Did You Know - knives/blades

[Lone Ranger]

Following the brilliant idea of havin a "did you know" section, let's post any valuable, interesting or factual info... About knives, blades, swords, folding mechanisms, etc.

So... Let's hear it

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Did you know...


That the Nepalese Gurka Kukri has never been broken in combat!!!

[prepare2win]

Did You Know

that knives were the best thing until just before Sliced Bread :P

[Doublefeed]

...that the last mass bayonet charge was performed by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders near Basra, Iraq on 14MAY04. At least 20 enemy were killed w/no Allied losses.

[JS4]

...that the last mass bayonet charge was performed by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders near Basra, Iraq on 14MAY04. At least 20 enemy were killed w/no Allied losses.

Wow! Cool one Yankee! Got a link to an article or something?

[Doublefeed]

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...and.2529212.jp

[Doublefeed]

I believe the last American bayonet charge was carried out by Marines in Korea. Mind you these actions I've mentioned were mass engagements of a platoon or more(A squad of Marines did a charge during Khe San). There have been NUMEROUS recorded bayonet kills by men acting alone in all major conflicts of the late 20th and 21st century. The Brits also charged Argentinian positions en-masse during the Falklands.

[harm]

did you know - a Katana is not sharpened?
it is polished

[prepare2win]

interesting Harm, I did not know that!

though that gets me thinking- what is the difference except for the (rather large) difference in the degree of abrasion and rate of material being removed

[marthinus]

Did you know:

Spyderco:

Introduced the pocket clip onto a knife, introduced serrations to a pocket knife, introduced the opening hole to a pocket knife that was the first ambidextrous opening method. These features were all found on the original Worker model of Spyderco (http://books.google.co.za/books?id=9...ed=0CGUQ6AEwAA).

"The C01 "Worker" model was introduced in Octoberr of 1981 at the Texas State Fair in Dallas.

sal "
(http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showt...t=43743&page=2)


Chris Reeve:

Introduced the Reeve Integral Lock (R.I.L) that is today commonly known as a framelock. This lock is seen by Sal Glesser owner of Spyderco as the first "Hard Use" lock when it was introduced.

Chris Reeve helped to develop S30V with Crucible steels.

Benchmade:

Started out making Balisong knives initially. They are one of the biggest knife companies (other one being Kershaw) compared to Spyderco's Golden (head) offices. The Axis Lock invented by McHenry and Williams for Benchmade.

Cold Steel
Ultra Lock: Had to pay royalties to Benchmade for the use of the Ultra Lock initially when it was introduced as the locks design was very similar to Axis

Production version of the Andrew Demko Tri-Ad lock mechanism.

Ernest Emerson (Emerson Knives):
Introduced the "Wave" feature to a pocket knife.

[harm]

the wave or remote pocket opener was discovered by accident when an operative was drawing his Emerson custom clipped to his pocket and the "bladecatcher" opened the blade.or so the story goes

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p2w,i cannot comment on that as i have not tried it,just seen pics and read about it.
Benchmade was Pacific Cultery which was Bali Song USA.

Al Mar assited Sal Glesser when he was starting up Spyderco.

Al Mar was a designer with Gerber,credited with introducing serrations on the Mark II.

Pete Kershaw [kershaw knives] was in marketing with Gerber.

Tim Leatherman approached Gerber to manufacture his design.Pete Gerber refused.

Chris Reeve and Michael Walker developed their locking mechanisms independantly.

the word Linerlock is [or used to be] Michael Walker's copyright.

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Chris Reeve lived in Durban [Pinetown] before moving to the US.

part of the machining on the 1 piece range was done in South Africa,until the guy doing that retired.Chris Reeve then stopped producing the 1 piece range.