Posted: 3/3/2008 2:45:40 AM EDT
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I need to find a fixed blade fighting knife, anyone have any recommendations on knives they've bought? And where I can get them. Also where has a good selection of the H&K knives? Thanks guys  ETA: I was looking at something like this: Here |
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Thats the most expensive KBAR style I have seen. I was going to recomend the regular KBAR. I dont know enough about this type of steel to make a good comment. The regular KBAR is hard to beat. Hell, for the money the Cold Steel G.I.Tanto is a good buy. Great peice of steel there. No frills at all. |
+1 on that. I have an all black plain edge Ka-Bar in the standard length with a rubber handle and Kydex sheath. It has served me well as a camp/survival knife. I prefer plain blades over serrated because plain is easier to sharpen. My Ka-Bar only cost me about $40. There's no reason to pay $150+ for one. Plus, if you manage to break it, you're only out $40 instead of over $150. I bought mine from Knifecenter.com, and it looks like the price went up from $40 to a couple bucks over $60. I bought my knife from them several years ago. I've bought a lot of knives from them over the years and they've been great to do business with. Here's mine: www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=KA1213 |
Good links, thanks for posting them. Looks like the standard Ka-Bar is made with 1095 carbon steel. |
Fixed.  ETA +1 on the RAT knife. |
Thanks... I just f'ed up my post trying to change some things.  Stay sharp, desmobob |
Good ol' 1095 can be a great blade steel if properly heat-treated. It's probably the easiest to sharpen in the field. My favorite fighters in 1095 are the BlackJack Randall copies. I have three BlackJacks (two recent; one vintage) and they are great blades. www.knifeworks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=1045 Stay sharp, desmobob |