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knife</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Fighting_knife" title="Fighting knife">fighting knife</a> designed for military use and primarily intended for <a href="/wiki/Hand-to-hand_combat" title="Hand-to-hand combat">hand-to-hand</a> or <a href="/wiki/Close_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Close combat">close combat</a> fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-PET_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PET-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CAT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the end of <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a>, most military combat knives have been secondarily designed for utility use (clearing foliage, chopping branches for cover, opening ammunition crates, etc.) in addition to their original role as close-quarter combat weapons, and may be referred to as "fighting-utility knives."<sup id="cite_ref-walker_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PG_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PG-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, military knives that are intended primarily for use in a role other than combat are typically referred to by their primary role, such as "<a href="/wiki/Utility_knife" title="Utility knife">utility knife</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Survival_knife" title="Survival knife">survival knife</a>". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dagger" title="Dagger">Daggers</a> designed for military usage in close combat engagements have been carried by soldiers for thousands of years. The adoption of combat daggers made of iron was a significant milestone in combat knife development, and such weapons were highly prized in the ancient armies of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French and Italian military daggers of the 14th century were the first to introduce the acutely tapered, sharply pointed and double-edged blade as a response to improvements made in armor design and the need to exploit weaknesses in armor protection.<sup id="cite_ref-W28_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W28-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English and Scandinavians introduced a combat knife known as the "<a href="/wiki/Bollock_dagger" title="Bollock dagger">bollock dagger</a>" into military service around 1350,<sup id="cite_ref-W28_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W28-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the French <a href="/wiki/Poignard" title="Poignard">poignard</a> and the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Dirk" title="Dirk">dirk</a> were daggers designed from the outset as military weapons. </p><p>The rise in use of firearms led to a decline in the use of combat daggers and knives as military-issue weapons. However, privately purchased knives were often carried by foot soldiers for use both as auxiliary weapons and as utility tools. Some military forces issued knives for individual campaigns or for specialist troops such as pioneer or field engineer detachments, but these cutting tools were not primarily designed for use as combat knives.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter2013_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_combat_knives">Modern combat knives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Modern combat knives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg/300px-Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg/450px-Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg/600px-Knife_vishnya_nr43_ussr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="247" /></a><figcaption>Soviet NR 43 Combat Knife</figcaption></figure> <p>Formerly known as a <a href="/wiki/Trench_knife" title="Trench knife">trench knife</a>, the "combat knife"<sup id="cite_ref-PET_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PET-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was used by both sides on the Western front during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Since then, combat knives have been issued by the armies of many nations. Though they differ in detail, they all share the common characteristic of being purposely designed for military use, with their primary role as a close-quarters combat weapon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War II, the British <a href="/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes_fighting_knife" title="Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife">Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife</a> was designed by <a href="/wiki/William_E._Fairbairn" title="William E. Fairbairn">William E. Fairbairn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_A._Sykes" title="Eric A. Sykes">Eric A. Sykes</a>, two former members of the Shanghai Municipal Police who trained many soldiers in close-quarters fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-walker_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Fairbairn–Sykes knife inspired several similar knives of the era such as the <a href="/wiki/V-42_stiletto" title="V-42 stiletto">V-42 stiletto</a> designed by Lt. Colonel <a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Frederick" title="Robert T. Frederick">Robert T. Frederick</a> who commanded the joint US and Canadian <a href="/wiki/First_Special_Service_Force" title="First Special Service Force">First Special Service Force</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Raider_stiletto" title="United States Marine Raider stiletto">United States Marine Raider stiletto</a> designed by Lieutenant Colonel Clifford H. Shuey. In the USSR, the Red Army issued combat knives based on a single pattern known as the <i>NR Series</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KA-BAR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/KA-BAR.jpg/170px-KA-BAR.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/KA-BAR.jpg/255px-KA-BAR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/KA-BAR.jpg/340px-KA-BAR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1518" data-file-height="2030" /></a><figcaption>"<a href="/wiki/KA-BAR" class="mw-redirect" title="KA-BAR">KA-BAR</a>" USMC Combat Knife, the standard <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> combat knife during and after World War II</figcaption></figure> <p>In late 1942, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the 1219C2, later designated the "USMC Mark 2 Combat Knife," but better known in popular terminology as the <a href="/wiki/KA-BAR" class="mw-redirect" title="KA-BAR">KA-BAR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SHA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The KA-BAR differed from World War I-era U.S. combat knives in that it was designed as a dual-purpose item, adapted for both combat and as a utility knife.<sup id="cite_ref-SHA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SLE_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It differed from earlier USMC knives such as the Marine Raider stiletto in that the new knife used a stout, wide blade with clip point that facilitated slashing attacks as well as blade thrusts.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reports on the effectiveness of the new knife in jungle combat justified the Marine Corps' decision to designate the KA-BAR as the USMC's fighting knife for individual Marines.<sup id="cite_ref-SLE_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLE-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Army adopted the <a href="/wiki/M3_Trench_Knife" class="mw-redirect" title="M3 Trench Knife">M3 Trench Knife</a> in 1943 as its standard combat knife.<sup id="cite_ref-CAT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M3 replaced the earlier World War I-vintage Mark I trench knife in combat service.<sup id="cite_ref-CAT_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M3 was a true combat knife, as it was designed solely for military use and was primarily intended as a fighting knife, though some compromises were made in the design to conserve <a href="/wiki/Strategic_material" title="Strategic material">strategic materials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CAT_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CAS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When adapted to utility tasks such as opening ration tins or ammunition boxes, the limitations of the M3 quickly became apparent.<sup id="cite_ref-CAS_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Randall" title="Bo Randall">Bo Randall</a> began production of the "All Purpose Fighting Knife" giving it the designation of "Number 1" in his catalog. Between 1942 and 1945, <a href="/wiki/Randall_Made_Knives" title="Randall Made Knives">Randall Made Knives</a> produced 4,000 of these knives for battlefield use by US troops, with approximately 1,058 knives additionally subcontracted to Northampton Cutlery Company in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a> to meet wartime demand. In the 1950s Randall adopted the general pattern of the Bowie knife for several of his fighting knife designs.<sup id="cite_ref-W50_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W50-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PR_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PR-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_II">Post-World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of military forces today have largely standardized the types of combat knife issued to soldiers. The Chilean Commando forces, for instance, are trained in the use of the <a href="/wiki/Corvo_(knife)" title="Corvo (knife)">Corvo</a>, a traditional Chilean military weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-Sater2007_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sater2007-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shackleford2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shackleford2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Gurkha_Contingent" title="Gurkha Contingent">Gurkha</a> regiments favor the <a href="/wiki/Kukri" title="Kukri">kukri</a>, a broad-bladed, curved general-purpose cutting tool and weapon that more closely resembles a <a href="/wiki/Machete" title="Machete">machete</a> or <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Filipino</a> <a href="/wiki/Bolo_knife" title="Bolo knife">Bolo</a> than a knife.<sup id="cite_ref-Chappell1993_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chappell1993-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, the standard issue combat knife since World War II has been the <a href="/wiki/KA-BAR" class="mw-redirect" title="KA-BAR">USMC Fighting Utility</a> knife.<sup id="cite_ref-walker_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Designed for military use, with input for Capt. George Ingraham, a combat surgeon in the U.S. Army's 94th Medical Detachment, the No. 14 Randall "Attack" Model was a popular combat knife designed for military use, and the knife was widely purchased by individual soldiers and Marines. During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">conflict</a>, Randall received feedback from Captain Ingraham, who requested serrations on the spine to cut through the fuselage of downed aircraft to rescue trapped personnel and a hollow handle to allow storage of survival gear. Randall made the changes and the result was the first of the modern <a href="/wiki/Survival_knife" title="Survival knife">survival knives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PR_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PR-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another combat knife appearing during the Vietnam War was the <a href="/wiki/Gerber_Mark_II" title="Gerber Mark II">Gerber Mark II</a>, designed for military use by US Army Captain Bud Holzman and <a href="/wiki/Al_Mar_Knives" title="Al Mar Knives">Al Mar</a> which in turn was based on the pattern of a Roman <i><a href="/wiki/Gladius" title="Gladius">Gladius</a></i> or short sword.<sup id="cite_ref-SD_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1970s and 1980s a student and protégé of Fairbairn, Colonel <a href="/wiki/Rex_Applegate" title="Rex Applegate">Rex Applegate</a> worked with knife designer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Harsey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Harsey, Jr.">Bill Harsey, Jr.</a> to design the <a href="/wiki/Applegate%E2%80%93Fairbairn_fighting_knife" title="Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife">Applegate-Fairbairn Combat Knife</a>, so named because it was designed as an improvement on the Fairbairn–Sykes based upon discussions Applegate and Fairbairn had during World War II to eliminate the weaknesses of the F-S knife (e.g., weak blade point, inability to determine orientation of blade merely by grip). The first of these knives were made by <a href="/wiki/Al_Mar_Knives" title="Al Mar Knives">Al Mar Knives</a>, based on Harsey's designs.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_KM2000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/New_KM2000.jpg/170px-New_KM2000.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/New_KM2000.jpg/255px-New_KM2000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/New_KM2000.jpg/340px-New_KM2000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3206" data-file-height="2175" /></a><figcaption> A modern <a href="/wiki/KM2000" title="KM2000">KM2000</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_Army" title="German Army">German Army</a></figcaption></figure><p>Knifemaker Bill Harsey later teamed up with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Reeve" title="Chris Reeve">Chris Reeve</a> to design the <a href="/wiki/Yarborough_Knife" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarborough Knife">Yarborough Knife</a>, a combat knife presented to each graduate of the United States Army <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Qualification_Course" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Forces Qualification Course">Special Forces Qualification Course</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the latest step of this evolution, Bill Harsey and Chris Reeve have collaborated with the father of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Army_Combatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Army Combatives">Modern Army Combatives</a> Program, Matt Larsen, to design the <a href="/w/index.php?title=LHR_Combat_knife&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LHR Combat knife (page does not exist)">LHR Combat knife</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg/220px-Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg/330px-Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg/440px-Glock_Feldmesser_FM_78_noBG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Glock Feldmesser FM 78 and its sheath</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG/220px-Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG/330px-Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG/440px-Coltello_Extrema_Ratio_NIMBUS_Ordinanza.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Italian Army</a> combat knife Extrema Ratio NIMBUS</figcaption></figure> <p>The German military uses the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eickhorn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eickhorn (page does not exist)">Eickhorn</a> <a href="/wiki/KM2000" title="KM2000">KM2000</a> as their standard issue knife. The design is a westernized <a href="/wiki/Tant%C5%8D" title="Tantō">Tantō</a>, issued to the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundeswehr</i></span>. The blade is made of either 440A or N695 depending on different models. Some of them use 55Si7 spring steel. The knifemaker Eickhorn in <a href="/wiki/Solingen" title="Solingen">Solingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> has issued KCB-77 bayonets to the Canadian Military and the USMC. Apart from the KM2000 there are many other knives from Eickhorn, the KM3000, KM4000, KM5000, ParaCommando, and Aviator Series knives. The knives from Eickhorn are extremely sturdy and for professional use. Those knives are also preferred by military forces worldwide.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Austrian Forces use the <a href="/wiki/Glock_knife" title="Glock knife">Glock knife</a>. This is also used as a bayonet for the <a href="/wiki/Steyr_AUG" title="Steyr AUG">Steyr AUG</a> <a href="/wiki/Bullpup" title="Bullpup">bullpup</a> rifle used by Austrian Forces. The blade is made of phosphated carbon steel. The handle is a special strong polymer manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Glock" title="Glock">Glock</a>. The Glock knife is also used by special forces around the world.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_knife" title="Fighting knife">Fighting knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_dagger" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting dagger">Hunting dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_knife" title="Hunting knife">Hunting knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knife_fight" title="Knife fight">Knife fight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messer_(sword)" title="Messer (sword)">Messer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Applegate" title="Rex Applegate">Rex Applegate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survival_knife" title="Survival knife">Survival knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throwing_knife" title="Throwing knife">Throwing knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Yank%22_Levy" class="mw-redirect" title=""Yank" Levy">"Yank" Levy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-41743-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-41743-3">0-486-41743-3</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-486-41743-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-486-41743-1">978-0-486-41743-1</a> (2001), p. 80: "Right at the outset trench knives were introduced by both sides during World War I, so that the common soldier was once again equipped with a knife designed primarily for combat."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Burton, Walter E., <i>Knives For Fighting Men</i>, Popular Science, July 1944, Vol. 145 No. 1, p. 150: A combat knife is specifically designed for military use, and is thus a more restrictive category than that of a fighting knife or tactical knife, either of which may include knives designed for civilian use. Thus, a <a href="/wiki/Bowie_knife" title="Bowie knife">bowie knife</a> designed for civilian sale and use may be termed a fighting knife, but not a <i>combat knife</i>, while the U.S. Army's M3 trench knife, designed specifically for the military for close-quarters fighting, is both a combat knife and a fighting knife.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CAT-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CAT_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAT_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAT_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAT_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Catalog of Standard Ordnance Items</i>, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Ordnance Publications (1943)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-walker-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-walker_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-walker_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker1993" class="citation book cs1">Walker, Greg (1993). <i>Battle Blades: A Professional's Guide to Combat/Fighting Knives</i>. Boulder, Colo.: Paladin Press. p. 130. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87364-732-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87364-732-7"><bdi>0-87364-732-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battle+Blades%3A+A+Professional%27s+Guide+to+Combat%2FFighting+Knives&rft.place=Boulder%2C+Colo.&rft.pages=130&rft.pub=Paladin+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-87364-732-7&rft.aulast=Walker&rft.aufirst=Greg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PG-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PG_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPacella2002" class="citation book cs1">Pacella, Gerard (2002). <i>100 Legendary Knives</i>. Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87349-417-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87349-417-2"><bdi>0-87349-417-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=100+Legendary+Knives&rft.place=Iola%2C+Wis.&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-87349-417-2&rft.aulast=Pacella&rft.aufirst=Gerard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wise, Terence, and McBride, Angus, <i>Ancient Armies of the Middle East</i>, London: Osprey Publishing, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85045-384-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-85045-384-4">0-85045-384-4</a> (1981), p. 24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-W28-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-W28_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-W28_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Walker (1993) p. 28</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carter2013-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Carter2013_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurray_Carter2013" class="citation book cs1">Murray Carter (25 June 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sOjBvs3I29EC&pg=PA58"><i>101 Knife Designs: Practical Knives for Daily Use</i></a>. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 58. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-3383-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-3383-8"><bdi>978-1-4402-3383-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=101+Knife+Designs%3A+Practical+Knives+for+Daily+Use&rft.place=Iola%2C+Wisconsin&rft.pages=58&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2013-06-25&rft.isbn=978-1-4402-3383-8&rft.au=Murray+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DsOjBvs3I29EC%26pg%3DPA58&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SHA-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SHA_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SHA_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shackleford, Steve (ed.), <i>Blade's Guide To Knives And Their Values</i> (7th ed.), Iola, WI: Krause Publications, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-0387-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-0387-9">978-1-4402-0387-9</a>, p. 387</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SLE-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SLE_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SLE_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sledge, E.B., <i>With The Old Breed: At Peleleiu and Okinawa</i>, Presidio Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89141-919-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89141-919-8">978-0-89141-919-8</a> (2007), pp. 21-22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>MCRP 3-02B: Close Combat</i>, Washington, D.C.: Department Of The Navy, Headquarters United States Marine Corps, 12 February 1999: "Marines use slashing techniques to close with an enemy. Slashing techniques distract or damage an opponent so Marines can close in."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CAS-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CAS_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAS_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cassidy, William L. (1997), <i>The Complete Book of Knife Fighting</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87364-029-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87364-029-2">0-87364-029-2</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87364-029-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87364-029-9">978-0-87364-029-9</a> (1997), pp. 47-48</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitman, L., New Army Trench Knife, Army & Navy Journal, Vol. 80, 6 February 1943, p. 649</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-W50-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-W50_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walker(1993) pp. 50-55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PR-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PR_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PR_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pacella (2002)pp. 130-131</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sater2007-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sater2007_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_F._Sater2007" class="citation book cs1">William F. Sater (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=etT0iVZW73MC&pg=PA91"><i>Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884</i></a>. Nebraska: U of Nebraska Press. pp. 91–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-0759-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-0759-2"><bdi>978-0-8032-0759-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Andean+Tragedy%3A+Fighting+the+War+of+the+Pacific%2C+1879-1884&rft.place=Nebraska&rft.pages=91-&rft.pub=U+of+Nebraska+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-8032-0759-2&rft.au=William+F.+Sater&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DetT0iVZW73MC%26pg%3DPA91&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shackleford2010-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Shackleford2010_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteve_Shackleford2010" class="citation book cs1">Steve Shackleford (5 January 2010). <i>Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values</i>. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. pp. <span class="nowrap">396–</span>397. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-1505-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-1505-6"><bdi>978-1-4402-1505-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Blade%27s+Guide+to+Knives+%26+Their+Values&rft.place=Iola%2C+Wisconsin&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E396-%3C%2Fspan%3E397&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2010-01-05&rft.isbn=978-1-4402-1505-6&rft.au=Steve+Shackleford&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chappell1993-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Chappell1993_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMike_Chappell1993" class="citation book cs1">Mike Chappell (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ9HeuRZvTMC&pg=PA45"><i>The Gurkhas</i></a>. Osprey Publishing. p. 45. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-357-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-357-5"><bdi>978-1-85532-357-5</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Vietnam Legend Returns". <i>Tactical Knives Magazine</i>: 30.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tactical+Knives+Magazine&rft.atitle=Vietnam+Legend+Returns&rft.pages=30&rft.date=2008-11&rft.aulast=Dick&rft.aufirst=Steven&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pacella (2002) p. 145</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120607051412/http://www.chrisreeve.com/greenberet.htm">"Chris Reeve Knives - Optimum Quality, Optimum Performance"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chrisreeve.com/greenberet.htm">the original</a> on 2012-06-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-11-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chris+Reeve+Knives+-+Optimum+Quality%2C+Optimum+Performance&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chrisreeve.com%2Fgreenberet.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACombat+knife" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDan_ShidelerDerrek_SiglerKen_Ramage2008" class="citation book cs1">Dan Shideler; Derrek Sigler; Ken Ramage (2 December 2008). <i>The Gun Digest Book of Tactical Gear</i>. 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title="Ulu">Ulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utility_knife" title="Utility knife">Utility knife</a></li> <li>Verlängerungsmesser</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrior_knife" title="Warrior knife">Warrior knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedung" title="Wedung">Wedung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-Acto" title="X-Acto">X-Acto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarara_Parachute_Knife" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarara Parachute Knife">Yarara Parachute Knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatagan" title="Yatagan">Yatagan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dagger" title="Dagger">Daggers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anelace" title="Anelace">Anelace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applegate%E2%80%93Fairbairn_fighting_knife" title="Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife">Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_dagger" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting dagger">Hunting dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jambiya" title="Jambiya">Jambiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jile" title="Jile">Jile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabutowari" title="Kabutowari">Kabutowari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiken_(dagger)" title="Kaiken (dagger)">Kaiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalis" title="Kalis">Kalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katar_(dagger)" class="mw-redirect" title="Katar (dagger)">Katar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanjali" title="Khanjali">Khanjali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanjar" title="Khanjar">Khanjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kris" title="Kris">Kris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunai" title="Kunai">Kunai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liaoning_bronze_dagger_culture" title="Liaoning bronze dagger culture">Liaoning dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_I_trench_knife" title="Mark I trench knife">Mark I trench knife</a></li> <li>Microtech Jagdkommando</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parrying_dagger" title="Parrying dagger">Parrying dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poignard" title="Poignard">Poignard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pugio" title="Pugio">Pugio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_dagger" title="Push dagger">Push dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rondel_dagger" title="Rondel dagger">Rondel dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seme_(dagger)" title="Seme (dagger)">Seme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobo" title="Shobo">Shobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sica" title="Sica">Sica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stiletto" title="Stiletto">Stiletto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tant%C5%8D" title="Tantō">Tantō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Raider_stiletto" title="United States Marine Raider stiletto">U.S. Marine Raider stiletto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-42_stiletto" title="V-42 stiletto">V-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoroi-d%C5%8Dshi" title="Yoroi-dōshi">Yoroi-dōshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">Manufacturers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aitor_Knife_Company" title="Aitor Knife Company">Aitor Knife Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Mar_Knives" title="Al Mar Knives">Al Mar Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Tomahawk_Company" title="American Tomahawk Company">American Tomahawk Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aritsugu" title="Aritsugu">Aritsugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benchmade" title="Benchmade">Benchmade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6ker" title="Böker">Böker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Knives" title="Buck Knives">Buck Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camillus_Cutlery_Company" title="Camillus Cutlery Company">Camillus Cutlery Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattaraugus_Cutlery_Company" title="Cattaraugus Cutlery Company">Cattaraugus Cutlery Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Reeve_Knives" title="Chris Reeve Knives">Chris Reeve Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chroma_Cnife" title="Chroma Cnife">Chroma Cnife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clauss_Cutlery_Company" title="Clauss Cutlery Company">Clauss Cutlery Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobray_Company" title="Cobray Company">Cobray Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Steel_(company)" title="Cold Steel (company)">Cold Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_River_Knife_%26_Tool" title="Columbia River Knife & Tool">Columbia River Knife & Tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisinart" title="Cuisinart">Cuisinart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutco" title="Cutco">Cutco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalian_Hanwei_Metal" title="Dalian Hanwei Metal">Dalian Hanwei Metal</a></li> <li>Dexter-Russell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ek_Commando_Knife_Co." title="Ek Commando Knife Co.">Ek Commando Knife Co.</a></li> <li>EKA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerson_Knives" title="Emerson Knives">Emerson Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Dick" title="F. Dick">F. Dick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A4llkniven" title="Fällkniven">Fällkniven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FAMAE" title="FAMAE">FAMAE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiskars" title="Fiskars">Fiskars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerber_Legendary_Blades" title="Gerber Legendary Blades">Gerber Legendary Blades</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCritechnics" title="Füritechnics">Füritechnics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glock_Ges.m.b.H." title="Glock Ges.m.b.H.">Glock Ges.m.b.H.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Schrade" title="Imperial Schrade">Imperial Schrade</a></li> <li>Ivan's</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ka-Bar" title="Ka-Bar">Ka-Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kershaw_Knives" title="Kershaw Knives">Kershaw Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korin_Japanese_Trading_Company" title="Korin Japanese Trading Company">Korin Japanese Trading Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyocera" title="Kyocera">Kyocera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leatherman" title="Leatherman">Leatherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_Dog_Knives" title="Mad Dog Knives">Mad Dog Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Arms" title="Marble Arms">Marble Arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medford_Knife_and_Tool" title="Medford Knife and Tool">Medford Knife and Tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microtech_Knives" title="Microtech Knives">Microtech Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morseth" title="Morseth">Morseth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muela_(knife_manufacturer)" title="Muela (knife manufacturer)">Muela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Knives" title="Murphy Knives">Murphy Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OLFA" title="OLFA">OLFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Knife_Company" title="Ontario Knife Company">Ontario Knife Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinel" title="Opinel">Opinel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_Made_Knives" title="Randall Made Knives">Randall Made Knives</a></li> <li>Ranz Cuchillos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6sle" title="Rösle">Rösle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabatier" title="Sabatier">Sabatier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shun_Cutlery" title="Shun Cutlery">Shun Cutlery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slice,_Inc." title="Slice, Inc.">Slice, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SOG_Specialty_Knives" title="SOG Specialty Knives">SOG Specialty Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spyderco" title="Spyderco">Spyderco</a></li> <li>STI Knives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strider_Knives" title="Strider Knives">Strider Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiers_Issard" title="Thiers Issard">Thiers Issard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOPS_Knives" title="TOPS Knives">TOPS Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tramontina" title="Tramontina">Tramontina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorinox" title="Victorinox">Victorinox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._R._Case_%26_Sons_Cutlery_Co." title="W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.">W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Walther_GmbH" title="Carl Walther GmbH">Carl Walther GmbH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenger" title="Wenger">Wenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Knife_Company" title="Western Knife Company">Western Knife Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Sword" title="Wilkinson Sword">Wilkinson Sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCsthof" title="Wüsthof">Wüsthof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshida_Metal_Industry" title="Yoshida Metal Industry">Yoshida Metal Industry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Global_(cutlery)" title="Global (cutlery)">Global</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_Tolerance_Knives" title="Zero Tolerance Knives">Zero Tolerance Knives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwilling_J._A._Henckels" title="Zwilling J. A. Henckels">Zwilling J. A. Henckels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Knife_making" title="Knife making">Knifemakers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Applegate" title="Rex Applegate">Rex Applegate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Black_(blacksmith)" title="James Black (blacksmith)">James Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brown_Jr." title="Tom Brown Jr.">Tom Brown Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackie_Collins" title="Blackie Collins">Blackie Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nelson_Cooper" title="John Nelson Cooper">John Nelson Cooper</a></li> <li>Jack W. Crain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Emerson" title="Ernest Emerson">Ernest Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Fisk" title="Jerry Fisk">Jerry Fisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Harsey_Jr." title="Bill Harsey Jr.">Bill Harsey Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phill_Hartsfield" title="Phill Hartsfield">Phill Hartsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Hibben" title="Gil Hibben">Gil Hibben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Lile" title="Jimmy Lile">Jimmy Lile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Loveless" title="Bob Loveless">Bob Loveless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Moran_(knifemaker)" title="William F. Moran (knifemaker)">William F. Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Onion" title="Ken Onion">Ken Onion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Osterhout" title="Ralph Osterhout">Ralph Osterhout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Randall" title="Bo Randall">Bo Randall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Reeve" title="Chris Reeve">Chris Reeve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._G._Russell" title="A. G. Russell">A. G. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Samson" title="Jody Samson">Jody Samson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Scagel" title="William Scagel">William Scagel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Snody" title="Mike Snody">Mike Snody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Terzuola" title="Robert Terzuola">Robert Terzuola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Walker_(knifemaker)" title="Michael Walker (knifemaker)">Michael Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buster_Warenski" title="Buster Warenski">Buster Warenski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Winkler_(knifemaker)" title="Daniel Winkler (knifemaker)">Daniel Winkler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Bladesmith_Society" title="American Bladesmith Society">American Bladesmith Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutlery_and_Allied_Trades_Research_Association" title="Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association">Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knifemakers%27_Guild" title="Knifemakers' Guild">Knifemakers' Guild</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight: bold;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Knives" title="Category:Knives">Category:Knives</a> / <a href="/wiki/Category:Daggers" title="Category:Daggers">Daggers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&oldid=1276149462">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Combat_knife&oldid=1276149462</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Edged_and_bladed_weapons" title="Category:Edged and bladed weapons">Edged and bladed weapons</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_knives" title="Category:Military knives">Military knives</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_November_2014" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from November 2014">Articles with unsourced statements from November 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_German-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing German-language text">Articles containing German-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_March_2018" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018">Articles with unsourced statements from March 2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata">Commons category link is on Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 17 February 2025, at 04:44<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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