Combat Knives?

Not sure my Buck 119 counts as a combat knife but it's a good hunting knife.

Great knives everyone. Summer is almost here can't wait for camping season.

My Wetterlings after combatting a lack of spoons.

Him. I guess I can't wait for camping, either...

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That's a nice little axe is it about the same size as the gb mini hatchet?

I've got one and its always on my hip while camping. I'd say it actually gets more use than my knives lately.
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Originally Posted by basil

That's a nice little axe is it about the same size as the gb mini hatchet?

I've got one and its always on my hip while camping. I'd say it actually gets more use than my knives lately.
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I'd say it's more similar to the mini hatchet, but the Wetterlings is heavier, from what I read. I dream of having the $ for a Gransfors. Specifically the hunting axe.

I'm surprised by how much of what I *thought* was knife work has changed since I got this little axe a few weeks back.

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Very nice, there are times I miss my M16A1. I still remember her ID number.

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805802 A co 21 Inf/25th ID. That was the last one I was regularly issued.

I kissed her goodbye in Feb of '84. I still miss her, Pins were shot and she wiggled and squiggled but I could still make expert every time, just put her to your shoulder and cheek and shoot.

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805802 A co 21 Inf/25th ID. That was the last one I was regularly issued.

I kissed her goodbye in Feb of '84. I still miss her, Pins were shot and she wiggled and squiggled but I could still make expert every time, just put her to your shoulder and cheek and shoot.

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I was never straight-up military, so I don't have that kind of memories. Though when I was in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets (which is the youth wing of the RCAF), I used to shoot a Lee Enfield. I still find it the most exciting firearm in the world. If I ever find one in good condition and have some $, I'll explain things to the wife *after* the fact...

Here's an oldie! 21 1/2+ inches long! Anyone know what it fits? :shrug:

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RTAK 2 in D2, BK7, ESEE RAT3, BK13 that I did in a multi cam version in duracoat

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Lovely work, Paul! Is there something missing? ;)

It fits a British Lee Enfield 303.

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

It fits a British Lee Enfield 303.

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AHA! traded tha beast for a Win 22 gallery (hammer) back in '81!
Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

It fits a British Lee Enfield 303.

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I was about to say... The first hint was that little arrow mark near the hand guard.

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Originally Posted by Pyrateknight

Not sure my Buck 119 counts as a combat knife but it's a good hunting knife.

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The Buck 119(Special) and 120(General) saw use in Vietnam.

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Originally Posted by Jes

I was never straight-up military, so I don't have that kind of memories. Though when I was in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets (which is the youth wing of the RCAF), I used to shoot a Lee Enfield. I still find it the most exciting firearm in the world. If I ever find one in good condition and have some $, I'll explain things to the wife *after* the fact...

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Come on down here to LI NY, I'll take you to a store and you can have your pick.....jus sayin...

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It fits a British Lee Enfield 303.

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My Friend,

You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge of weaponry!!!!!

Ka-Bars are always good.
I carried a Cold Steel SRK when I was in Afghanistan.I had done survival courses in the military with it and love it.
A lot of other guys i was with in the Sandbox carried the Gerber LMF

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I was never straight-up military, so I don't have that kind of memories. Though when I was in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets (which is the youth wing of the RCAF), I used to shoot a Lee Enfield. I still find it the most exciting firearm in the world. If I ever find one in good condition and have some $, I'll explain things to the wife *after* the fact...

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If I remember correctly its a 303 Lee Enfield converted to 22. Just as I was getting out the begrudgingly switched to air rifles and told us that guns were bad.

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Here's an oldie! 21 1/2+ inches long! Anyone know what it fits? :shrug:

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Probably been modded too. I believe the 1907 pattern should have a curved bit of handguard on the lower part. A lot of those were ground off in later years. You'll find they are good for throwing too. Hit with a bit of force and have a bit of range in a single turn throw :).


Mick

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If I remember correctly its a 303 Lee Enfield converted to 22. Just as I was getting out the begrudgingly switched to air rifles and told us that guns were bad.

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Now that I think on it, you're right; it was converted.

Some of the guys I hunt with have Lee Enfields, but they've all been sporterised. Seems tragic to me, though they definitely weigh less than a full-stocked one does. And they kick a lot more in 303 Brit than they do in .22! ;)

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My Friend,

You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge of weaponry!!!!!

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Thank you for the compliment, but in all fairness, it took me about 45 seconds with my GOOGLE FU to identify it.
I knew immediately that it was WW I era & not one of ours, but that's all I knew, so my first thought was British. It took GOOGLE FU to narrow it down. :shrug:

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Ka-Bars are always good.
I carried a Cold Steel SRK when I was in Afghanistan.I had done survival courses in the military with it and love it.
A lot of other guys i was with in the Sandbox carried the Gerber LMF

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Thanks for your service, sir. :thumbup::thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Come on down here to LI NY, I'll take you to a store and you can have your pick.....jus sayin...

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Nassau County here. Which store has Enfields? Thanks.

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Come on down here to LI NY, I'll take you to a store and you can have your pick.....jus sayin...

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The hassle I'd go through at the border would be the stuff of legend.

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The hassle I'd go through at the border would be the stuff of legend.

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Only if they found it......jus sayin....

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Only if they found it......jus sayin....

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Way too much LE in my family for me to dare it.

There's a fair number of them up here anyway. I just figured that 2013 wasn't going to be the year, due to some other expenses, so I've been avoiding the gun shows.

A friend just got back from nepal and brought this hunk of goodness.

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I own a few of those! Great tools!


Mick

I have a few khukris from Himalayan Imports, Gurka House, and Atlanta Cutlery.

Aren't you supposed to blood a khukri, when it has been drawn? Seem to remember being told that 20 odd years ago, but could be wrong.

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Aren't you supposed to blood a khukri, when it has been drawn? Seem to remember being told that 20 odd years ago, but could be wrong.

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I don't know about blooding it but I did sharpen it and shaved a bit of leg hair with it , which may be akin to blooding it depending on where I am on the Glenmorangie scale.

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Aren't you supposed to blood a khukri, when it has been drawn? Seem to remember being told that 20 odd years ago, but could be wrong.

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Yeah, I heard the same story about the same amount of time ago..

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Yeah, I heard the same story about the same amount of time ago..

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You werent in the air cadets in Gloucestershjre were you? :-)

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You werent in the air cadets in Gloucestershjre were you? :-)

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No, just heard the same story from a friend

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No, just heard the same story from a friend

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Didn't think you were really, was just messin'
:-)

Vicious rumour that did the trick (and still does) to put off the enemy (or any new bloke) and highlights just how tough the little buggers are, because they would cut themselves to prove the point when new blokes were around. However if any enemy were around they would save themselves the pain. The Khukuri was the back up weapon if the rifle failed. It comes in a few varieties and is used from farming to fighting.


Mick

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Vicious rumour that did the trick (and still does) to put off the enemy (or any new bloke) and highlights just how tough the little buggers are, because they would cut themselves to prove the point when new blokes were around. However if any enemy were around they would save themselves the pain. The Khukuri was the back up weapon if the rifle failed. It comes in a few varieties and is used from farming to fighting.



Mick

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Sort of a nepalese machette really

The ones used by the Ghurka's of WW1 era are monsters of knives (I own one) quite capable of taking off heads, so yes you could use them to clear a path if pressed, but they have a bit more weight than your average BOLO and would prove tiring after a while.

Mick

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/khuk1.html

Being such a weight forward design they also hold their own in a chopping role. Give a Khukuri a.nice convex grind and you could easily lop off medium to large branches.

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Being such a weight forward design they also hold their own in a chopping role. Give a Khukuri a.nice convex grind and you could easily lop off medium to large branches.

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