New Ek Knife

Here is the third knife in the new Ek Historical series. This is Ek Knives interpretation of an improved Fairbairn Sykes. The two fighting knives were contemporaneous and many soldiers preferred the plain Jane ruggedness of the Ek over the elegance of the Fairbairn. Bear in mind this specific model was not available though during WW-II.

The hard maple slab handles are held on by cast-in-place lead rivets, the old fashioned way. The full tang is shaped to resemble the FS even to the outline of a top nut. Typical of Ek Knives the blade is very sharp on both edges. It is nicely etched with the company name and my serial number, 007. A solidly made heavy leather sheath , a replica of the WW-II originals accompanies each knife. There are very few historical knives with the quality and battle-proven lineage of an Ek Knife. This is another fine offering from the folks in Richmond, VA. http://www.ekknife.com/

Isshen Ryu Fighter

To further answer Jeff's question. Illustrated here is a copy of the Hammond Flesh Eater. The maker asked permission of James Hammond to produce this knife. It is a super fighting knife designed to allow four ranges by shifting your grip. Whether that makes it a better knife or not is questionable. But it is a very formidable knife in the right hands. The handle on this one is a little too fat to make  the best use of grip changes. That could be quickly remedied with a belt grinder. The blade is sharpened on the back edge. Recurved  blades are one of my favorite designs and this one is quite graceful. Hopefully the CRKT version is as good as it looks. The quality of their products has risen with every passing year.

The book, War of the Flea, is one of my favorite books on guerilla warfare. There is a lot of wisdom contained within the pages of this book. It takes various guerilla action over the last 100 years and analyzes which ones worked and why, and also the other side of those who did not work. The small booklet, On the Edge, is our mini-manual of knife fighting written for classes I teach on demand.

Cowards

BENGHAZI

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Benghazi

Benghazi benghazi   Benghzi I hope this image and name are burned into the souls and minds of those cowards in the administration that left our people to die. I hope that every night they see these images of burning cars and victorious Extremist Muslim Terrorists and hear this word endllessly repeated in their ears. Three American Heroes have come forth to testify and they may change the course of this nation.

Experts

As you know I never claim to be an expert, merely a collector. Being an expert is not an easy life. For example, it has been proven by experts that knives cannot be made from bayonets. Specifically commando knives cannot be made from 1888 or 1903 Lee-Metford bayonets. It is not possible, well almost not possible, kind of sort of hard to do. Someone should have told the man who made this exquisite agent's size dagger from a 1903 Metford bayonet. It has a nicely formed oval guard of nickle silver, a knurled brass handle, and highly polished, heat blued blade.

You can see the 1903 stamp on one side of the ricasso and the "X" bending test on the other side. The ricasso also has obvious marks left from where the original bayonet crossguard was removed. This is, according to some, another totally impossible task. I have some more interesting information on this knife and other knives (that supposedly do not exist). They will be posted on our website over the next few weeks and months at.  http://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/