KNIVES IN SERVICES OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

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BladeCollector99

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Dear members of Bladeforums

I would like to open topic on knives that were or currently are proven to be employed in services of intelligence secret services around the globe worldwide (past & present time)

Welcome to every example and suggestions from those , who might have any relevant and valid info on these secretive blades

Thank you all & looking forward to evolving discussion if it will be possible
 
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‘it’s not a knife but close enough.
 
Post the well documented WW2 era there is probably not much going to be confirmed/available. I mean even if three members of such an agency carried the same knife that does not make it official. And having an official issue anything is generally counter productive to the job. That said they probably order their meal room cutler from the Govt stores the Postal Service do...
 
BladeCollector99 said:
were or currently are proven to be employed in services of intelligence secret services around the globe worldwide (past & present time)
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Remaining incognito is life-or-death for the people I assume you're talking about. Cover stories and backup cover stories and so on. Being able to identify someone by a piece of equipment they're carrying, in this case an issued knife, would compromise them very quickly.
 
Andy the Aussie said:
Post the well documented WW2 era there is probably not much going to be confirmed/available. I mean even if three members of such an agency carried the same knife that does not make it official. And having an official issue anything is generally counter productive to the job. That said they probably order their meal room cutler from the Govt stores the Postal Service do...
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Of course, hence this topic have potential to be more interesting because I believe there were particular makers/models designed for these operatives and in reality also used by them in certain deployments at certain times...
 
AbjectTestament said:
Remaining incognito is life-or-death for the people I assume you're talking about. Cover stories and backup cover stories and so on. Being able to identify someone by a piece of equipment they're carrying, in this case an issued knife, would compromise them very quickly.
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Clear and very common sense truth, mystical 🙂
 
Here is really nasty knife

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WASP INJECTION CO2 KNIFE - THE WORLDS DEADLIEST KNIFE?

THIS FIXED BLADE FEATURES A CO2 CARTRIDGE IN THE HANDLE, AND DELIVERS AN 800PSI BLAST OF COMPRESSED GAS AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON.
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What they hardly mention is the freezing effect of the CO2, once the organs are affected of the freezing, usually there is no recovery, followed by slow and painful death.
 
"...were or currently are proven to be employed..."

I don't see how it would be possible to verify such things, especially any recent or current issued stuff. Maybe old, declassified stuff from WW2, but there's a big difference between something that is "developed", and something that was "issued". Lots of weird stuff was developed during WW2, but never used or issued.

I thought of one knife reportedly issued by the CIA during the Vietnam war (Hackman-Finland "butterfly" knife), but how would I possibly know if it's true? I'm not just going to believe something because the internet says so.
 
AbjectTestament said:
Remaining incognito is life-or-death for the people I assume you're talking about. Cover stories and backup cover stories and so on. Being able to identify someone by a piece of equipment they're carrying, in this case an issued knife, would compromise them very quickly.
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This.....Heck, even James Bond was never issued a knife by Q in all those years aside from the throwing knife in the standard issue briefcase kit used in the second Sean Connery movie......
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Not sure if this qualifies. but between 1994-2004 I owned a Spyderco Civilian. They were made by G. Sakai in Seki with G2 steel (G2 was Spyderco's name for Gin-1 stainless made by Hitachi's Yasugi Works). There was a later ATS-55 version and eventually the model evolved into using VG10 and G10 scales.
Spyderco's site says:
"In the 1990s Spyderco was approached by a specialized branch of U.S. law enforcement about making a knife for their undercover agents. These plain-clothes LEOs found themselves in situations where they often could not carry a firearm but carrying a knife was not a problem. Most had no formal training in self-defense tactics or MBC but as a last resort could use a blade to protect or extricate themselves from a life-threatening situation. This was how the Civilian model came to be."
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KenHash said:
Not sure if this qualifies. but between 1994-2004 I owned a Spyderco Civilian. They were made by G. Sakai in Seki with G2 steel (G2 was Spyderco's name for Gin-1 stainless made by Hitachi's Yasugi Works). There was a later ATS-55 version and eventually the model evolved into using VG10 and G10 scales.
Spyderco's site says:
"In the 1990s Spyderco was approached by a specialized branch of U.S. law enforcement about making a knife for their undercover agents. These plain-clothes LEOs found themselves in situations where they often could not carry a firearm but carrying a knife was not a problem. Most had no formal training in self-defense tactics or MBC but as a last resort could use a blade to protect or extricate themselves from a life-threatening situation. This was how the Civilian model came to be."
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Perhaps.....thank you for addition
 
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