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Just recently I aquired this knife and I was thinking presenting it here just before your memorial day, is maybe a good fit.
So a tribute to those who gave their lives and those who are currently prepared do so, while protecting our countries.
The Neil Roberts Warrior Knife was presented by CRK in 2004 and discontinued in 2010. The reason for naming a knife after a soldier was that Petty Officer First Class Neil Roberts was the first Navy Seal killed in Afghanistan, fighting against Taliban and Al-Qaida. The mission he was attending and killed at was named "Anaconda" and took place in 2002. I place some links for further information below the pics.
A numbered edition of 184 knives was reserved for purchase of Seal members only. The unnumbered knives where available to public through CRK dealers. US$ 20 of each sale of the Neil Roberts Warrior Knife went into an education trust fund for Neil Roberts' son.
Next to his name at the top of the blade you will find the letters and numbers BUD/S 184. BUD/S stands for "Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL" and 184 was the class # Neil Roberts graduated with through his Seal training.
The knife is made of S30V steel with micarta handles. Overall length is 11.5". Blade length is 6.0". It comes with a Spec Ops "Combat Master" knife sheet, which is still available as it fits many 6" fixed blades from various brands.
http://www.specopsbrand.com/knife-sheaths/combat-master-knife-sheath-short.html
I was wondering whether the Neil Roberts Warrior Knife belonged either to the Yarborought/Green Beret or to the Pacific family. But if you search for pics of the a.m. mentioned CRK knives you will see that it is closer to the Pacific, if you look at the handle design and the area of the guard and the choil, than to the Green Beret. But then you'll figure, that the blade shape of the Neil Roberts Knife is quite different from the blade of the Pacific. It is more of a recurve style blade, than the straight bowie shape blade of the Pacific.
That's about the information part. Now a few pics.
Neil Roberts, 01
(btw: this is the original Spec Ops sheet in coyote brown. But the previos owner added some camo look to it by using some military colors)
Neil Roberts, 02
Neil Roberts, 03
Neil Roberts, 04
As promised above, two links for more information on the "Anaconda" mission:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda
or here:
http://blog.uspatriottactical.com/american-heroes-navy-seal-neil-c-roberts-uncommon-valor/
Stefan
So a tribute to those who gave their lives and those who are currently prepared do so, while protecting our countries.
The Neil Roberts Warrior Knife was presented by CRK in 2004 and discontinued in 2010. The reason for naming a knife after a soldier was that Petty Officer First Class Neil Roberts was the first Navy Seal killed in Afghanistan, fighting against Taliban and Al-Qaida. The mission he was attending and killed at was named "Anaconda" and took place in 2002. I place some links for further information below the pics.
A numbered edition of 184 knives was reserved for purchase of Seal members only. The unnumbered knives where available to public through CRK dealers. US$ 20 of each sale of the Neil Roberts Warrior Knife went into an education trust fund for Neil Roberts' son.
Next to his name at the top of the blade you will find the letters and numbers BUD/S 184. BUD/S stands for "Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL" and 184 was the class # Neil Roberts graduated with through his Seal training.
The knife is made of S30V steel with micarta handles. Overall length is 11.5". Blade length is 6.0". It comes with a Spec Ops "Combat Master" knife sheet, which is still available as it fits many 6" fixed blades from various brands.
http://www.specopsbrand.com/knife-sheaths/combat-master-knife-sheath-short.html
I was wondering whether the Neil Roberts Warrior Knife belonged either to the Yarborought/Green Beret or to the Pacific family. But if you search for pics of the a.m. mentioned CRK knives you will see that it is closer to the Pacific, if you look at the handle design and the area of the guard and the choil, than to the Green Beret. But then you'll figure, that the blade shape of the Neil Roberts Knife is quite different from the blade of the Pacific. It is more of a recurve style blade, than the straight bowie shape blade of the Pacific.
That's about the information part. Now a few pics.
Neil Roberts, 01
(btw: this is the original Spec Ops sheet in coyote brown. But the previos owner added some camo look to it by using some military colors)
Neil Roberts, 02
Neil Roberts, 03
Neil Roberts, 04
As promised above, two links for more information on the "Anaconda" mission:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda
or here:
http://blog.uspatriottactical.com/american-heroes-navy-seal-neil-c-roberts-uncommon-valor/
Stefan