Stormcrow Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 This knife was a commission from a fellow in the Navy who was wanting a knife for his new commanding officer, a fellow he already knew from before. He described their outfit as a "sea and combat search and rescue helicopter squadron that deploys in support of Navy carrier air operations in the Middle East". And, he needed it pretty quickly. So I put it to the front of the line and got it to him on time.It's about a 5" blade, very pointy with an almost-westernized-tanto tip (which is more obvious in person than it is in the picture), forged from 80CrV2.Handle is tan TeroTuf with flared stainless steel tubing rivets, and the sheath is tan Kydex.The knife has the squadron, HSC-7, laser engraved on one handle slab, and "Commanding Officer" on the other.The customer texted me today and said that the Skipper loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hi James,Cool work as always: simple, eyepleasing and functional. Thanks for sharing!Bests:Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Very nice, I would have a hard time tearing it up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 solid looker, should serve well. nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks, guys! Charles - That's the idea with the military knives I build; not indestructible, but hard to tear up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Add an inch and it looks like some of the woods raft knives based on the French trade knife, wich descended from the French butcher knife. A very nice " survival" knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 I actually had a fellow who's a professional chef pick up one of my Benghazi Warfighters a year and a half ago at a knife show. He bought it as a general use/camp knife, but he commented on how he liked the profile as being similar to a kitchen knife. Of course, the cross section is quite a bit different (thicker!), but the overall shape is a good food prep and overall utility shape. This one is a bit shorter and with a bit more abrupt angle to the belly, but not that much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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