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A combat knife is a fighting knife designed for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting. [1][2][3] Since the end of trench warfare, most military combat knives have been secondarily designed for utility use (clearing foliage, chopping branches for cover, opening ammunition crates, etc.) in addition to their ...
Traditional puukko with birch handle and full-length fuller. A puukko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpuːkːo]) is a small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife with a single curved cutting edge, solid hidden tang, and usually, a flat spine. Military models of puukko were popular in the Russian criminal underworld under the name " Finnish ...
A fighting knife has a blade designed to most effectively inflict injury in close-quarters physical confrontations. [1][2][3][4] The combat knife and the trench knife are examples of military fighting knives. [1][5] Fighting knives were traditionally designed as special-purpose weapons, intended primarily if not solely for use in personal or ...
Ka-Bar (/ ˈ k eɪ. b ɑːr /; trademarked as KA-BAR) is the contemporary popular name for the combat knife first adopted by the United States Marine Corps in November 1942 as the 1219C2 combat knife (later designated the USMC Mark 2 combat knife or Knife, Fighting Utility), and subsequently adopted by the United States Navy as the U.S. Navy utility knife, Mark 2.
Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip. It was developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on ideas that the two men had while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China before World War II. [1]
Revenue. US$80 million. Number of employees. 320. Website. buckknives.com. Buck Knives is an American knife brand and manufacturer founded in Mountain Home, Idaho and now located in Post Falls, Idaho. The company has a long history through five generations of the Buck family from 1902 [3] to the present day.
450–900 g (1–2 lb) Length. 40–45 cm (16–18 in) The kukri (English: / ˈkʊkri /) [2] or khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी, pronounced [kʰukuri]) is a type of short sword with a distinct recurve in its blade that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It serves multiple purposes as a melee weapon and also as a regular cutting tool ...
Ballistic knife. A ballistic knife is a knife with a detachable blade that can be ejected to a distance of several meters / yards by pressing a trigger or operating a lever or switch on the handle. [1][2] Spring-powered ballistic knives first appeared in books and press reports on Soviet and Eastern Bloc armed forces in the late 1970s.