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If my Username hasn't already tipped you off and you haven't seen any of my past posts on this forum, I am a huge fan of Rambo Knives as well as sawback blades in general. I just love the aggressive look of the old Jimmy Lile Mission Knife featured in the very first Rambo film; First Blood, but an authentic Lile costs upwards of $1000, and the reproductions are all cheaply made display pieces which aren't made to be usable, yet still cost upwards of $100, so I've never bought one.
Besides, as much as I like them, and as much as it pains me to admit it, let's be honest, they're just not very practical knives... Although certain Rambo knives actually are built like tanks and will hold up admirably to hard use, (such as my namesake, the Buckmaster 184) they're extremely heavy yet still npt as durable as a full tang knife.
However, I've always wished that someone would make a quality full tang sawback Survival Knife with the aesthetics of a Rambo Knife. The closest there ever was to such a thing was the old Buckmaster 185LT and to a lesser extent the Buck 639 Fieldmate, but neither really looks like a Rambo Knife aside from the blade.
Well, it appears that I'm not the only one who wished for such a thing, and he actually had such a knife custom made for him, which is now available for sale. A YouTube Knife Reviewer by the name of Donnie B. All Day in collaboration with Khukuri House Handicraft Industries (KKHI) of Nepal has produced the DBAD Mission 1 Survival Knife, a big, thick knife with the basic aesthetics of the Lile Mission Knife from First Blood, but the combined superior strength of 5160 Carbon Steel and Full Tang construction. However, it's by no means a copy, or even a variation of the Lile Mission, it's very much its own knife with a thicker, larger blade with a different profile, smaller sawteeth which are really more like decorative filework or jimping, and obviously an entirely different handle.
This is just about the closest thing to my Dream Knife that exists. Granted, it's still pretty far off the mark since my dream knife would essentially be a cross between the Buckmaster 184 and the Buck 124 Frontiersman with a 420HC Stainless Steel Blade and O.D. Green Micarta Scales, but still, it's pretty doggone close. Close enough that I'm looking to buy one.
However, I'm really not familiar with Khukuri House, and although it's a longshot since I was unsuccessful in turning up any information on them by searching the forum, I'm curious if anyone here owns any of their blades or has anything to share on the subject.
Besides, as much as I like them, and as much as it pains me to admit it, let's be honest, they're just not very practical knives... Although certain Rambo knives actually are built like tanks and will hold up admirably to hard use, (such as my namesake, the Buckmaster 184) they're extremely heavy yet still npt as durable as a full tang knife.
However, I've always wished that someone would make a quality full tang sawback Survival Knife with the aesthetics of a Rambo Knife. The closest there ever was to such a thing was the old Buckmaster 185LT and to a lesser extent the Buck 639 Fieldmate, but neither really looks like a Rambo Knife aside from the blade.
Well, it appears that I'm not the only one who wished for such a thing, and he actually had such a knife custom made for him, which is now available for sale. A YouTube Knife Reviewer by the name of Donnie B. All Day in collaboration with Khukuri House Handicraft Industries (KKHI) of Nepal has produced the DBAD Mission 1 Survival Knife, a big, thick knife with the basic aesthetics of the Lile Mission Knife from First Blood, but the combined superior strength of 5160 Carbon Steel and Full Tang construction. However, it's by no means a copy, or even a variation of the Lile Mission, it's very much its own knife with a thicker, larger blade with a different profile, smaller sawteeth which are really more like decorative filework or jimping, and obviously an entirely different handle.
This is just about the closest thing to my Dream Knife that exists. Granted, it's still pretty far off the mark since my dream knife would essentially be a cross between the Buckmaster 184 and the Buck 124 Frontiersman with a 420HC Stainless Steel Blade and O.D. Green Micarta Scales, but still, it's pretty doggone close. Close enough that I'm looking to buy one.
However, I'm really not familiar with Khukuri House, and although it's a longshot since I was unsuccessful in turning up any information on them by searching the forum, I'm curious if anyone here owns any of their blades or has anything to share on the subject.
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