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Posted: 2/10/2023 8:13:32 AM EDT
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I hate you!
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Posted: 2/10/2023 8:37:14 AM EDT
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Every knife is a combat knife if you're brave enough.
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Posted: 2/10/2023 9:19:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Every knife is a combat knife if you're brave enough.  |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 8:30:27 PM EDT
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What I used to carry
 Attached FileNow  Attached FileNew savage sheaths  Attached File Attached FileI really like the kabar size for field use as well. It's easier to butcher small game than with a smaller knife only because you can lop off the limbs without pulling out a hawk. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 8:52:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What I used to carry https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20211209_150840_2_jpg-2707459.JPG Now https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/20210601_151334_jpg-1965993_jpeg-2707460.JPG New savage sheaths https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20220828_000420_jpg-2707463.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20220829_152739_jpg-2707473.JPG I really like the kabar size for field use as well. It's easier to butcher small game than with a smaller knife only because you can lop off the limbs without pulling out a hawk. I really like the E2D flashlight. |
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Posted: 2/19/2023 6:21:28 PM EDT
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Here is my latest design, a 4" carry blade in 80CrV2, black oxide finish, black canvas micarta and red G10 pins.
this should be a good all-around edc knife  " /> " />
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Posted: 2/19/2023 7:56:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/20/2023 7:26:34 PM EDT
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I named this knife the Trail-4 the prototypes are getting alot of use, and so far the feedback is very positive!
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Posted: 2/20/2023 8:59:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I named this knife the Trail-4 the prototypes are getting alot of use, and so far the feedback is very positive! https://i.imgur.com/dzQLN43.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/dzQLN43.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/1p6v6jR.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/1p6v6jR.jpg Looks good. If I was wearing that iwb I'd round this off  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/20/2023 9:10:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://i.imgur.com/DNrPGXn.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/DNrPGXn.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/7077GYc.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/7077GYc.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/6FjLEOT.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/6FjLEOT.jpg Very nice. Clean grinds. Maybe someday I’ll approach that kind of precision |
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Posted: 2/24/2023 1:04:22 PM EDT
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Oh damn! Buck Nighthawk! Forgot I had one of those back in the day. Bought it as a quick replacement for the Kabar I'd had for years and sadly lost somewhere at Pendleton. Really liked that Buck. Foolishly gave it to a younger guy when I upgraded to something else.
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Posted: 3/1/2023 6:20:07 PM EDT
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This is my Combat Woodsman, 6" blade of 80Crv2 high carbon steel, black oxide finish,
heat treated to HRC 60 for strength and excellent edge holding steel guard pinned and soldered in place OD green micarta handle scales with black micarta pins and thong tube  " /> " />
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Posted: 3/1/2023 7:27:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is my Combat Woodsman, 6" blade of 80Crv2 high carbon steel, black oxide finish, heat treated to HRC 60 for strength and excellent edge holding steel guard pinned and soldered in place OD green micarta handle scales with black micarta pins and thong tube <a href="[url]https://i.imgur.com/iz6vkma.jpg">https://i.imgur.com/iz6vkma.jpg">[url]https://i.imgur.com/iz6vkma.jpg<a href="[url]https://i.imgur.com/2lyAgev.jpg">https://i.imgur.com/2lyAgev.jpg">[url]https://i.imgur.com/2lyAgev.jpg  |
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Posted: 3/17/2023 11:58:32 AM EDT
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Another Combat Woodsman all finished!
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Posted: 3/17/2023 12:24:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Another Combat Woodsman all finished! https://i.imgur.com/Z6Y6Jhc.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/Z6Y6Jhc.jpg I really like the design |
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Posted: 3/17/2023 10:15:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Our Granddaddy's idea of a Combat knife looked like this: https://i.imgur.com/fYroue9.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/fYroue9.jpg My Randall Model 2 8" The enemy still carried fuckin SWORDS! (Japanese) and knew how to use em! I like the Confederate "Bowies" that were in reality short swords, blacksmith made. If I was carrying a single shot rifle, you bet your sweet ass I would have a sword secondary! A pair of my Vietnam era Randall model 1's a 7" and a 6" https://i.imgur.com/V0ZFiE5.jpg?1" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/V0ZFiE5.jpg?1 My father-in-law has one of these that he had made for him while in Vietnam. It is so classy. Made for knife fighting, and knife fighting was still taught to some degree to combat soldiers. with the idea of sappers in the wire, close combat etc I kinda want something like this too |
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Posted: 3/17/2023 10:18:17 PM EDT
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Fine collection OP. Damn fine.
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Posted: 4/14/2023 6:07:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2023 1:51:12 AM EDT
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One of my handmade repros.....this time a iron guar sterile recon
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Posted: 4/21/2023 9:32:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of my handmade repros.....this time a iron guar sterile recon https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/8838/Q09J1D.jpg |
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Posted: 4/22/2023 12:01:35 PM EDT
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The Combat Woodsman is very popular!
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Posted: 4/22/2023 11:41:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/23/2023 8:33:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fast forward a bit, this is my Bob Horrigan fighter. suffice to say that this is like owning a Katana designed by a great Samurai of his time. https://i.imgur.com/5Zo4g0Q.jpg?1" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/5Zo4g0Q.jpg?1 This knife was designed by an elite warrior to get the job done. Msg Robert Horrigan RIP https://i.imgur.com/Cn0bfjQ.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/Cn0bfjQ.jpg @doubleplusgood is that a knife that you made? |
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Posted: 4/23/2023 8:54:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @doubleplusgood is that a knife that you made? No, that knife was designed by Robert Horrigan. His Brother John still makes them |
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Posted: 4/28/2023 3:14:16 PM EDT
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I just finished up this big ol fighter for a cool guy!
low-layer damascus and desert ironwood  " /> " />
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Posted: 4/29/2023 9:29:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2023 9:37:25 AM EDT
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From a pure combat knife - as in knife fighting - I choose the Emerson Karambit (sp). This is a fighting knife and not designed to be used as a multi tool. My EDC is a standard Emerson CQB folder. The Karambit needs to be practiced with very regularly. If you don’t train with it, don’t carry it.
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Posted: 5/19/2023 10:23:58 PM EDT
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Anybody have experience with the Spartan Blades Ares? Got all my other knife avenues covered, but find myself having a high end fighting knife itch right now. The Ares is the one I'm looking at the hardest, with the Microtech SOCOM Alpha as a runner up.
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Posted: 5/20/2023 12:10:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Combat Woodsman is very popular! https://i.imgur.com/ZUEfHK7.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/ZUEfHK7.jpg Damn…that design is exactly what I have been looking for in a knife. I need that blade in my life. |
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Posted: 5/20/2023 12:19:59 PM EDT
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Special edition Combat Woodsman made for Triple Aught Design
I am honored to be asked to work with them. They all sold out in an hour and a half!  " />
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Posted: 5/23/2023 10:47:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2023 11:02:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Special edition Combat Woodsman made for Triple Aught Design I am honored to be asked to work with them. They all sold out in an hour and a half! https://i.imgur.com/633VODC.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/633VODC.jpg Thats a beautiful knife. Am I the only one that wants the retaining strap along the spine? Eg  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/24/2023 12:02:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thats a beautiful knife. Am I the only one that wants the retaining strap along the spine? Eg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20220829_152739_jpg-2827080.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Special edition Combat Woodsman made for Triple Aught Design I am honored to be asked to work with them. They all sold out in an hour and a half! https://i.imgur.com/633VODC.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/633VODC.jpg Thats a beautiful knife. Am I the only one that wants the retaining strap along the spine? Eg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20220829_152739_jpg-2827080.JPG Where did you get the leather sheath? |
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Posted: 5/24/2023 12:18:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where did you get the leather sheath? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Special edition Combat Woodsman made for Triple Aught Design I am honored to be asked to work with them. They all sold out in an hour and a half! https://i.imgur.com/633VODC.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/633VODC.jpg Thats a beautiful knife. Am I the only one that wants the retaining strap along the spine? Eg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20220829_152739_jpg-2827080.JPG Where did you get the leather sheath? Savage custom sheaths |
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Posted: 5/27/2023 11:46:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Given how overloaded the current soldier is, I think a design priority for a modern combat knife should be reduced weight while still being 'effective.' Spyderco Street Bowie would be attractive due to the lightweight - 3.8oz - while still having a 5" blade. A Kabar is 11.2oz, Cold Steel SRK 8.2oz, Glock knife 7.3oz... https://sadefensejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/spyderco_feature2-630x320.jpg That was my thinking as well. I used to collect WW2 militaria, including knives, and I noticed that many actual combat knives were very, very light, lively in the hand and very intuitive to use, unlike the heavy, clunky and huge “combat” knives one sees advertised in various places. Even the old Camillus Mark 2 knives were light as a feather compared to modern Ka-Bars. The German nähkampfmesser, or “close combat knife” is a prime example of light weight, good design and ease of use. I like to think of the Spyderco Street Bowie as a modern day version of that excellent design. My son sent me one while I was in Afghanistan, and aside from the fact that I cherish it because it was a gift from him, it is an excellent little knife for daily use. It conceals very well, and I even wear it while running, clipped inside the waistband of my shorts. It’s light enough you’ll forget it’s there, but it’s a good sized blade for anything you might call upon a fighting knife to do. |
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Posted: 5/27/2023 11:57:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thats a beautiful knife. Am I the only one that wants the retaining strap along the spine? Eg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/IMG_20220829_152739_jpg-2827080.JPG With the half guard on that one, there’s nothing for the strap to hold onto, but I can relate. I like a forward sweep of the hand to pop a retention strap. |
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Posted: 5/27/2023 12:31:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rock6, What knife is this? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/545846/Screenshot_20230523_193910_Chrome_jpg-2827070.JPG Looks like a Swamp Rat or Busse offering. Maybe a Ratmandu? |
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Posted: 5/27/2023 5:31:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That was my thinking as well. I used to collect WW2 militaria, including knives, and I noticed that many actual combat knives were very, very light, lively in the hand and very intuitive to use, unlike the heavy, clunky and huge “combat” knives one sees advertised in various places. Even the old Camillus Mark 2 knives were light as a feather compared to modern Ka-Bars. Combat knives had a lot more in common with a country's hunting knives until the bombproof survival knife thing took root. Oh and probably thanks to Bill Bagwell's writing in the 80s extolling the virtues of Bowie knives etc. |
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Posted: 5/27/2023 7:33:52 PM EDT
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Decided to try some work with my old raggedy ass M9 today.
   
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Posted: 5/29/2023 11:54:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like a Swamp Rat or Busse offering. Maybe a Ratmandu? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Rock6, What knife is this? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/545846/Screenshot_20230523_193910_Chrome_jpg-2827070.JPG Looks like a Swamp Rat or Busse offering. Maybe a Ratmandu? I looked those up. Looks close but the curve is different on this blade. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 10:41:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I looked those up. Looks close but the curve is different on this blade. Rodent 6 and Jackmandu are slightly different. To me it looks like a well used Ratmandu with a more steep swedge grind. |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 5:28:43 PM EDT
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Here is a Combat Woodsman that I recently finished.
W2 tool steel heat treated with clay for a cool hamon, sculpted bone micarta handle scales and a 1095 guard also with a hamon enjoy  " /> " />
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Posted: 6/1/2023 10:08:31 PM EDT
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Gorgeous. A Combat Woodsman is in my future (I hope)!!!
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Posted: 6/1/2023 11:12:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here is a Combat Woodsman that I recently finished. W2 tool steel heat treated with clay for a cool hamon, sculpted bone micarta handle scales and a 1095 guard also with a hamon enjoy https://i.imgur.com/E4xJPp4.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/E4xJPp4.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/rh9Vhi9.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/rh9Vhi9.jpg Wow. That is magnificent. I don’t know what you would ever do to improve on that particular Combat Woodsman. But I have a feeling that you have something percolating in your mind. Very, very nice. |
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Posted: 6/3/2023 6:33:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rock6, What knife is this? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/545846/Screenshot_20230523_193910_Chrome_jpg-2827070.JPG @ZDorf, yeah, that is a Swamp Rat Ratmandu. ROCK6 |
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Posted: 6/4/2023 7:49:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @ZDorf, yeah, that is a Swamp Rat Ratmandu. ROCK6 Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Rock6, What knife is this? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/545846/Screenshot_20230523_193910_Chrome_jpg-2827070.JPG @ZDorf, yeah, that is a Swamp Rat Ratmandu. ROCK6 Thanks @ROCK6 |
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