Knife Chat: Slicing to the meat of all things sharp

[MacWa77ace]

So if I could consolidate them into one knife I would, but I haven't figured out quite how to do that.

This? 

LOL, I actually have that knife too. But it's so thick that It's impractical to carry at all. It's just a collectors item that sits in a silver box with my Dad's old Kabar 1100 which I would carry that instead of the SAK but wouldn't want to loose it, to much sentimental value. [And there's no GTFOM blade on either of those.]

This looks exactly like the 1100 but its not My/My Dad's knife.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Having grown up in the '90s, I still kind of want that Swiss Army knife Macaulay Culkin had in "Home Alone 2".

Only problem is I never figured out what model was shown in the movie.

ETA: After a bit of Googling, it's apparently either a Wenger Alpen or Matterhorn Plus Swiss Army knife used in the film.

[MacWa77ace]

Having grown up in the '90s, I still kind of want that Swiss Army knife Macaulay Culkin had in "Home Alone 2".

Only problem is I never figured out what model was shown in the movie.

ETA: After a bit of Googling, it's apparently either a Wenger Alpen or Matterhorn Plus Swiss Army knife used in the film.

I had a 'camping knife' gifted to me for Christmas one year when I was a kid that had a bunch of blades, can opener, etc, etc, AND a Fork and Spoon that folded on the sides. Took it camping every time and don't think I ever used the eating utensils.

I think this is it only because I seem to remember the case had that weird clip on it. Don't know what happened to that knife.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I got some throwing knives one year for Christmas when I was a kid.

I had seen "Desperado" with Antonio Banderas and Danny Trejo and I was fascinated by Danny Trejo's character with the throwing knives.

I think I was like 13 or 14 years old and my mom went to a knife shop in a local mall and picked up a set of them for me.

I actually still have them. They're still in pretty good shape since I ended up never trying to throw them and kept them in a box all these years.

[MacWa77ace]

Do you guys remember the episode of Gilligan's Island where there was a [I want to say] Russian spy that looked just like Gilligan and he had an all purpose spy knife that had a two way radio in the spoon.







It also had a death ray.

[MacWa77ace]

I got some throwing knives one year for Christmas when I was a kid.

I had seen "Desperado" with Antonio Banderas and Danny Trejo and I was fascinated by Danny Trejo's character with the throwing knives.

I think I was like 13 or 14 years old and my mom went to a knife shop in a local mall and picked up a set of them for me.

I actually still have them. They're still in pretty good shape since I ended up never trying to throw them and kept them in a box all these years.

Starting with Boy Scouts and Day Camp, as kids we used to play this game called 'SPLIT', which involved throwing knives and sticking them in the ground near your opponents feet. If the blade didn't stick in the ground blade first it didn't count. We didn't use throwing knives just pocket/pen knives. And got really good at those.

Then in middle/high school my uncle, who was a photographer, did a photoshoot for Kabar and got to keep all the knives. He gave me and my Dad a bunch of them. I got 3 hunting fixed blades at 4, 5,  and 6" which I would throw daily in my bedroom and stick them into this carpet covered platform in my closet. Got really good at throwing those.

They looked like this.





Then I got some crappy throwing knives at a gunshow years and years later, set of 6, but they don't have enough weight to do more than stick in a tree about 1/4 inch. Not a Danny Trejo killer set if you know what I mean. But they are pretty beat up from use, can't say I got 'good enough' with those. I'm still better at throwing regular fixed blades that aren't meant for throwing. IDK.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Those are some neat Kabars, Mac.

Only Kabar I've ever owned was a crappy folding knife (I think it was called the Agama ?).

NT2C sent me a Kabar spork and knife combo awhile back and that's gotten a little use. Mostly used for the occasional pudding cup or fruit cup and not anything more gourmet than that, though.

As for the throwing knives, I've got the aforementioned Christmas ones my mom got me (a trio of Gil Hibben throwers. Not sure of the model. I lost the box years ago.) and a set of Kershaw Ion throwing knives.

The Kershaw ones kind of remind me of the kunais that Jason Statham uses in the Expendables movies (I may be going bald like Statham, but I'm definitely not as good with the knives like he is in the movies.)

[NT2C]

Interesting on the tiny Kershaw and the courthouse.
They wanted to take my RESQME away last time I was at the courthouse. Its on my keychain. Funny thing was this was a 'callback' where I got in the same courthouse with it a few weeks earlier. Guess it depends on the security person at the time in my AO.

It's a Kershaw Ken Onion Chive with a 1.9" blade.  Even legal in schools.

[NT2C]

I got some throwing knives one year for Christmas when I was a kid.

I had seen "Desperado" with Antonio Banderas and Danny Trejo and I was fascinated by Danny Trejo's character with the throwing knives.

I think I was like 13 or 14 years old and my mom went to a knife shop in a local mall and picked up a set of them for me.

I actually still have them. They're still in pretty good shape since I ended up never trying to throw them and kept them in a box all these years.

Starting with Boy Scouts and Day Camp, as kids we used to play this game called 'SPLIT', which involved throwing knives and sticking them in the ground near your opponents feet. If the blade didn't stick in the ground blade first it didn't count. We didn't use throwing knives just pocket/pen knives. And got really good at those.

Then in middle/high school my uncle, who was a photographer, did a photoshoot for Kabar and got to keep all the knives. He gave me and my Dad a bunch of them. I got 3 hunting fixed blades at 4, 5,  and 6" which I would throw daily in my bedroom and stick them into this carpet covered platform in my closet. Got really good at throwing those.

They looked like this.





Then I got some crappy throwing knives at a gunshow years and years later, set of 6, but they don't have enough weight to do more than stick in a tree about 1/4 inch. Not a Danny Trejo killer set if you know what I mean. But they are pretty beat up from use, can't say I got 'good enough' with those. I'm still better at throwing regular fixed blades that aren't meant for throwing. IDK.

I carried one of those Kabars aboard ship for about a year and then one day the butt cap came off and went over the side.  I sent it back to Kabar and never saw it again or heard from them.  It was a nice knife but hard to get a good edge on it because of the fat bevel.  You could get it sharp enough to cut paper or cloth but it sucked on cutting line or rope (which was the reason we carried knives, in case we got tangled in a line or rope).  It got replaced with a Kershaw folder while I waited for the ship's store to get in the Buck fixed blade I wanted but I got taken off active duty before that happened. (Technically, anyone in a deck division was required to have a sharp, fixed blade knife on them, readily accessible with just one hand in case of entanglement, but the deck officers weren't too strict on that if you could produce a knife when they asked you for one.)

[NT2C]

So if I could consolidate them into one knife I would, but I haven't figured out quite how to do that.

This? 

The problem then becomes needing two of the tools at the same time, like the pliers to hold the nut and a screwdriver to tighten the screw that goes into it.

[flybynight]

So if I could consolidate them into one knife I would, but I haven't figured out quite how to do that.

This? 

The problem then becomes needing two of the tools at the same time, like the pliers to hold the nut and a screwdriver to tighten the screw that goes into it.

If they made that with a knife blade that opened automatically when you pressed the swiss cross.... I'd buy it in a heartbeat 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I still want one of those Buck 110 Folding Hunter automatics, but I also don't want to pay almost 200 bucks for one.

So it looks like I'll have to be content with the standard 110 Folding Hunter I have.

[MacWa77ace]

I carried one of those Kabars aboard ship for about a year and then one day the butt cap came off and went over the side.  I sent it back to Kabar and never saw it again or heard from them.  It was a nice knife but hard to get a good edge on it because of the fat bevel.  You could get it sharp enough to cut paper or cloth but it sucked on cutting line or rope (which was the reason we carried knives, in case we got tangled in a line or rope).  It got replaced with a Kershaw folder while I waited for the ship's store to get in the Buck fixed blade I wanted but I got taken off active duty before that happened. (Technically, anyone in a deck division was required to have a sharp, fixed blade knife on them, readily accessible with just one hand in case of entanglement, but the deck officers weren't too strict on that if you could produce a knife when they asked you for one.)

I agree, it was a weird 'curve' on a kinda 'fat' blade on the larger model. IIRC I could only get the very edge sharp and it was awkward with a wetstone to get that edge. That shape/bevel might have been better for skinning/cleaning but I never used them for that.

My Dad, was in the Navy and had two knives of note he carried, a Kabar survival fixed blade [maybe 6-8" blade] and an unknown brand switch blade with a bright orange handle. Kind of looked like a fat pocket knife, but it was specific to pilots and had a hook cutter on it. IIRC he said it was to cut free from parachute cords in an emergency. [He was a carrier pilot]

Both of those knives were stolen when I/We had our fishing tackle boxes ripped off many years ago.





For ropes and strap cutting I prefer a serrated blade. Very fast.

[RickOShea]

We had those "Jet Pilot Survival Knives" back when I was a cadet in the CAP. IIRC, the ones we had were made by Camillus.

[NT2C]

For ropes and strap cutting I prefer a serrated blade. Very fast.

I agree, and it's what I'd be carrying if I was still a deck ape in today's Navy, and why in each of my vehicles there are a pair of stainless Moras, one serrated, one not. But serrated blades weren't a thing yet in the early 70's, so I didn't have that option.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

We had those "Jet Pilot Survival Knives" back when I was a cadet in the CAP. IIRC, the ones we had were made by Camillus.

I've got one similar to that except mine is a commercial model made by Ontario and not Camillus.

Not sure if there's much of a difference between the military issued ones and the commercial ones, though.

[Rednex]

Ain't this firearms chat? Didn't Chimp make a knife chat?


But carry on.

[NT2C]

Ain't this firearms chat? Didn't Chimp make a knife chat?


But carry on.

Huh?  This is Knife Chat!

[flybynight]

https://youtu.be/pqmqC-702Yg

[Rednex]

Ain't this firearms chat? Didn't Chimp make a knife chat?


But carry on.

Huh?  This is Knife Chat!

Ain't this firearms chat? Didn't Chimp make a knife chat?


But carry on.

Huh?  This is Knife Chat!

Ok something weird is going on here. My computer said firearms chat the atf  " identifying more words then I can remember" while I read the last couple of post. And I triple looked at my screen thinking mods gone wild or something?  Now on my tablet it clearly states knife chat.

My computer did something else I didn't tell it to do a few days ago.Must be a glitch in the matrix , my apologies.