Best combat dagger?

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What's a good combat dagger? How does the SOG desert dagger, Applegate combat knife, Cold Steel Peacekeeper, and [former] Gerber Mark I/II compare? Any suggestions?
 
The Gerber folding A/F's are nice, but I've noticed (in mine) that there's a tiny tiny bit of play between the tang & the liner lock, depending on how I open it. Easily fixed. Their A/F Covert has a (pain in the neck) secondary lock, along the lines to CRKT's LAWKS thing. Also isn't balanced as well as the full-size, feels kinda weird changing grips.

Boker's fixed blade A/F's ... only handled one briefly, but it seemed light ... perhaps too light.

Can't say anything about any others, haven't handled any of 'em (yet).

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If you are inteterested in serious dagger performance you should look at a Mad Dog Shrike or Mini Shrike. Both are made for the express purposes daggers are made for. I own a mini shrike and can attest to its penetration capability.

Also look hard at the Randall number 2 series. They have not been popular for 50 years without cause.

If you are looking to score it quicklly, take a look at Cold Steel TaiPan. As pricey as a Randall but production so getting it fast would not be a problem for you. it is an excellent fighting dagger. The Randalls and Mad Dogs can be hard to find if you are in need of it now.

I have an older, out-of-production Gerber Guardian II designed by RW Loveles that is a very nice piece and pretty hard to find. I am willing to sell it cheap as I do not really need a dagger. (or as the case is two of them!) The Guardian II ha a flat handle as opposed to the rounds MK II handle, some people like the indexing better.

I would also look at the Gerber MK II and the Boker iteration of the AF knife. The boker can be made weightier in the handle by adding some fishing wieghts inside the handle. If you go Boker, get the plain edge version.

Stay away from the fairbairn-sykes models unless you understand how to untilize the knife properly. Delicate knife for a specific use.


Parker
 
The Boker A/F combat knife is actually a heavy knife with a hollow handle having a small bar of steel inside to add weight -- the handle can be taken apart and the steel removed. The Peacekeeper II is a good heavy duty knife, as is the Gerber. I've used all three of those in hard duty, with only minor cosmetic damage. I just got a TaiPan, and it is one serious heavy-duty dagger, but I haven't spent much time with mine (other than to menacingly chase the cats around the house). The SOG is a lighter thin-bladed knife, and I've never put one to test, so I'll yield to the opinion of others on that. My new Fallkniven G1 is my favorite knife right now, but would consider it a backup to a much larger knife, if a chance medley were in the offing. The best aspects of the Boker and the the Cold Steel (besides ruggedness) are availability and pricing.
 
I'd have to go with the Tai Pan, I also have a Boker A/F full size and an old Brit Commando and only the Tai Pan feels right.
 
How about a push dagger, especially Cold Steel Safe Keeper 2 (provided that push daggers are legal where you live)?

Horus
 
Fairborn Sikes and the C/S Taipan.

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