Post the original mall ninja weapons.
I don't think you know what a mall ninja weapon is
Have the weapon that I got when I was 15-ish.
I kept it because it's hilariously cringy.
>>30202001
>FSFK
>Mall Ninja
>>30202032
It was designed as a "specialized guard killing dagger" and the perfect fighting knife, when using any other generic dagger to silently kill a man would get the same results, and it's a terrible design for a fighting knife.
Whether or not the OP is being sarcastic, the FSFK certainly was of no value but was still used because of its designers' claims.
>>30202832
>when using any other generic dagger
Yes, all those "generic daggers" around in 1940.
>>30202869
There weren't a whole lot just sitting on the shelves because there wasn't a lot of demand for killing knives prewar but pic related were in the catalog of one of the companies that eventually made f/s knives
Pig stickers were some of the more common off the shelf daggers that were available and issued before the milspec knives were mass produced
>>30202832
The f/s didn't have a great reputation with a lot of the people who got the chance to use them which is why you see so many variants theatre made and post war that tried to address the issues like the a/f knife
In WWII the kabar was very popular as soon as it was issued and the m3 trench knife was too because they didn't have a lot of the flaws of earlier fighters, it was hard for regular grunts to get them because the ones that didn't go to airborne and sf were snatched up by officers. I've heard that the SAS dumped their f/s knives in favor of them too
Here's what a 30 year vet said about the kabar vs f/s
>What special forces like most is a nice wide non-slip grip, and these had that! We didnt care too much about the blade as long as it was over 4 inches long an inch wide at least, and thick enough up the tang not to snap off when cranked about inside a human body. You could soak this grip in water or blood and still keep a good working grip on it.
>We hated the Sykes-Fairbairn as the blade tips snapped off in bone and the grip was designed by a surgeon who thought he was doing brain surgery. We had to tape the grips but would mostly use "throwaways" (blades cut from plate steel with the grips taped) as they could be left behind without issue loss, and you could carry several on your webbing.
-Robert Loki Thornton
Former SAS regiment NCO and Special Force consultant
The kabar and the m3 by way of the m7 bayonet still get used for good reason
at least post some mil-surp ffs
>>30202001
>>30203452
I honestly wouldn't mind seeing one of these made with decent steel.
If only for shits and giggles.
Obviously based off a historical design.
>>30202001
This is one evil knife
>>30202832
"specialized guard killing dagger"
The exact phrase was "sentry removal" anyone whom has read the Applegate guide would know that.
>generic dagger
The FS knife is THE defining modern "generic dagger", everything before it was either a single edge, bayonet, or a medieval relic.
All the "Generic combat daggers" you see today are a direct result of the FS knife, alongside the V-42 Stiletto knife.
People who own these usually own them for the historical sake, because they were made obsolete by the plain edge Gerber mark II fighting dagger, and the slightly less combat effective but infinitely more practical design of the standard KA-BAR knife.
>>30203662
Le Most Evil Knife
>>30203766
>because they were made obsolete by the plain edge Gerber mark II fighting dagger, and the slightly less combat effective but infinitely more practical design of the standard KA-BAR knife.
Develop your hypothesis
>>30202001
>75 year old knife
>Mall ninja
Well howdy there new friend. Welcome to /k/. The terms we use here may be confusing at first, but lurk around a little and I'm sure you'll figure them out.
>>30203652
Historical Klingon design maybe. What the fuck do you call that, a Bat'Reth?
>>30202001
No morning star?
>>30203965
Bi-katana?
It's almost all the way gay
>>30203662
You're a fucking kike, therefore opinion ignored go dig yourself a whole and stay there until you die
>>30203997
>>30204014
>Benchco Spydermade mind
>>30203662
>Surgeons HATE this!
>>30204035
>Has science gone TOO FAR?
>>30202032
The one thread sebenzafag would be useful in. Wasted opportunity
>>30204062
He died
>>30203662
That thing costs a bit over a grand btw
>>30203965
kek
>>30204290
Where can I buy one, I really need one of those for reasons even I can;t begin to understand.
>>30204290
Closer to 2k I think
>>30206465
http://www2.knifecenter.com/item/MT1057TI/microtech-105-7ti-titanium-jagdkommando-fixed-7-tri-edge-dagger-bead-blast-finish-black-aluminum-sheath
>>30203965
dabaru bureidedo raito seibah
>>30203452
>Shoulder strap
>fucking tanto tip
>Only 19 inches long
All they had to do was keep the KA-BARs point, make the thing 5 inches longer and made the quillons longer and they'd have had a vietnam era messer and that would have been cool.
I remember wanting a pair of these for forever when I was 15. Fucking BudK
>>30202001
>literally
>>30203965
V'urjin
>>30203445
>Robert Loki Thornton
>doesn't post a source
and googling 'Fairbairn-Sykes snapping' brings up an article about the V-42, which was an american job.
>>30203973
Would go well with mein kampfy shoes.
>>30207455
oh dear jesus kek
>>30202832
>and it's a terrible design for a fighting knife
Yeah I'm sure you are an expert on the subject, having killed numerous enemy combatants in knife fights.
>>30202001
>Fairbairn-Sykes
>mall ninja
Kill yourself OP
>>30203445
Nice cherry picking fag
>>30203452
> A square rat tail tang sword
fucking idiots..
>>30207439
took me a while to realize whats wrong.. just looks crooked +
> dat half draw
>>30202001
do you even have a license for that image of a knife?
>>30203445
As someone who knows Robert Loki Thornton, I wouldn't take his word as gospel. He's never stabbed anyone.
How do you guys store your knives? I was told keeping them in their sheathes is a bad idea since the material reacts with the blades and causes them to rust.
>>30207633
Fucking kek, no. Unless it's an unpainted metal sheath causing galvanic reaction, that's total fuddlore. Only thing I could reasonably think of is a wooden sheath but since you'd keep a sword oiled, it would soak into the wood and displace any water.
>>30203965
mm-more like a bad'breath
rekt
>>30203445
>taking the word of a man named Loki
>mfw
>>30204035
>>30203662
Aww... crap. Handpalm.
According to KnifeCenter advertisement, the Jagdkommando blade is made of "... 440A stainless titanium".
... It looks like the manufacturer uses the word "Titanium" as a buzzword. It appears that there is no any titanium metal used with this mall-ninja toy.
The term "440A" is used to mean a type of low-cost steel with high corrosion resistance. 440A is good material for low-cost/low-quality "starless steel" blades which need to look good and shiny in a wall mount. Low carbon content makes 440A blades easy to sharpen but too soft to hold a proper edge.
> The lanyard hole allows the Microtech Jagdkommando to be used as
> expensive ground stake for pitching a tent. If used as a weapon,
> Jagdkommando has similar qualities as a sharpened U.S. G.I. 12-inch
> Aluminum Tent Stake. You can buy a 12-pack of tent stakes for under ten
> bucks, or one Microtech 105-7 Jagdkommando for over $1000."
>>30207865
440 isn't low cost
It's about 3x the price of 316 stainless
440 can also be hardened to 60 HRC easily and is easily machined.
>>30207899
440 stainless is what most Leathermans use, it's a decent enough metal that is easy to maintain.
>>30207899
The "440" is a group of stainless steels, with "A", "B" and "C" variants, and a couple of sub-variants.
440A is the cheap low-carbon stainless steel.
440C is more expensive metal with higher carbon content. It is used for good-quality blades.
>>30207976
440A is not "low" carbon by any means, it's on the upper end of mid carbon.
>>30207906
Leatherman has been using "420C" and "440C" stainless steels.
New blades appear to be made of "420HC" (stainless high-carbon). That is, same stuff as 420C, but they just point out that the "C" variant is "high-carbon" compared to A and B variants.
420D is used for razor blades and surgical scalpels.
>>30202001
Official thread mascot
https://youtu.be/lWxGhT5KHSY
Cant forget the classics
I was slobbering over this piece of chinese shit metal when but a wee autismo
The 'tiger claws' were the mall ninja shit I remember my group of faggots wanting.
Did someone say Animu?
>tho you could actually fuck some one up with this
The original Mall ninja sword.
Basque in its shite glory faggots.
>>30208079
LMAO
Found these on a site for 8 bucks a peice.
But if you buy four at the same time, theyll let you grab em for 10 bucks total
>Fucking worthless
>>30203766
Does anyone make a non-serrated version? If not I'll settle for pic related for my modernized F/S fix.
Actually have one of these from when i was 12
Its actually pretty cool, its sharp, sturdy, and you can actually fuck someone up with the pointy end.
>>30206711
Source? For reasons.
>>30208079
>tfw have a blue one of these from when I was like 10
It's a constant reminder that I actually wasted my money on this shit as a kid.
>>30208107
I too was looking for something similar
>>30208182
Cheer up anon, it's how you started your interest in weapons, you were a child so of course you would do stupid things.
>>30208107
http://www.extremaratio.com/catalog/product/view/id/1007/s/e-r-commando-black/category/13/
And about a thousand other manufacturers that make similar models.
Personally I think the Boker in your picture is one of the best options.
>>30207439
I don't see what's wrong. The slight angle she's holding the bow at?
>>30208135
colinfurze on YouTube. Mad British inventor. Lots of fun.
>>30208339
She needs to draw back damn near five more inches if not six.
>>30208371
We Gears of War now.
>>30208380
>>30208107
The original Gerber Mark II had plan edge, but the resulting dagger was considered "too brutal", and was banned from sales in US military bases in early 1970's. The ban was by-passed by making serrations to the blade, so that the dagger could be sold as "saw-edged survival tool".
The remaining plain-edge Mark II's can be quite expensive.
However, Stykes-Fairbain, Gerber Mark II and their copies share a common problem: in most versions the "wasp-waist" grip has rounded cross-section, so you can't know where the cutting edges are just by feel, and you need to be constantly shifting your grip and feeling the handguarad with your fingers. Some SF daggers have also very slippery grip.
Applegate-Fairbain has oval grip cross-section, so you can always feel from the grip where the cutting edges are.
>>30207439
>half draw
>pulling with arm not back
>angled arrow
>smushing face
Would still take camping and plow
>>30203452
I had a guy at a gun show try to tell me that officers carried these in WWII.
>>30208268
I'm looking for a Gerber Mark II style. Everybody makes an F/S. When last I'd looked into it I thought the Boker Applegate/Fairbairn was probably the best option.
>>30208885
I know the Applegate is essentially an improved version but I thought the Gerber grip was somewhat squared.
>>30207483
>>30203973
Oh God, where do I buy and or make them? I wouldn't even wear them, just put my plushies inside.
>>30203766
Who***
You fucking dumbass
>>30207541
>But there was no mag
>>30203445
you're a bitch faggot. the fairbairn sykes dagger is the better design to anyone of those you've brought up because it is lighter, quicker, and it poniards through armor easily burying to the hilt and out before the target can fart.
so, just stfu you'll never win this or any argument on /k/
>>30208362
Isn't that the one that came with ~1/2" ball bearings?
If so, I almost bought one.
>>30208370
Assuming she was ready to fire from that draw. Assuming the fact her hand is against her face means that's as far as its coming back, there is a perfectly valid school of thought about drawing the bow itself forward.
>>30209953
I didn't even realize I started both of those sentences with 'Assuming.' I need to go to bed.
>>30209953
>there is a perfectly valid school of thought about drawing the bow itself forward.
Good luck doing that when your forward arm is already straight and level.
>>30209956
None of it actually made sense anyway. It's a longbow, the two fingers doing the drawing should be pulled to the middle of the cheek. So she's either a weak bitch (highly likely) or that bow is way off size for her.
>>30206874
looks easy as fuck to break desu.
>>30206874
seems like they should have flipped the blade allowing quicker slashes and more leverage after stabbing into someone
>>30208339
>mallninja:
>civilian
>doesn't have access to real military gear
>buys modern sporting shooting stick from local smith
>goes to range on Sundays and pretends operating operationally shooting at paper targets
>english bowman:
>fucking civilian
>doesn't have access to real military gear
>buys modern sporting shooting stick from local smith
>goes to range on Sundays and pretends operating operationally shooting at straw targets
>>30207777
SOMEONE CHECK ME ALREADY
>>30207557
Just common sense
>metal handle = slippery when wet
>thin blade would be easy to bend or break
>only sharpened at the tip so you can't use it for anything other than stabbing
It's shit desu
>>30207777
Quads confirm got em
>>30209243
..Not even mad.
That just makes me cry inside.
>>30207439
>half draw
>no anchor point
>probably some shitty little 30 pound bow
0/10 would not recruit for my siege defense.
>>30209243
It's not even remotely like any kind of actual service sword the US military ever used.
If the US actually produced a generic "officer sword" circa 1942 it would almost certainly have been either a type of cutlass derived from the M1917 or a saber based on the model 1913 cavalry saber. Either way it would have a proper guard of some kind, probably a full basket hilt and either a thick, tapering, double edged blade with a pointed tip optimized for thrusting from horseback or a curved blade with a regular curving, drop point tip for shipboard use against (most likely unarmored) boarders. It certainly wouldn't have fucking serration and a tanto style point.
It doesn't even look like an authentic US design from that period, I hope you shat on that dudes truck.
>>30208383
That looks exactly like the type of guy who would own an abomination like that.
>>30208079
Holy fuck i owned that exact piece of shit
>>30208102
Holy shit my older brother bought the set of all three of those.
He has since repented and now owns an Albion Longsword
>>30207777
>>30212823
I'll check you senpai
>>30219469
Seen this pic a couple times in this thread now. Wtf is that, a shield built into plate armor with spines?
>>30219592
It's for a night guard. Has a lantern and shit built in as well.
Kpinga. Mall ninja as fugg.
>>30219659
actually, that one is a legitimate African war blade. Might be from the Zulu nation.
>>30219953
Zande
>>30207558
>Fairbairn
>implying he knew shit
>>30209720
Mall ninja, the post
>>30204087
Good
>>30221858
>implying he didnt
>>30213136
It wasn't only sharpened on the grip this is clear if you watch the Fairbairn Sykes training videos. Also if you have a hard time gripping it you're probably not using the saber grip like a retard.
>>30216318
What's the little hammer for?
>>30223380
Yeah, wussit for?
>>30202001
That is one of the least mall ninja knives in existence OP.
Thou art tard.
>>30222238
>>30221858
>Implying implications
>>30203662
>>30207865
its fucking useless anyway. you can only stab with it, you cant pry with it, you cant post with it, you cant to anything with it except stab. it can only be useful in combat and even then its not that good
>>30203662
That is an ugly pointless sex toy.
How can you insert that into a neck and rip forward, or under an arm and slice up, or in between the ribs.
The SF is on the other hand a god tier knife if your intent is actually killing.
>>30211304
>goes to range on Sundays and pretends operating operationally shooting at paper targets
So, wait a minute. You're butthurt about target practice?
>>30203965
10/10
