What is the most operator knife?

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>>32489511
The Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDGHKyB3T_U

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>>32489511
Winkler belt knife, the actual navy seals knife

Pic related, just fancied up

For me it is the Glock 81. The best serrated field knife.

>>32489567
I want that old man to be my grandpa

>>32489686
feels alert, the guy is probably dead by now

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Ya yeet what knife is this my girlfriends got it for christmas and i cant find any markings identifying it like yolo *brofist* (please help its driving me fucking insane)

>>32489650
really? ive got the 78 and the 81 and i hate the sawblade back. have you tried sawing anything with it its horrible.
if i get another one its going to be a 78.

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This

In terms of looks? Ka-bar. Otherwise? M1918 16" bayonet.

>>32489771

yep. trooper Stan W "Scotty" Scott died in 2014 or 15 iirc.

Was a true badass with a heart of gold and a cheerful personality from what his fellow commandos said.

trench tanto

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I nominate the Sissipuukko M/95 with plastic sheath.
http://northernbush.com/review-peltonen-sissipuukko-ranger-knife-m95/
What the article doesn't mention is that the original inspiration for the knife came from a puukko carried by Ilmari Honkanen. Randall knife is only a (smaller) part of the story.

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was this even a question?

the chris reeve yarborough knife

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>>32489567
fpbp

second is karambit maybe

third is Ontario 499 because I knew a ton of long tabbers that used these before the Yarborough

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>>32489511
A Finnfag here.

I propose our M95 or M07. Very tough fine grain steel, very tough knife. A tool for chores the first and the last, and a weapon in the middle.

A well designed sheath you can attach in you kit the way you want.

You can quickly sharpen it to cleanly cut kevlar reinforced ropes. You can also quickly sharpen it to shave. Me and my buddies once shaved our shadows with our sissipuukkos like with a straight razor. Obviously we used soap as well.

I have hammered it more than halfway through a 5" birch tree trunk, then using a steel pipe around the handle for lever I pryed the tree down.

I absuloutely highlight it's value as a sturdy bushcraft tool, and the well designed sheath.

>>32494449
I'm not going to argue the M95's value, but wouldn't you say that it's more of a bushcraft knife? I don't know much about it but has it been proven in combat?

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>>32489511
I nominate the KM4000
This is a German combat knife (Kampf Messer). It has multiple uses such as a saw, sharpener, hammer, and wire cutter. The saw uses the backside of the knife so it doesn't take up space. It's a very thick knife, the man testing it even hammered it into a tree and stood on it. It remained unbent. https://youtu.be/nc6mD3z3Q_E

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Quite clearly the Sog Pentagon.

It is the knife chosen by the elite in tactical roles.

A back up weapon so deadly, you might just reach for it as a primary.

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>>32494522
The blade was originally made with the same machines, out of the same blanks and in the same place as the bayonet of RK 62. There are only minor changes to the blade. It's not strictly a fighting knife but that's what makes it so great.

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>>32489511


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>>32489511
>>32494449

Simply find the NR-40

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or NR-43

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>>32494936

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>>32489511
Duh

>>32494632
>no guard
>no thanks

>>32494936
Finka :)

Seriously, a Finka is a brutal design. It's base design stems from Finnish puukko which was adopted by Russians, who then modified it bigger and more badass gangsta street fighter blade. It gained notoriety to a point that if you were detained with a Finka on you, you were thrown in the jail on the spot.

There are stories that NR-40 is in fact a compilation of Russian finka designs which then were adopted as this Russian military combat knife.

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>>32494607
Eickhorn seems to make some strong knives in general.

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>>32489511
Gerber Mk2

>>32492795
The world is a worse place with his passing.

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>>32495908
>not an F-S

wtf bruh

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>>32489511
KABAR short.

>>32494632
>double-edged
>illegal to carry in Texas

nice try anon.

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>>32489511
For a fighting knife? Look no further.

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prove me wrong

>you can't

>>32494607
Can confirm this is an awesome knife. Love mine.

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Does anyone make aftermarket bayonets for AKs? all of what I can find are milsurp or what looks like Saiga

>>32496233
>testing new reply thing

>>32494632
>It is the knife chosen by the elite in tactical roles.

Which elite? Any knife maker can claim that shit.

>>32494981
Wonderful square foxhole though! So tidy.

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>>32489511
Hear,Hear!

>>32496334
>which elite

Elite from all over the world

>>32494264
>Ontario 499

Those things suck. The tangs are pitiful and the sawteeth are useless.

I don't collect knives, I use them, and the Ontario 499 is a bad utility knife with little to recommend it as a fighting knife. Mine didn't even survive Air Force POGshit like opening a bunch of crates which is where I bent the tang. I think the 499 was intended at a pilot pacifier to fill survival kits and I wouldn't want one there, either.

Blade is rigid enough to crack light Nam era prop job aircraft windows, a consideration with survival knives. Remember birds like O-2 didn't have ejection seats.

If someone gave me another 499 I'd gift it to one of my collector bros after warning him how much they suck.

KA-BAR also has weak tangs. I killed one of those, too.

If you can't beat the fuck out of a war knife it isn't fit for war. That includes using it as a pry bar, chisel on soft metals, and other harsh utility use.

Karambit is too short to stab deeply, especially through cloting, and poorly designed for typical military utility work.

I can see why the Yarborough knife is popular.

>>32495849

While the design is brutal it is basically also a total sperg of knives. Finnish puukko is primarily a utility knife and excellent at that - and what the soldiers usually really need. Russkies tried to develop it as a combat knife, which is just fucking crazy, since a solid utility knife will do that as well if ever (rare to extreme) needed. As for quality - Russian quality control is often at such (sub-standard) level that I would most rather pick a Finnish product.

>>32496396
>Elite from all over the world

So you can't name them off the top of your head. Nice shill.

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>>32496708
It's definitely not a heavyweight, that's for sure. The original saw back was for cutting through the aluminum fuselage if you had to, and you're right on all other accounts. Back in the day these things were like 10 bucks and you could lash them down all sorts of ways for airborne stuff and was just a cheap alternative to the KA-BAR.

They did better with the SP2.

>>32496708
He my 499 for 8 years, of hard use. Regranted the blade and cut off the back of the finger guard. Been in tones of camping, hunting, hiking, fishing trips since then. I've moved on to a TOPS BOB, much better of a knife. MUCH better. But for the money the 499 is fine

>>32496167
>victorinox farmer or gtfo

>>32496795
I worked on OV-10 Broncos and that saw is a joke for cutting Nam ara light aircraft skin. I actually tried sawing different shit including some aluminum with mine in Desert Shield because I wanted to see if the knife had any redeeming value.

Someone with a mandrel and grinding discs could cut that back into a MUCH better saw, but there seems to be a design requirement that all knife saws/serrations will suck or be of such tiny length that a good edge doesn't save them.

There's enough metal for someone to have fun customizing one and the non-collectible versions are cheap.

>>32494632
gay

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>>32496714
Calm down homie. Russians can do things great/right if only they set their minds on it.

True for one thing though, Finnish puukkos were utilitarian (which is the whole purpose of the tool in the first place), they were made of excellent steel and they took a very good edge. I dare to say that every Russian who uses knifes knows the names of Marttiini, Iisakki Järvenpää, Lapinleuku and maybe even Pohjanmaa, Kainuu and Savo. Whatever and how might be, our Russian neighbours really truly liked our knives. Maybe partly WW2 and Winter War legend, but absolutely mostly practical approach towards an utilitarian design.

And then, they wanted to channel the lore of them, some in good way and some in intimidating fighthing form (the ganstas doing gansta shit in particular), and that's how the concept of Finka was born. Much bigger than a puukko but still having the pedigree features.

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>>32489511
>gun knife

absolutely no dispute

>>32497944
Can't imagine a bigger piece of shit to carry around

>>32489511
USAF pilot survival knife. I've had mine since I bought it in the 1980s at now-defunct Reese AFB in the commissary when my regular army uncle recommended it while visiting between deployments. It's a little brute, and the blade length of just under 6" is prefect. Stacked leather washer handles don't get slippery when wet. And the pommel makes a good hammer. Get the Camillus.

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>>32498970
I've already got one. Wish it had come with a plastic sheath rather than leather.

>>32490450
the old style have a habit of breaking near the ricasso
and don't really have the best balance

>>32489511
So I was nearly kidnapped on New Years. Looking for an easily concealed knife to become practiced with. Is the FS generally accepted as the best for an actual fighting knife?

>>32499074
Kydex sheets are cheap, PSK friend. Make what you want. Personally, I like leather.

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A lot of senior guys I saw when I was enlisted carried SOG Seal Pups. SOG Op

>>32499426
SOG Ops looks similar. I like the slight recurve on it.

>>32490111
Please unironically kill yourself.

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I nominate the Jagdkommando

>>32499340
It will do a really good job of killing someone. The problem is the time in between you stabbing them and them dying.

I think the police will frown on it if they find it on you at any other time. What self-defense items are allowed where you live?

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>>32499340
Yeah, it's great if your going to take out a sentry or get into a real deal knife fight, but I would avoid it for that purpose. This is what you're looking for, good little slashy piece to create some space and gives you a chance to run. Spyderco ARK.

>>32489511
Kabar. Delicious.

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mora robust

>>32499340
OP here. Dude you need to carry a fucking gun. We're all kind of like a fucked up family here so in a weird way I care. The truth is that 99% of us here know how to fight with a knife. It's complicated and a lot can go wrong. Although the same could be said for defending yourself with a gun you obviously don't need to be as skilled as with a knife. What are you able to carry in your area?

>>32500380
>>32499817
>>32499842
Australia, so anything over a pocket knife is illegal, but I'm more worried about being raped in the back of a van and sold into slavery in Asia than a prison sentence.

>>32500527
K E K

This:>>32499842 is literally Anti Rape Knife

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>>32489511
Gerber makes some great stuff. For example this bad boy has a ceramic coated blade, glass filled nylon handle coated in textured rubber, a glass breaker, and comes with a nice polymer sheath. Leaves nothing to be desired, yet pretty cost effective.

They do get a lot of hate because the Bear Grylls line fucking sucked, but it was meant to be Walmart priced so it makes sense.

>>32500553
>>32499842
Is slashing really enough? I've seen firsthand that cuts, through clothing, tend to just escalate the aggression of the injured person, which is absolutely not what I want. I image that a deep stab wound would end their ability to give chase better than some cuts.

>>32500579
I have been given many Gerber knives from across their line. None would hold an edge.

>>32500527
I say fuck it then. Your life is more important than a faggy Aussie law. Carry a big fucking kabar. It'll scare the shit out of an attacker. Most importantly though: train train train. No point in carrying something like that if you can't use it.

>>32500594
Haven't had the same experience. I have an evo folder that's stayed sharp for 4 years. You're not supposed to chop wood with them.

>>32497554

Pohjanmaa, Kainuu and Savo are old provinces - from which Pohjanmaa is known for its puukko-manufactures, the others not so much.

As for "Finka" being bigger, there have always been puukko-knives in multitude of size and shapes geared towards specific uses. Here link to "iso-Ilves" aka Ilves 150 by Marttiini, it has 22-cm/8.7-inch blade and was one of the most Finnish knives among soldiers during World War 2:
http://www.marttiini.fi/epages/MarttiiniShop.sf/fi_FI/?ObjectPath=/Shops/MarttiiniShop/Products/150010

>>32500587
For starters, you don't want to lose control of the knife. I was always told if someone was coming at me with one, let them stab through my hand to gain control. Your goal would be to really cover as much surface area as possible with slashes and pokes to really overwhelm his nerves, with the adrenaline going I doubt someone in a dark alley would really notice a deep stab wound right off, but a dozen or so punctures would send a message. I recall a story of one lady just straight up slashing down a guy's leg, mostly superficial but all the blood really put him off.

https://youtu.be/3-YK31by5i0

>>32500720
thanks doc

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>>32489511
Im throwing ka-bar into the ring. I am a fan.

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Picked this baby up from my LGS yesterday, it's the 7 inch straight edge version

>>32489511

Fairbairn-Sykes or Fällkniven F1

M3 fighting knife

>>32489650
wtf the Glock Feldmesser, standard issue in Austrian army literally cuts nothing. It's also from stainless black steel which is not true because mine got rusty all the time

Stainless dosent mean rust proof asshole. You still have to maintain it. Also anything glock is for assholes.