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Jabames Interfector Viris Spurii Offline :3 Posts: 1880 Alaska Gender:	Re: looks like a very deadly close 1/4s knife Reply #15 - Feb 8^th, 2011 at 5:31pm I would have to pick between a bowie and a kukri, hard choice maybe the kukri, better at chopping wood and flesh as well as an all right point for stabbing.
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Reply #16 - Feb 9^th, 2011 at 9:02am

As much as I love bowies very few have the tip strength you need in a combat situation, the best companies that know their bowies are probably Ontario and Kabar but, they still can't come close to the cold steel tanto point

. I have both the the Ontario Spec Plus Marine and also the Recon Tanto and I have a friend with a Kabar and If I need a tool that could bothe fight exceptionaly and punch through an oil barrel I would go with the tanto.

I usually carry my Tanto everywhere with me in the winter months however the best folding and fighting knife I have found is tthe cold steel sparton, very sharp, sturdy, and would work great both stabbing and cutting.

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I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.

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Re: looks like a very deadly close 1/4s knife
Reply #17 - Feb 9^th, 2011 at 9:47am

Dan wrote on Feb 9^th, 2011 at 9:02am:

As much as I love bowies very few have the tip strength you need in a combat situation, the best companies that know their bowies are probably Ontario and Kabar but, they still can't come close to the cold steel tanto point

. I have both the the Ontario Spec Plus Marine and also the Recon Tanto and I have a friend with a Kabar and If I need a tool that could bothe fight exceptionaly and punch through an oil barrel I would go with the tanto.

I usually carry my Tanto everywhere with me in the winter months however the best folding and fighting knife I have found is tthe cold steel sparton, very sharp, sturdy, and would work great both stabbing and cutting.

The OKC-3S from Ontario is a bowie with the same tip angle as the Ontario tanto blades. I bought the Freedom Fighter (non-serrated OKC-3S blade on a rubberized Ka-bar style grip) on closeout and have no doubt that it could punch through an oil drum and only have a scratch to show for it.

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Re: looks like a very deadly close 1/4s knife
Reply #18 - Feb 18^th, 2011 at 3:06pm

Bikewer wrote on Feb 8^th, 2011 at 4:12pm:

I have a book from a museum collection of knives and bayonets, and they have a funny story... At one point, the "Little Emperor" Napoleon had his personal guard issued with a particularly long and impressive-looking "sword" bayonet.
This proved troublesome... At a state dinner, the guard all came to attention and "presented arms", resulting in the extra-long bayonets puncturing the ceiling of the banquet hall....
They were issued more practical items shortly thereafter.

I would have liked to have seen that. To each their own. If push had come to shove I'd have felt better with the bigger blade. Fortulately, I never had to go hand to hand (or knife to knife) in a battle. My six years of service were during peace time.. '75 through '81.
Below is the Cold Steel Spartan that Dan mentions. It's total length is 10 1/2". Nice knife.

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Reply #19 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 11:48am

I just picked up a Cold Steel Mini Tac Tanto. I'm quite fond of it. It was advertised as a neck knife, but I think it would be quite obvious under a shirt. I rigged the sheath that came with it with 550 cord so I can carry it horizontally on my belt. My one complaint is that it's a little short in the handle for a proper inverted grip, but other than that it's lovely.

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Reply #20 - Feb 22^nd, 2011 at 8:13am

Yeah Rat man as full size folding fighting knives go this is one of the best. Right out of the box it had a crazy sharp edge which as Lynn Thompson (the guy who wears the short black shorts, however he is probably one of the best knife fighters on the planet) is one of the most important features and he tells a story of 2 guys getting in a knife fight one of which used his daily utility knife, which he used often, and the other guy used his fighting knife. Both men got many good cuts in but when all was said and done the utility knife guy was cut to ribbions and the fighing knife guy's cuts barely made it past his jacket.

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I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.

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