I want to buy a fighting knife.
I want to get a Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife but they look like they don't have much utility outside of stabbing people and opening letters. What style would /k/ recommend? What grade of steel is ideal? Who are good manufacturers?
>>27844109
Dude there already like 3 knife threads, please check the catalog next time.
That aside, the FS is overrated as fuck. Ontario still makes the M3 and Boker makes devent repros of several trench knives and daggers. Sheffield makes a repro FS, but it sucks. The M7 bayonet is also a solid choice.
>>27844167
>The M7 bayonet is also a solid choice.
will do, thanks
>>27844109
Any sharp edge is as good as another, for sharp edge utility stuff.
As far as fighting goes, the FS is for sneaking up on a motherfucker and finishing the fight before he knows it's even started.
If you're not going to be operating operationally all day every day, any utility knife with a sharp point and a crossguard is good enough. The sharp point for stabbing, and the cross guard to keep your hand off the blade.
>>27844167
>FS is overrated as fuck.
No it's not, it's just a refined final of a very old and very functional design.
>>27844109
>I want to buy a fighting knife.
>but they look like they don't have much utility outside of fighting
Dude, the FS is a great fighting knife, top notch, purebred.
If you want an outdoors knife, get a bushcraft knife, 4" drop point, in a pretty leather sheath.
I'll tell you why. 4" is plenty of knife for anything you need it for and longer just gets in the way, either by physically being in the way when you sit down or just being pointlessly cumbersome to handle for menial tasks. Larger knives also get you strange rooms from trail hippies, if you care about that. The classic bushcraft knife will be about 4" inches long. The leather sheath makes it look a little classier and less "scary" to strangers. You could also look at the Mora if you're poor or a Kephart if you're nostalgic.
If you want a daily knife that you can use with some utility, get a sturdy folding knife. Spyderco is popular. I have a benchmade Presidio and love it. However, heed this warning, a defense knife should not be used for utility. You want to keep a defense knife beyond razor sharp at all times. That is a contradiction to utility.
Finally, if you just want to kill people, get a Fairbairn-Sykes knife.
>>27844504
>No it's not
You must be new here
>>27844523
>you must be new here.
Try again faggot. It's not a bad knife. If OP wants one that isn't too pricey, go look for a 1095 made by a non-shit brand.
>>27844555
>It's not a bad knife
I didn't say it was, I said it's overrated.
You're definitely new here.
I don't know who this Sykes guy was but Fairbairn was kind of a badass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWSLXXdg9Bw
Any recommendations on who makes a good FS?
>>27844109
just get a kbar
>>27844109
>I want to buy a fighting knife.
>I want to get a Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife but they look like they don't have much utility outside of stabbing people and opening letters.
Probably why its called a "fighting knife" and not a "survival knife" or "hunting knife" new friend.
It's a knife designed for a singular purpose so if you want something that fulfills multiple functions you are not looking for a fighting knife.
I think Bear Grylls sells what you are looking for.
Maybe even Swiss Army.
>>27844567
>>27844672
A lot of cunty responses in this thread.
>>27845322
Yup.
>>27844642
I'm not OP, but interested in getting one. Any buying advice would be appreciated.
>>27845322
The person who addressed me was being a faggot and did not deserve a polite response.
Suck a dick.
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>>27845397
>being surprised at "cunty responses"
>expecting civility
>on 4chan
Have you forgotten where you are?
>>27844109
OKC SP6
WHO MAKES A QUALITY REPRO OF AN FS?
>>27845444
Wrong person you silly fucking goose
>>27844567
Yep, overrated. Totally. You know, overrated by special forces units the world over who when they were tasked with making an insignia put that dagger on their insignia. The device they most associated with their activities was that dagger.
Totally overated. I mean, those poser special forces, what do they know about killing some of the most hardened soldiers in the most bloody war in human history? Fucking plebs, if only they had the wisdom of /k/ around, they could have definitely killed people better.
Retard. You can sit here in /k/ all day and night and jerk yourself off about blade profiles and steels and heat treatments, but when the best soldiers the Allies had went over to kill some Nazis, they did it with a Fairbairn-Sykes.
Why would you want a knife when you could get a katana, which is clearly the superior weapon?
>longer reach
>forged of the strongest folded steel
>an honorable weapon with a quality pedigree
If you MUST use such an honorless weapon, I find that Coldsteel makes a top-notch tanto knife.
>>27845520
Sounds like a bunch of plebs.
>>27845520
they also have arrows on there
does that mean I should dump my firearms and cc my compound bow?
patches don't mean shit
All shitposting and CoD bullshit aside, the Blackhawk Tatang.
Michael Janice knows wtf he is doing
>>27844109
If you've got a boner for daggers or WWII daggers in particular recommend an Ek over an FS any day.
>>27845501
Some fag in Kiwiland makes repros, but they're expensive and IIRC he has a backlog.
You're pretty much stuck with Sheffield's crappy repro or a custom job by someone on bladeforums. I think Spartan blades makes one too.
>>27845520
This is exactly what I'm talking about.
There is nothing special about the FS, it's just one of the many fighting knives that people were issued. Knives like the Kabar, Ek's daggers/bowies, and the M3 are equally as deadly, same with the smatchet and the Applegate-Fairbairn.
Kabar is making new Eks now as well.
It's not like the Fairbairn-Sykes is a new design.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misericorde_%28weapon%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondel_dagger
The design is hundreds of years old, tried and true. They went with what works.
>>27844508
>4 inches
>enough
C,mon
Fighting ?? Balisong !
>>27844109
http://hroarr.com/the-ka-bar-and-the-fairbairn-sykes-two-fighting-children-of-different-philosophies/
A little bit of litterature on the FS-knife and another popular type of knife.
>>27845768
Rondel dagger is for hammer like ice pick grip to produce heavy pressure and penetration against armor and heavy clothing. It's and Fairbairn-Sykes handle are not well suited for the grip Fairbairn taught. First version of Fairbairn-Sykes was even dangerous for user's thumb nail.
>>27844109
> but they look like they don't have much utility outside of stabbing people and opening letters.
correct.
it excels at what its designed to do. its rubbish at everything a person not killing soldiers in a war does with a knife..
>>27847482
It isn't the size, it's how you use it.
Said no girl ever.
>>27844109
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDGHKyB3T_U
>>27844109
I have a TOPs Rangers edge I'm happy with, it's a great fighting knife for the price.
>>27844575
Arthur Slugworth doesn't fuck around
>>27844109
im a big proponent of wharncliffe style blades in combat tasks
something like the cold steel boar hunter is a great example. with the focus of tip at the bottom it makes the most of your energy and is more intuitive instead of a tip that is offset from the natural lines of your swinging/stabbing motions.
>>27845599
like this poster said, janich knows about knife combat and has made wharncliffe blades and says they are the way to go.
the only thing with the boar hunter is the sub hilt... great for pig stabbing, but in human combat that kind of grip is cumbersome and unnatural
and if you like the fs... get the manly version... Arkansas Toothpick. it got its name from the settlers who witnessed the savages make great use of it and clean their gobs with it too
>>27844109
Sorry I appear to be late. A Pentagon is what you need.
Although you did say fighting knife, and lets be fair, its not going to be much of a fight with this beast cutting your attacker up..
Proud owner of a post-war J. Nowill&Sons FS.
Probably the neatest knife that I own.
I'd go on a limb to presume that mine was never issued, there's not a speck of wear on the blade, and only a small scratch on the handle.
>>27849502
Here's an another shot of the maker's stamp on the guard. The best part about mine is that I paid only 25€ for it.
With a blade as thin and tapered as this, there's little use for it other than hurting people. It's a damn neat and beautiful curiosity item, but that's about it. I'm certain that it would perform admirably in use, but I'm content with keeping mine on display.
>>27844567
>>27844555
Why don't fags just make your own fucking knives
It's a good hobby for queers just like you
Just find good steel and tools and wing it
Christ
>knife fighting
Probably the dumbest thing you can do with a knife. Prepare to have it taken off and turned on you, unless you have a good amount of training - and you dont. Try boxing.
>>27850115
This is a myth. When an unarmed person is confronted by a knife wielding attacker, the last thing on their mind is taking the knife from them.
In any case, keep everything hidden until the stab.
>>27845520
Implying any of that has any relevance to you sitting in your parents basement fondling whatever stupid practically useless "fighting knife" you buy, which will get so little actual use (much less sharpening) in its lifetime that it could be 316L stainless and you wouldn't notice the difference.
Why don't you and your babbyish 0perator fantasies fuck right off, you autistic perma-virgin fedora wielding /k/ekold sperglord.
>Fighting knives
>>27850170
All im trying to tell this kid is if youre relying on a blade to save your life, you might want to look into some self defense, or better yet a handgun.
>>27850221
>fighting knives
I think he means 25-life knives.
>>27850246
Agreed, gun first, blade second.
The real lesson here we can all agree on is that if you need to carry a knife for self defence it must be a pentagon.
>>27850246
>kid
>>27847482
2 Inches in the right place will kill a man, anon
>>27847952
I love videos like this. Thank you for posting it.
>>27848139
Grandpa Joe describes Slugworth as the worst of Wonka's rivals, telling Charlie that he was one of those who sent his spies in dressed as Wonka workers to steal Wonka's Recipes.
>>27849123
>not SOG Daggert 2
By far the best for current production reasonably priced redguard unpackaging device.
>>27850115
I've seen libtards say the exact same thing about guns.
>>27849557
>Why don't fags just make your own fucking knives
Because I don't want to. I just buy nice production stuff.
Currently trying to decide between a Becker crewman and an Ontario TFI. Leaning toward the Ontario.
>>27854909
If anything you are more likely to have your gun taken off you if the guy is that close.
You can potentially safely grab a gun, trying to grab a knife usually fucks your hand up.
>>27855022
>not wearing kevlar gloves every day
Are you even trying?
>>27850115
Kife fights are not real as in "knife duels" but totally feasible for attack or defence.
It's far more common than the media lets out, even in the military.
>>27850115
>Prepare to have it taken off and turned on you
This is never a risk.
The risk is that if you pull your knife in defense, it means they are a lethal threat to you, which means they are armed with either a gun, or a knife or similar close range weapon. So either way if you successfully defend yourself, you're going to get fucked up in the process.
It's better than being unarmed completely though.
Disarming you would never even need to be an option for the other person unless they're unarmed in the first place, which means you shouldn't have your knife out.
>>27844672
>I think Bear Grylls sells what you are looking for
SHOTS FIRED
>>27855056
>It's better than being unarmed completely though.
>This shit on /k/
half chan is dead
>>27845523
cold steel gets a lot of shit because of the fat guy, but they do make some very good knives
>>27847952
>push it through and punch it forward...rip out the lot
>>27855056
>It's better than being unarmed completely
Enjoy bleeding out after you "win"!
>>27855213
As opposed to bleeding out after getting stabbed anyway? In what situation would being unarmed be better than having a knife?
>>27855227
When that knife is in the hands of a neckbearded, fedora wearing, perma-virgin, 0perat0r fantasy having, trenchcoat wearing, fat autistic who posts on /k/ and thinks he is going to use a fighting knife like one of his Japanese cartoons.
>>27855074
>>27855213
What. It is better.
>>27855237
>When that gun is in the hands of a neckbearded, fedora wearing, perma-virgin, 0perat0r fantasy having, trenchcoat wearing, fat autistic who posts on /k/ and thinks he is going to use a gun like one of his American movies.
>>27855651
>comparing the skill required to use a gun for self-defense vs a knife
Ayy lmao
>>27844508
The kershaw shallot is great sturdy 3.5" folder. Stylish, alright ergonomics, although it lacks texture to grip.
>>27855800
That would be the opposite of what fedoralords do, O mental giant.
Irrespective of that, any weapon > no weapon.
