I am looking for a fighting knife to put on my web gear. "Why do you need that" you might ask. I don't have a reason. I will probably never use my web gear with magazine pouches. I am out of the Army. But, hey, why not?
So here are the specifications. This is a fighting knife, not a bushcraft/survival knife. It's main purpose is to stick someone who wants to hurt me. It needs a hand guard. It needs to be a decent size. It can't break when it hits bone. I have to be able to hold it with one hand with blood or sweat or rain or mud or all of those on my hands. I am not a fancy martial arts knife fighter.
I kinda narrowed my choices down to 2. Most all other choices are going to fall into these two catagories.
1. Traditional K-Bar.
2. M9 Bayonet.
There are other brands similar to the K-bar. 1095 steel.
The main difference between it and the M9 bayonet is the steel. The M9 is predominantly 420 SS. Although, OKC makes ones for the Marines that is 1095.
For fighting (or just sticking) would the 420 SS be a better steel? Will both perform about the same? Is 1095 more brittle and more prone to breaking?
Once we get away from the fighting requirement... A 1095 blade would be better at ... anything else knife related. The bayonet has a wire cutter, never really ran into that problem. The 1095 bayonet doesn't have a wire cutter. I can't mount a K-bar on an AR-15.
What are your guy's thoughts?
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