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Posted: 10/29/2022 11:26:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 0331_usmc: Yep, we got Benchmade AFO II's Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 0331_usmc: Originally Posted By R0N: I have a bag full of switch blades (almost all Benchmade) and multi tools that throughout the years I was issued prior to and during deployments. Yep, we got Benchmade AFO II's I read somewhere they were coast guard rescue swimmer issue. My first auto, bought in Portland, not issued |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 11/7/2022 9:51:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bcw107: I read somewhere that Esee 4s were issued/used/awarded at some branch's SERE school, AF IIRC. You are correct, my son is SERE and issues/was issued the Esee knives, among others, depends on who is placing the order. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 11/7/2022 6:40:52 PM EDT
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I'm not sure if 'issued' but the Spyderco Jumpmaster was developed for the 82nd Airborne.
  The Jumpmaster knife is the result of a letter that Spyderco President Sal Glesser received from a Major in the 82nd Airborne Division who was in need of a better JM (Jumpmaster) knife. In all the airborne operations I personally participated in, it stated the JM needed to have a sharp knife with him, but none was ever issued by the Army. Probably to the Major’s surprise, Sal showed up at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and sat down with the 82nd paratroopers and listened to them explain what they wanted in a JM knife. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 11/7/2022 6:53:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Joescuba: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/37487/IMG_3669_jpg-2410404.JPG Richard Batson M-8 Combat Knife https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/37487/IMG_3670_jpg-2410405.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/37487/IMG_3671_jpg-2410407.JPG Various items issued throughout the years. Folder and unmarked dagger were made by Al Mar. Folder was 1 of 200 American made knives. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/37487/IMG_3672_jpg-2410408.JPG OGA issued knife https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/37487/IMG_3673_jpg-2410409.JPG Organization/unit purchased tomahawk. Hand forged. Was cleaned up and re- handle as a farewell gift when I left the organization. These are all super cool, thanks for sharing. |
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Posted: 11/7/2022 9:45:12 PM EDT
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 Our gunners were issued kbars with m9's. I was issued this one, but rarely carried it. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 11/7/2022 10:55:07 PM EDT
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The Fallkniven F1 is reportedly the official Air Force Survival Knife of Sweden since 1995.
I always thought that was a great, practical knife choice. Good size, strong, useful design for utility/survival/shanking, not too bulky or heavy.  France has a custom bayonet modified for their specs, standard issue with their new 416's: https://www.eickhorn-solingen.de/SG-2000-WC-F/en The new SG2000WC-F has all the features of the SG2000. In addition to this, it fulfills, with its 5mm professional steel blade, the even more demanding specs for the French army bayonet. If the bayonet is wedged in 1/3rd the length of the blade, and a weight of 80kgs is placed on the end of the adapter, then the bayonet will neither break or be bent (on release)! https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/10/05/potd-french-foreign-legion-with-heckler-koch-hk416f-and-bayonets/ 
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Posted: 12/18/2022 12:25:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lighteye67: I have a knife I accquired through a trade in Iraq with a member our sister UK unit, 40 Commando. I think a spare rain poncho and spare Esbit stove with a box of heat tabs facilitated that trade. Since we moved last year, it is *somewhere* in the garage, and I should probably find it. It is large, and a choppping knife for sure. It's exceedingly heavy and I have used it cutting line in the bush, and it excels at splitting kindling for fires solely based on it's weight. When I was on the book of faces, a member of that unit told me it was an arctic survival knife. It looks kind of this one here, but is in much rougher shape. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/169158/il_1588xN_2887879793_d66i_jpg-2580378.JPG Etsy Link I'd love to have it cleaned up and professionally sharpened lest I screw it up. Its a cool memento of that tour, and I want to hang onto it. |
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AK, USA
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Posted: 12/18/2022 4:51:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By snackgunner: No  Some sort of description would be helpful. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 12/24/2022 1:25:24 PM EDT
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Navy issued the Mk3 as a combat/dive knife…
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Posted: 12/26/2022 8:57:11 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Joescuba]
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Quote HistoryGave mine to my son. Regards |
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Posted: 12/26/2022 9:19:59 AM EDT
[Last Edit: axl]
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This is one of 1200 sterile SOG knives bought and issued in 1966 in Vietnam.
The first contract was awarded to Japanese Trading Company Yogi Shokai, Okinawa for 1,300 seven-inch blades designated "Knife, indigenous, RECON, 7", w/scabbard & whetstone" at $9.85 each.[2] In 1966, SOG ordered 1,200 sterile knives with six-inch blades and black sheaths and in March of the following year an additional lot of 3,700 was ordered.[2] This second lot was serial numbered for accountability purposes and was designated "Knife, indigenous, hunting, 6", w/black sheath and whetstone".[2] Further knives were ordered from Japan Sword, Tokyo as well. The orders were actually fulfilled by a number of knifemakers and as a result, the various lots had minor differences such as blade bluing color and guard color or shape. Although the SOG office based at Kadena and Yogi Shokai were in Okinawa, it is believed that only a major knifemaking source like Seki could have fulfilled all these orders,  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 12/26/2022 9:38:13 AM EDT
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No mention of the Cold Steel SRK?
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Posted: 12/26/2022 8:08:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bhart89: No mention of the Cold Steel SRK?  |
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Posted: 1/24/2023 11:11:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tsg68: Navy issued the Mk3 as a combat/dive knife… http://www.cuttingedge.com/files/knives/KLC14863.jpg I found one of those at FOB Hotel in 2005, with the front two inches of blade snapped clean off. It was laying in the dust outside of one of the hard buildings, and I snagged it to see if I could reprofile it, but lost it when we moved to another FOB later that year. Kinda wish I’d have mailed that one home before we moved. |
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Posted: 1/24/2023 11:21:25 PM EDT
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The only blade type thing I was ever actually issued was the M9 I left in my tough box in 05, and the Gerber 600 I got issued from supply.
Every other blade I’ve carried has been my own. Mostly, I just carry a Spyderco Endura and a Swiss Army Tinker. With those two knives, I can survive and thrive anywhere in the world. I do like a bigger blade for camp work, such as cutting poles for hooches and other suitable tasks, and I find that a 6 to 7 inch blade has enough “throw” to make short work of saplings, branches, garnish and things of that nature. I kinda want to get an old raggedy M9 and try to put a flat grind on it to cut down the weight and thickness of the blade. I wonder if that would be possible without destroying the strength of it? Hmmm |
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Posted: 1/24/2023 11:25:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stryfe: I was just thinking about. I was talking to a buddy about bayonets and told him I had an M7 just because why not. They used to be 30 bucks anywhere. I think those days are long gone. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stryfe: Originally Posted By Bklyn_Irish: Holy smokes! The bayonet prices have certainly gone up. I was just thinking about. I was talking to a buddy about bayonets and told him I had an M7 just because why not. They used to be 30 bucks anywhere. I think those days are long gone. I was buying brand new ones still in plastic for $20 way back when. I think I still have 2-3 left I have never unsealed in the wrap and plastic. |
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Posted: 1/26/2023 10:44:33 PM EDT
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So, I saw something interesting at the headquarters building the other day, in a display of items dug up from the old POW camp here at Camp Shelby.
Some crafty Kraut fashioned a nifty little wharncliffe blade out of a USGI mess kit knife. For what purpose, I couldn’t begin to guess, but I bet it was a neat little utility blade in its day, and I guess it could be a fearsome little weapon in the right hands. 
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VT, USA
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Posted: 3/31/2023 2:20:43 PM EDT
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I believe that the Grohmann #3 was issued to some Canadian Paratroopers for many years. It's a really unique and useful design
https://www.google.com/search?q=grohmann+%233+MILITARY+HISTORY&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS899US899&ei=FSMnZOWWGZKWwbkP552DmAk&ved=0ahUKEwil9dX44ob-AhUSS |
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Posted: 3/31/2023 8:47:33 PM EDT
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Got issued one of those Gerber Applegate Fairbairn folders once. Decent knife.
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Posted: 3/31/2023 11:48:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NoMoAMMO: Wish I knew what happen to mine  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NoMoAMMO: Originally Posted By CQB27: Best knife the army ever issued to me. Everything I needed, nothing I didn't, fit in the cock pocket of a flight suit! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/81520/Army_knife_1_jpg-2389175.JPG Wish I knew what happen to mine |
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AK, USA
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Posted: 4/1/2023 9:39:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wsix]
[#21]
disregard
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Posted: 4/3/2023 5:53:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By snackgunner: None of these were it. It looked like a kbar but more refined ect It was a expensive knife on the website $300-$400 Was a private company that made the knife, I could be off on it being a standard issue for the military but pretty certain the website /company claimed it was issued to a special forces unit. Have no idea on the company name I know that’s no help at all in figuring out what knife it is but this has turned into a cool thread nonetheless That sounds like Randall knife. A Randall was a prestige item, hand made. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/5/2023 12:13:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: tsg68]
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SMERSH 5?
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Posted: 4/24/2023 4:04:16 PM EDT
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You may be thinking of the SOG CISO knife.
I did not get one. I carried a Randall 2-6  Attached FileBe careful. There are a lot of fake CISO knives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOG_Knife  Attached File |
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AK, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2023 7:36:15 PM EDT
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That vintage Vietnam Randall is beautiful.
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AR, USA
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Posted: 6/7/2023 4:38:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By spydercomonkey: The Fallkniven F1 is reportedly the official Air Force Survival Knife of Sweden since 1995. I always thought that was a great, practical knife choice. Good size, strong, useful design for utility/survival/shanking, not too bulky or heavy. https://i.ibb.co/yffmF3g/fallkniven-f1-review-1.jpg France has a custom bayonet modified for their specs, standard issue with their new 416's: https://www.eickhorn-solingen.de/SG-2000-WC-F/en The new SG2000WC-F has all the features of the SG2000. In addition to this, it fulfills, with its 5mm professional steel blade, the even more demanding specs for the French army bayonet. If the bayonet is wedged in 1/3rd the length of the blade, and a weight of 80kgs is placed on the end of the adapter, then the bayonet will neither break or be bent (on release)! https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/10/05/potd-french-foreign-legion-with-heckler-koch-hk416f-and-bayonets/ https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/65C2967A-F325-47AE-BA40-FAB0D82B4ED3.jpeg Very likely made by Wildsteer. Outstanding French knife maker. They make most of the blades for the French military:   Top blade is the Kraken, knife of French Naval Commandos, i.e. Commando Hubert.. The other blade is the Wingtastic, forged blade used as the fixed knife of GIGN. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 7/12/2023 10:50:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tsg68: As in Beckwith? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tsg68: Originally Posted By Shoresy: Papa Charlie's boys get that one if I'm not mistaken. As in Beckwith? Yep |
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Posted: 7/20/2023 7:58:53 AM EDT
[Last Edit: JJ_BPK]
[#28]
One of the lesser-known "issue" knives from the VN period.
The CIA issued Hackman Balisong.. The Hackman was an inexpensive boy scout tackle box type. It sold for around 10 USD in the 60t's. Quality was above average for the style. Mine still holds an edge. Mine was gifted to me by a SOG vet while I was assigned to Co C, 6th SFG(A) in the summer of 69. These knives were trinket gifts to indigs as part of our Hearts-and-Minds effort It was my pocket carry for VN and years later. I made a sheath out of a cargo strap and also did one for my Rolex.  Attached FileLink:
Hackman Hackman was a cutlery and cookware company founded in Finland in 1790. The Hackman butterfly knife (Finnish: Linkkupuukko, "latch-knife") was a type of butterfly knife produced by Hackman. The knife was marketed by Hackman as a Retkiveitsi ("camping knife") and later as Eräpuukko ("wilderness puukko"). The knives were also sold in the United States, and some researchers state they were issued by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the Vietnam War. |
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