better with an axe and the ease of penetration is much better against someone wearing thick clothing or a loaded chest rig.

For concealable blades, a push dagger can't be at for JUST stabbing someone's shit up quickly with minimal possibility of a disarm. Seems much better than a karambit.

You're all arguing the wrong points; It has much less to do with the design of the knife and more to do with the skill and experience of the person wielding it.

Pretty much everything posted so far in this thread has merits as a possible "hurr durr best fighting knife". You fags will never agree on a final answer.

>>30798885
>You're all arguing the wrong points

See

>>30797097
>Was there ever a better fighting knife than a bowie?

>>30798279
Babies first macharia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhaira