Thread: EK Commando Knife

The Ek Knife Company is making a limited run of the origional style World War II knives that were designed and manufactured by Mr.John Ek. This model is like the origional Number ! as it has the rock maple handles with the poured rivets. They also have the origional style sheath from that era.


When I called in my oder the lady advised me that they were making 300 of the knives and that i could pick a serial number if it was not already used. I ask if the number 97 was available and she said yes and i took it. She ask why i chose the number and i told her i was an old retired railroad detective and that if i ever had to pull out the knife i could say, "This is not 38 this is old 97" from the song, "The Wreck of the Old 97. The lady got a kick out of that.

If you are a knife colletor or need a good fighting knife check them out. The knife design will work today as well as it did in 1941. It is intended for one purpose, opening things up and i don't mean cans.

Not that fond of them.
Had 2, broke 2... they were like tempered really hard and all the way to the core.
Perhaps I just got unlucky, otherwise a really nice knife.

i hope the company stood behind their product. The origionals had a lifetime warrantry. Don't know about the current ones.

One I can't remember how it broke really, I do remember someone took it and was going to regrind it to a shorty boot knife but the other one was strapped to my harness on my chest and I suddenly felt it not being solid in the sheet anymore, must have hit it running in to something, it broke close to the handle.

Was no mail service at that place and had other things going, to bad, now I would like to know why they broke.
I'm sure they would have swapped it for a new one.

Other knifes I remember broken by me or others were FS (tip), Ka-Bar (bent, tho that is one tough knife), M3 (tip).

Most stopped carrying specialized knives like the EK mostly for practically reasons, building an A-frame is not that easy with a dagger.
You need to carry a good work knife anyway and if it comes to it, it doubles for that other purpose too.

Now I miss my M3 again... I used to shave with it, not the best shave but it worked.

Should have gone for the best commando knife ever the British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger.

Fairbairn Sykes Commando Knife

Ek commando knife arrived yesterday. Wife took it, wrapped it and placed it under the tree. Will give review after Christmas. Merry Christmas to all.

dewayne

Finally got my hands on the EK Commando knife. It is of the origional World War II style and is about as basic as you can get. Blade, handle and scabbard. It closely resembles the origionals that i have examined over the years. The steel is a modern alloy, but the rock maple handles with the poured rivets are spot on for the 1940s. John Ek made many styles of knives but this his origional is in my opinion his best. He called it a Commando knife and is designed to do what a Commando would do with a knife. It does not have the romance of the Fairbairn/Sykes or the quality of design and materials of a Randall. It will get you where you are going just the same. I would not hesitate to take this weapon in harms way.