Thread: Combat Knives?

Really like the Quartermaster and the Seabee knife. I was a Seabee myself!

will definitaly post it and at some point ill post a pic of all my knives that might take a rather large pic to get them all.

Originally Posted by EMC45

I was a Seabee myself!

Now that is cool!

The Quartermaster (225Q) is a fantastic knife. I need to get a sheath for it because it going to be my hiking knife. The spine is nearly 1/4" and the blade is massive. It was certainly built to take abuse. You can chop with it nearly as effective as a camp axe, nearly. One thing nice about the 225Q is that a lot were made and they are one of the cheapest military knives out there. Well under a couple Andrew Jacksons in good, restorable condition.

Although a civilian for many years now, I still like my knives :-)

While in the army I broke 2 Camillus (Ka Bar type) in as many months... carried a randall No 1 8 inch blade for 5 years in the army, even chopped down smalles trees with it ... and still have it 20 years later...

For me the best pocket knife, in retrospect, is an Opinel.

Leatherman or Gerber Multi tools were not so comman back then, but pretty useful to have...

Originally Posted by Chribo

Although a civilian for many years now, I still like my knives :-)

While in the army I broke 2 Camillus (Ka Bar type) in as many months... carried a randall No 1 8 inch blade for 5 years in the army, even chopped down smalles trees with it ... and still have it 20 years later...

For me the best pocket knife, in retrospect, is an Opinel.

Leatherman or Gerber Multi tools were not so comman back then, but pretty useful to have...

Nothing wrong with carrying knives as a civi - saved my life twice in 20 years!

Just a few weeks back, I found a 2.5" blade Opinel and gave it to a 9year old girl - my spirited, intelligent, and beautiful step-daughter. I didn't push it on her, but we had already done some training with rubber knives, and she kept asking when I was finally going to give her a real pocket knife. The Opi was the best solution I could find, something her mom and even bio-dad were ok with.

Carbon Opinels are handy and easy to sharpen, although the blade is little too thin for my tastes.

Here's the one i carry whenever i so decide. Mostly at work and home too, specially when going out to woods with the doggies.
Nothing special. Just a simple carbon work knife. Never thought it as a combat knife but rather as a handy general tool. I guess i've had it for about 40 years. I got it when i was about 5 or 6 yo.

My wife has a small bear claw she carries occasionally. Whatever ladies do with knives, to open cans or so. Kids have their knives too. I was thought to use a knife safely (and many other hand tools) when i was a kid, and so i did teach the same to them.

Here is a new toy I have on order . should see it sometime in january I think. .. Its a Winkler II this and one of his smaller neck knives are being added to the collection. woo Hoo I am excited.

I'm not a knife collector, and though there's a Bussey or two I'd like to have, I spend too much on razors, hunting stuff, astronomy stuff and bass guitars to add yet another big-ticket shopping list into the mix. I was looking for a good knife for bushcraft and ended up with a couple of Gerbers: an LMF II Survival and a Bear Grylls Ultimate. I'm never going to be in hand-to-hand combat, nor will I be balancing a Jeep one knife, so these seem, so far, to be adequate. Or rather, I love the LMF and *like* the BG. I intend to do some batonning and so on to see how sturdy the BG is, because my feeling is that it won't hold up as well as the LMF.

I added the BG a year ago, for the price it seems adequate. As far as battoning with it, well I guess it would depend on how thick the limbs are your pushing it throw, as to whether it will hold up.

I'm an "Arm Chair" Woodsman, dream about it all the time, have all the equipment, but never seem to make it out there. I think of Michigan a lot, when it comes to camping. If I found myself out there someday, then I would have my hatchet or axe & not worry about the battoning that much.

I was impressed with the quality of the BG firesteel that comes with the knife. I have about 9 different brands of firesteel & rate the BG in the top 3.

By my mind:
most of the so-called "Survival"- and Outdoor-knives are produced for the catwalk. They spend decades in different collections...never used.
I agree with Tomi (Sailor).
One of the best knives I know is the Puukko from Finland.
Puukko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another useful knive I still using is the Cold Steel Tanto.
All you need is a knive you can use every day. It should be sharp and if you are outdoor several days, you should take with you also a little finger-stone.
You need no more tools. For more tools you should have a Leatherman...I love the MUT.