Top 5 "Tactical" Knives

marcinek said:
Sure, that's a great point, but what about in Brazil?

I think the problem here is getting a definition of "tactical" so we are all on the same page. Unfortunately

"The meaning is: "knives the work well for combatively dangerous situations," so it can include survival purposes."

isn't terribly clear.

Are you looking for a SD knife? A general purpose knife that could be used for SD? Some sort of "sentry killer"? Something with lots of extraneous pointy bits and plenty of stencilling on the blade? Maybe a skull on it?

Without that, I am going to go with @longbow and the "serrated steak knife." It has probably damaged more people that any knife in "combat" has in the last 100 years.

And, a close second, this Dark Ops

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Now that's tactical!
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marcinek said:
Sure, that's a great point, but what about in Brazil?

I think the problem here is getting a definition of "tactical" so we are all on the same page. Unfortunately

"The meaning is: "knives the work well for combatively dangerous situations," so it can include survival purposes."

isn't terribly clear.

Are you looking for a SD knife? A general purpose knife that could be used for SD? Some sort of "sentry killer"? Something with lots of extraneous pointy bits and plenty of stencilling on the blade? Maybe a skull on it?

Without that, I am going to go with @longbow and the "serrated steak knife." It has probably damaged more people that any knife in "combat" has in the last 100 years.

And, a close second, this Dark Ops

2QXnhQE.jpg


Now that's tactical!
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I think that since we are not talking about a fair fight where the best longest sharpest sword wins. As if we were going to show up to a knife fight contest. Because fixed blade would obviously win that argument. But instead we are assuming that tactical is something that is concealable and does not weigh a ton. Like a 3-4" locking folder.
 
colubrid said:
I think that since we are not talking about a fair fight where the best longest sharpest sword wins. As if we were going to show up to a knife fight contest. Because fixed blade would obviously win that argument. But instead we are assuming that tactical is something that is concealable and does not weigh a ton. Like a 3-4" locking folder.
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o_O

1) How do you now this is the OP's definition of "tactical"?
2) Knife fights are not fair.
3) Why does "tactical" = "concealable"?
4) If a fixed blade obviously wins, then who in their right mind would bring a folder to a knife fight?

I have no idea what you are getting at.
 
Number one should be a bayonet, attached to a Mosin-Nagant rifle. You can stab, you can shoot, you can use the gun as a club when you run out of ammo and the bayonet gets stuck in the skull of your enemy. Doesn't get any more tactical than that.
 
Tactical baseball bat (must be black)....if it doesn't fit, get a bigger purse
 
The Kabar TDI comes to mind. As does the Spyderco Street Beat if you want something less conspicuous and more utilitarian.
 
Some of us cannot carry guns.

Knives are as lethal as it gets, even in untrained hands.

Carry in a position that allows for intuitive draw, and practice alot, I mean several times daily.

Fixed blades are preferred. A finger ring for retention is a MUST.

Stabbing is more impactful than slashing, and at self defense ranges icepick-grip is king (with a small, easily carried blade of under five inches. Totally differentgame with a bowie.)

Learning to move on your feet, and quickly escape, hide, or close distance is the most important physical aspect. The psychological bits are much more important that that.

I've had one unfortunate instance of using a knife defensively. I learned alot, mostly that I didnt know a damn thing. Things have changed considerably for me in the past decade.


I know I'm coming off as a mall ninja, but I'm not. This probably belongs in prac-tac. Don't burn me too badly.
 
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Numbers 1-5: the Billy Blade ball cap for the swing and the home run every time. I shouldn't even have to post that it is so universal & trivially obvious.
 
W. Anderson said:
Some of us cannot carry guns.

Knives are as lethal as it gets, even in untrained hands.

Carry in a position that allows for intuitive draw, and practice alot, I mean several times daily.

Fixed blades are preferred. A finger ring for retention is a MUST.

Stabbing is more impactful than slashing, and at self defense ranges icepick-grip is king (with a small, easily carried blade of under five inches. Totally differentgame with a bowie.)

Learning to move on your feet, and quickly escape, hide, or close distance is the most important physical aspect. The psychological bits are much more important that that.

I've had one unfortunate instance of using a knife defensively. I learned alot, mostly that I didnt know a damn thing. Things have changed considerably for me in the past decade.


I know I'm coming off as a mall ninja, but I'm not. This probably belongs in prac-tac. Don't burn me too badly.
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That's exactly what happened to me in my one and only defensive knife encounter. I learned that I really don't like kbits as much as I thought I did. I ended up cutting myself with my karambit in the struggle. Turns out I prefer kbits for just spinning.

So I wised up and chose a knife better suited to me and learned about how to use it.
 
Wanna know what works in the shit? Your M4, 5.56 rounds to the upper body mass. If you run out of 5.56? in close quarters? .45 auto. if for some ungodly reason you lose both and your squad can't cover your ass while looking for ammo, a long handled tomahawk works best. trust me.

folders are for opening mail
 
If a square is a rectangle, is a sword a knife? ;)

I don't consider swords knives, but reach is your friend...partly why hand guns always come first (or brains and feet). So I would want something like sword, (bat), waki, smatchet, big bowie, or maybe a folder (serrated curvy Spydie or Yo2...or karambit).
 
Valyrian steel said:
Wanna know what works in the shit? Your M4, 5.56 rounds to the upper body mass. If you run out of 5.56? in close quarters? .45 auto. if for some ungodly reason you lose both and your squad can't cover your ass while looking for ammo, a long handled tomahawk works best. trust me.

folders are for opening mail
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Yeah, I'll keep that in mind for when the government decides I'm valuable enough to be escorted everywhere by a squad of armed marines. They haven't realized how important I am yet but I understand government moves at glacial speed. I'm sure they'll equip me with that detail any day now.
 
So I had a Buddy get in a tussle over in Japan. Some cat came raging at him outside of a bar with a blade. He sprayed the fucker with bear spray While holding on to some Asian hooker piss drunk. We walked outside the bar and this enraged dude was writhing on the ground scratching his eyes out while our guy was getting blown in the alley

Whatever works guys....
 
marcinek said:
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And, a close second, this Dark Ops

2QXnhQE.jpg


Now that's tactical!
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HAHA! I really get a nice guffaw followed by a good round of chuckling, that Dork Ops puts the SOCOM shield on that bladed atrocity!
 
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