Knives and daggers
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Formosan Sinuous kris combat dagger |
KR1F Japanese steel!
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Approximately six inch 440 Japanese hardened stainless steel blade. Double edged sinuous, razor sharp. 11inch overall. 100% full leather sheath. Wooden handle (the words "combat dagger" are engraved see the article on the Kris and sinous blade below. |
29US$ |
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Formosan Sinuous kris combat dagger. (Same as above but without combat knife engraved on the blade). |
KR2F Japanese steel! |
Warning razor sharp |
Approximately six inch 440 Japanese hardened stainless steel blade. Double edged sinuous, razor sharp. 11inch overall. 100% full leather sheath. Wooden handle (same as above but no engraving). See the article on the kris and sinous blade below.
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29US$
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Exotic Formosan Fighting Knife |
EHKF made from Japanese Nisshin steel |
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Twelve inch Nisshin Japanese stainless steel blade. Razor sharp single edged. Seventeen inches overall. Wood handle. Full leather sheath. |
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High quality hunting/self defense knife.! Traditional Formosan hill tribe colors. |
H1F made from Japanese Nisshin steel |
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Six inch Nisshin Japanese stainless steel blade. Razor sharp single edged. Eleven inches overall. Wood handle. Full leather sheath. |
28US$ |
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Gargoyle double edged dagger. |
FG1F Made from Japanese steel.
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Warning razor sharp |
Wooden handle, full tang, 440 very high quality stainless steel, sharp double edged blade. The handle is 17.5 cm The whole knife being 37cm long. Comes with full 100% leather sheath. |
32US$
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Fantasy Gargoyle Knife. |
FG2F Made from Japanese steel.
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Warning razor sharp |
Same sword design as above. . The blade is double edged like the sword above accept there is a serrated part on the back. Comes with full 100% leather sheath |
32US$ |
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Mini knife |
MK1F Japanese steel! |
Warning razor sharp |
Hardened 440 Japanese Nissin stainless steal blade. Three inch blade. Single edged, razor sharp. Five inches overall. Wooden handle, Nylon sheath.. |
8US$
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Exotic Formosan machete King size |
EBKF made from Japanese Nisshin steel
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Twelve inch Nisshin Japanese stainless steel blade. Razor sharp single edged. Seventeen inches overall. Wood handle. Full leather sheath.
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36US$ |
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Bowie safety knife (rubber insulated handle) King size |
SKR made from Japanese Nisshin steel
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Twelve inch Nisshin Japanese stainless steel blade. Razor sharp single edged. Seventeen inches overall. Steel handle, completely rubber insulated.. Full leather sheath. |
36US$ |
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Fighting Ranger Bowie knife. |
F1 Japanese steel!
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Warning razor sharp |
Ranger original bowie knife beautifully engraved on the blade). Full leather sheath. Blade 6.5 inch Nisshin hardened 440 stainless steel. Single edge, razor sharp. 11.5 inch overall Wooden handle. |
29US$
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Push dagger |
P2 Japanese steel!
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Warning razor sharp |
Four Single edge, razor sharp. (with sharp false edge) Six inches overall. Full leather sheath. |
14US$ |
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Mini push dagger |
P1F Japanese steel! |
Warning razor sharp |
Three inch 440 hardened stainless steel Japanese blade. Four point five inches overall. Double edged, razor sharp. Wooden handle. Comes with 100% full leather sheath. |
15US$ |
The knives shown above have excellent full tangs. You can actually see the tangs going through the handle. The tang is the piece of metal that connects the blade to the handle. It should be one continuous piece of metal from the blade. Pen knives are examples of knives that do not have a full tang. All fixed blade knives should have a full tang. Or it is like buying a gun with a dud bullet. Simply put if you do not have a knife or sword with a good full tang it will be poorly weight balanced and the handle will be easily prone to snapping. So don't waste your money if you are going to get a fixed blade knife that is not just for display but for hunting/survival, defense etc then get one with a full strong tang! If you are not going to buy a knife here, then if you cannot physically see the tang ask the knife supplier to show you an X ray picture of their knifes or a picture of the knife before the handle is placed.
Bowie knife.
The historical Bowie was not a single design, but was a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years.
The version most commonly known as the historical Bowie knife was rather large and of massive construction, as knives go, usually having a blade of at least six inches (15cm) in length, some reaching 12 inches (30cm) or more, with a relatively broad blade that was an inch and a half to two inches wide (4 to 5 cm) and made of steel usually between 3/16" and 1/4" thick (from 4.8 to 6.4 millimeters). The back of the blade often had a strip of soft metal (normally brass or copper) inlaid intended to catch an opponent's blade, a concept borrowed from the medieval Scottish dirk. The back edge of the curved clip point, also called the "false edge," was often sharpened in order to allow someone trained in European techniques of saber fencing to execute the maneuver called the "back cut" or "back slash." A brass quillon was attached to protect the hand, usually cast in a mold. It is likely that the blade shape was derived from the Spanish navaja clasp knives carried in Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas.
The shape and style of blade was chosen so that the Bowie knife could serve usefully as a camp and hunting tool as well as a weapon. Many knives and daggers existed that could serve well as weapons, and many knives existed that could serve well as tools for hunters and trappers, but the Bowie knife was designed to do both jobs well, and is still popular with hunters and sportsmen even in the present day.
The curved portion of the edge, toward the point, is for removing the skin from a carcass, and the straight portion of the edge, toward the guard, is for chores involving cutting slices, similar in concept to the traditional Finnish hunting knife, the Puukko (though the typical early 19th Century Bowie knife was far larger and heavier than the typical puukko). The blade is generally long enough and heavy enough that the knife can be used as a hatchet or machete, but not so heavy or long as to be cumbersome. Most such knives intended for hunting are only sharpened on one edge, to reduce the danger of cutting oneself while butchering and skinning the carcass.
keris or kris knife.
The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger indigenous to Indonesia Malaysia Brunei Southern Thailand and the southern Philippines. Both a weapon, and spiritual object, krisses are often considered to have an essence or presence, with some blades possessing good luck and others possessing bad.
Keris blades are usually narrow and have a wide, asymmetrical base. Keris blades are often thought of as being sinuous (a sinuous blade meaning a wavy snake like blade like the combat knife above), however many are also straight edged. It is more the shape of the blade base that is usually asymmetrical. Blade length is highly variable. The blade is made from different iron ores and often contains nickel. A blade smith, or empu, makes the blade in layers of different metal. Some blades can be made in a relatively short time, while more legendary weapons can take years or even a lifetime to complete. In a high-quality keris, the metal of the blade has been folded dozens or even hundreds of times and handled with the utmost precision. There are keris blades that purportedly carry the imprints of the smith's thumbs, or even lips, which were impressed upon the blade during the forging process.
Functionally, the kris is not a slashing weapon like a bowie knife or other fighting knife, but rather a stabbing instrument. If a kris fighter had stealth on his side, the kris was lethal. There are many stories of a kris being made especially for killing a specific person. However, the slashing wound made by a sinuous kris is terrible. The edge of the blade "danced" in the wound, and left the tatters of dead flesh, which began to rot. This is the reason why all sinuous blades were considered inhuman all over the Europe.
In many parts of Malaysia and Indonesia, the kris was the choice weapon for execution. The specialized kris, called an executioner's kris, had a long, straight, slender blade. The condemned knelt before the executioner, who places a wad of cotton or similar material on the subject’s shoulder area. The blade is thrust through the padding, piercing the subclavian artery and heart.. Upon withdrawal, the cotton wiped the blade clean. Death was fairly quick.
Push daggers.
A Push dagger (alternately known as: punch dagger, punch knife, push knife, push dirk, or T-handled knife) is a short knife with a "T" handle designed to be grasped in the hand so that the blade protrudes from the front of one's fist, typically between the 2nd and 3rd finger. They are usually double-edged, and intended solely for fighting (with the possible exception of "key chain knives" which have a single-edged 1" serrated blade, thus being more suitable for light utility).
It is believed that the push dagger (in its modern form) originated in New Orleans during the Gold Rush era, where it was very popular with riverboat gamblers. An ancient variant is the katar, which was an large sized push dagger-type weapon designed to punch through armor. Push daggers were issued as trench knives during World War I and World War II,
The push dagger requires no training to utilize effectively, as it creates a deep stab wound with every punch. It may be used to slash with as well, but many push daggers are poorly sharpened with blades under 4" in length, making slashes far less effective. The "T" handle aids in extraction and agitation, and makes the knife nearly impossible to dislodge from the fist of a determined adversary. Furthermore, as the blade is often quite small and it is rather atypical to see a blade anywhere other than protruding from the top or base of one's fist -- and an attack with such a blade is frequently misidentified as an unarmed punch. Due to these factors, the push dagger is considered highly dangerous, and its possession has been banned in many U.S. states, as well as Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand. (Note that possession is only illegal if the blade is carried or wielded in public.
