The Ek Commando Knife: The Most Trusted Knife in World War 2!

[@JohnShea-d2x]

My father had a style one Ek with the guard, sheath, and lead rivets he had been given in WW2. It has been handed down to family members serving in the army. My brother took it for two combat deployments in Iraq. It was never used for combat, but was very effective while in the field on grilled steaks.

[@rontaylor803]

😊

[@samadams4070]

Grilled steak in the field...in combat...

[@ruanniemann1678]

Oh ffs re read his post, he particulary says it wasn't used for combat, private pile. ​@@samadams4070

[@wayneholmes637]

@sam... when in a base the soldiers were fed or supplied from a kitchen, so yes it is highly likely they had steaks although obviously not when on patrol as you seem to think. I served in an armoured unit and we had decent two flame cooker on the tank as well as a water boiler and we could cook all kinds of stuff in the field. Pretty clear you never served.

[@bikemannc]

aww, the inside ease of vets being able to tell most civilians ; it's easier than y'all think..

[@wellregulated8725]

You should interview John EK’s son, he’s still alive. He made EK knives for decades. I can put you in touch.

[@rogersmith8480]

How? Thank you

[@wellregulated8725]

@@rogersmith8480 an interviewer with a big reach just needs to ask me.

[@billb89]

I have two Miami EK knives, he probably made both.

[@rogergadley9965]

The Marine Corps supply in Vietnam issued several knives, including bayonets, which no one seemed to want. Most combat troops seemed to buy “civilian” combat knives before they shipped out. I didn’t and when I arrived I went to battalion supply😅 to draw my weapons. I noticed a box of pocket knives, which included sailors knives (with a fid), electricians knives (screwdrivers) and of all things, the equivalent of a black scaled Boy Scout knife with a puny blade, an awl and a can opener. Marines were, at the time, issued “C” rations (canned food) for field operations. The can opener grabbed my attention. So, while everybody else sported Gerber fighting knives or heavy Puma fighting knives which hung mostly useless on their belts or in their packs, I carried a Boy Scout knife and used it multiple times a day. I did also carry a trenching tool on which I sharpened one edge, in case I needed something substantial. I used that quite a bit too (digging holes, chopping tree branches etc,) But the knife I prized throughout my time in Vietnam was the Boy Scout knife.

[@lzcontrol]

@rogergadley9965 My "combat knife" was a Swiss Army knife about the size of a Scout knife - had a corkscrew and a small bit on the end of the can opener that worked on many Phillips head screws.

[@ronalddunne3413]

Not at all surprising! 😀

[@colemike8076]

I've never heard a boot knife get called a puma fighting knife 😂

[@bikemannc]

we all learned to be resourceful by listening and watching others and just thinking how we could adapt or you do without.

[@chlebowg]

I purchased my first EK knife a M3 double wasp dagger in 1986. That knife along with couple M4 EK Bowies served me for over 20 yrs in the US Army around the world. Still have them.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

🤣

[@rogerthat10-47]

I'm in. It is So refreshing to hear Clear, Concise & True information delivered Interestingly by someone Who puts the effort into their presentation.

[@thomasodell8841]

Carried an EK Knife for around 10 years while in Military. Great knife used it as I needed, keep edge and easy to sharpen.

[@warlantactical]

That is the design of the Ek knife there not made to cut there made to make holes to win wars

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

Bo Randall (Randall Made Knives) is another company making fighters starting in WWII. With the model 1 All Purpose Fighter and the model 2 Fighting Stiletto

[@dallasmore6703]

I've coveted a Randall made knife for 50-yrs. So I ordered one, the waiting list is 7-yrs! I'll be 68 when it's ready! I ordered the larger version of their Arkansas Toothpick, with my initials and a few custom features. I can't remember for certain but I think the base price was $700 and the total with the custom features is just over $1,000. It'll be something I pass on to my family.

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

@@dallasmore6703 Congratulations on your purchase! Yes sir, RMKs are heirloom quality.

[@StratBurst92]

I was a member of The Randall Knife Socity and still have copies of their newsletters. Back then I did some buying & trading of Randall knives. A few years ago I purchased a Model 14 Attack from authorized Randall dealer Wayne Buxton who also created the Randall Buxton fighter. My 14 has a border patrol handle, nickle silver forward curved hilt, sawteeth, stainless blade, & black leather sheath. It is one that I vow to never sell or trade.

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

@@StratBurst92 I was a subscriber too. My RMK knives: Model 1 Fighter, model 2 Fighter Stiletto, model 12-9 Sportsman bowie, model 14 Attack and model 16 SP1 Fighter (my favorite).

[@spaceman6215]

I would say if there is a competition for the knives of WW2. The Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife would also be a pretty big contender.

[@daveburklund2295]

Who knows what the exact inspiration for the first Ek knives blade was, but a symmetrical spear point blade was a popular European shape for a fighting knife for centuries. Look at Highland dirks and various bollock knives.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Very true. The design has proven itself repeatedly throughout time. Thanks for commenting and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@andrewholdaway813]

The inspiration for the first knives, it appears to me, was what's the cheapest stabby thing I can possibly produce.

[@daveburklund2295]

@@andrewholdaway813 Disagree. The cheapest stabby things one could produce were some of the exact weapons he was trying to replace.

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@daveburklund2295 Feel free to, though how you see such as the 1918 brass knuckle knife as cheaper to produce eludes me.

[@daveburklund2295]

@@andrewholdaway813 brass is cheaper than steel. They would have had a better knife if they left out the knuckle duster (which limited the ways you could grip the knife anyway) and built a more robust blade. Which is what EK knives did. The designers of the 1918 did not put enough money into the operative part, the stabby part.

[@heavychevy4616]

love these historic videos man, thank u

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I'm glad you are enjoying the channel! I look forwards to seeing you around the comments again!

[@Daniel-iz7iz]

I have over 150 blades I have been collecting for over 12 yrs. I only use 5-6 of them. I have the cold steel WASP @ 7 in spring steel. I love the TOPS war bowie @ 7 inch 1095 H Carbon steel. Great information!

[@knotsbygordion]

You have presented about the AF, the Ka-Bar, and the FS fighting knives, would you consider a video on the Smatchet?

[@jasholden9741]

I own two of the EK Knives that were made by Mike Stewart of Bark River at the time that Blackjack was ending, about 25 years ago. They prove that a well made knife CAN be a prybar and still function as a knife.

[@michaell397]

In truth, they were more pry bar than knife. KnifeMaker

[@DanteJDriver]

"Swedish heritage", short bevels (Scandinavian grind), and no cross guard suggest suggest traditional Scandinavian knives as the inspiration for Ek's knives. The lack of a cross guard gives me pause, but FWIW, remember reading a magazine article Ek Dagger rmany years ago in which the author taped over the blade for safety then stabbed the knife into wood using reverse and hammer grips and said Ek's scallops (and a tight grip) prevented his hand from slipping.

[@jorgefernandez6407]

I collect knives. Needless to say, I have a few daggers but this one dagger, the EK-44, is my favorite of them all. Of them "all"!!!

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Thanks for commenting and thank-you for your support!

[@anthonyklein9487]

Hell yeah eks in the house thanks for doing these blades

[@JimTempleman]

His single-action revolver was a Colt. But his double-action revolver was a Smith & Wesson.

[@lzcontrol]

Good catch!

[@VTPSTTU]

Thanks for the video. The Style 1 reminds me of an old seax knife of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon eras. I wouldn't want one in the sweaty jungles of the Pacific islands, but I can see buying one if I were deploying to northern Europe. His rationale that a guard makes tangling the guard on clothing more likely makes sense, but I'd still want a guard if I were going to use a knife for fighting. I wonder whether any soldiers improvised guards using wires and leather.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! If you look at a lot of in theater knives there were a huge number of modifications made, ranging from extremely crude to positively gorgeous (look up the Ka-Bar Stone knives). I'd be surprised if some soldier didn't modify their Ek at some point. Thanks for commenting and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@Sideshowbobx]

Used to have an Ek #1 knife and it came with a little article about Ek design features as these special lead rivets that a solder could hammer down if the grip scales would come lose from swelling an drying. The design was about utility, roughness, production. Simple hardwood grips old vets could grind up to effective handles and so on. An effective fighting tool easy to produce under war conditions. Need design, too bad that they not produced that way anymore - but one can DIY it.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Was that one of the original WW2 knives and was that a WW2 Companion booklet?

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

I have 2 EK daggers from the 60s' and the Kabar version . They are very different in weight , balance and feel. Thanks for your very good video.

[@RandoCalrisiann]

Love my Ek's, got 6 of em!

[@trevor8310]

I love my original John Ek Model 1 commando from WWII! While the new models look pretty the originals were built to last.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Thanks for sharing! I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@DanielvanderKlooster-gv8mj]

Like it ! The background / history of my Ka-Bar John Ek full double edge beauty !

[@fallskjermjeger.]

The M3 fighting knife is my favorite ww2 legacy knife, I always jumped with my current production M3 paratrooper knife by Onterio

[@jimbaker4942]

Just found your channel. Really liked the video. Subscribed.

[@ryanjordan7268]

Excellent video 📹! I have around 20 Ek knives. I carried the Dersert Ek in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 in 2006.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@JoelPerri7777]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[@trevormorris3592]

Apparently Clark Gable bought one when he was in the Airforce in WW2 .

[@lzcontrol]

Randolph Scott had one in the Marinecorp.

[@scottangel6462]

I bought two of the Ek knives in the late 80's, both of the dagger design. One paracord wrapped handle and the other walnut I believe, both were outstanding knives. Sadly though I lost them due to misfortune. But I recently acquired another one at a pawn shope, of the same era, but it didn't have a sheath, so now I am on the hunt for a sheath for it. But some really good blades imo.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@axspike]

Fairbairn-Sykes not fairbourne!

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

You are correct, but this is a direct quote from Gary Ek, copy and pasted. I would say it kind of underlines my point.

[@daveburklund2295]

​@@TheKnifeLifeChannel I noticed you pronounced it correctly even when reading the quote.

[@johnny6171]

Best vid on modern/historic military knives! I recommend you write a book with lots of photos! Thank you!

[@robertheywood2553]

Totally agree, just because this knife was produced in greater numbers doesn't qualify it as 'the best'

[@WhocaresWhy44]

Quite! Fairbarn. Indeed.

[@rnkmode1876]

Very cool, i always read that as far as Vietnam Era, the classic Kabar USMC knife of course was popular, but close on it's tale was the Gerber Mark II. Did you ever do vid on the Mark II?.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Not yet. It's on the to-do list

[@rnkmode1876]

@TheKnifeLifeChannel there's just something about Daggers, love em. I have the EK Commando dagger too, it's solid and sharp.

[@markadkins9290]

Great stuff! Thanks for the history

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and hope to see you around the channel again!

[@tombearclaw]

The scalloped grip certainly looks like the inspiration for the grip scales on cutco knives

[@warlantactical]

Ek knifes were the first fighting knifes

[@NGMonocrom]

I own a modern-day style 11, and am very happy with it. But won't lie, have heard that for rough survival chores in a wilderness setting, the guard becomes very loose and rattles quite badly.

[@awejots]

That is not unintended. The guard is held by friction and pressure from the removable knife scales. It was built with disassembly in mind, so you can loosen and push the scales up to make the guard tighter

[@OriginalOwner777]

You are wrong on the maker of the Fairburn Sykes the type one Fairburn Sykes was made by the company Wilkinson Sword. Later they where made by John Nowill which lead to the Royal Marines giving the FS fighting knife ((the correct name not the FS commando dagger as you claimed)) the nick name the Now Ill as the people it was used upon where deffinately ill after experiencing it.

[@davidryan4454]

FAIRBAIRN. FAIRBAIRN !!

[@TDCF355]

@@davidryan4454 ?

[@ScarletRebel96]

While they are really cool and unique i gotta say id personally prefer my bowie knife any day of the week but if we are going off of strictly daggers id take the Arkansas toothpic design which is also a form of bowie knife

[@TechnoMagi-h4r]

A very effective blade ..Many copies have been made over the years ...

[@knifelore1647]

Great video, so glad I found your channel!

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I'm glad you've been enjoying the channel and I look forward to see you around!

[@johanribaeus]

Ek (in Swedish) means Oak (in English). It's a fairly common surname in Sweden.

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@kenneththynes4761]

Have a couple of 90's era Ek knives. They were really nice knives until they started making the new "affordable" line. Even as a broke LCpl in the Corps, I would have paid the extra for the nicer models.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing your story and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@tombrazier2194]

I have several EK knives ... Excellent. A knife collector

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@WhocaresWhy44]

In the movie Hell is for Heros Steve McQueen as Reece is asked what kind of blade he has. "A butcher knife ." I have wondered if that was an Ek. Ek the man, his blades are shrouded in mystery. This video is one of the few that probe this.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I haven't seen that movie but it is possible. I've found that quite often whenever a "butcher knife" is described it is often an Bowie'ish knife. In fact the old 1800's term "butcher knife" was a general term for a big fighting knife. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and hope to see you around the channel again!

[@ЗвездыБольшойПротуберанец]

This protruding butt of the handle is not a skullcrasher, it is intended for opening ammunition boxes.

[@johnwetta9385]

It’ll tickle against a skull though.

[@ЗвездыБольшойПротуберанец]

@@johnwetta9385 Well, yes, just like, for example, brick.)

[@darkchild130]

How weird, I bought an Ek commando model 4 about an hour before this video dropped.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I could sense a disturbance in the Ek force...

[@fjb4932]

darkchild, And Yet, there are more than a multitude that do not know they are being monitored, or refuse to believe they are "so important " as to eve's dropped upon. And naturally, many kids not only know this, but actually Want to be monitored/ catered too, "i get deals and offers on Amazon for what i talk about". " We're from the gov't and we're here to help you." ☆

[@Dawson-vy3zw]

What did it cost

[@gingebrien2408]

Nice review. I’d say the KBar has come along way from the original. My only complaint is the steel choice. In fairness AEB-L , S35VN, 3V would be my choices of steels.

[@greggtrubee9565]

Not sure what it is, but I have always been intrigued with these knives and the history behind them. I personally like the double edged walnut scale Commando. Considering the updated black one that K Bar is offering

[@ronsindric4241]

My Father landed on Utah; where he carried a SHE006 FAIRBAIRN-SYKES. A currently deployed friend carries a KUKRI. Will John be forging and offering these blades in the near future ? Thank you.

[@rover109]

Look at the Boy Scouts of Canada knives made by Chris Johnson & Co., Sheffield circa 1930s.

[@ald.5147]

I have two. It's a stabber, not much of a slicer but, it's a decent chopper though.

[@WarriorMindsetCompany]

Great stuff!!! Subscribed for sure. Thanks 🇺🇸👍

[@jonc4050]

Looks like a more badass dadley knife. That miami era knife looked sexy

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Personally I like some of the blades that were produced by Buerlein. The micarta was a nice option. The new Ka-Bars are nice though. Thanks for commenting and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@ricatkins4918]

...Fairbourne never heard of them.... Fairbairn yes

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

That was a direct copy and paste quote from Gary Ek. Best practice is to not make any change to quotes.

[@awejots]

​@@TheKnifeLifeChannelyou're good man, you even pronounced it correctly when you read it. Not sure why people are getting weird about it

[@DocFixem]

Blackjack was based In Effingham, Illinois. They made great knives, but some poor business decisions. When they shut down production, I was working next door to their company. They auctioned off all machinery and inventory. I was able to purchase dozens of blades from complete to rough bar stock. I have about 50 each of the models 3,4 and the 5 Bowie pattern. Plenty to keep my winter hobby supplied with material.

[@dapawaz8310]

Awesome! The only EK I have is a #5 bowie. It's a beast.

[@geneard639]

I've had two Eks from the 80s and I miss both. Solid knives. I looked at the Ka-Bar versions and they are really very cheap looking and don't have the right hand feel for me.

[@commonsense2497]

I would like to see a video on the Randall knife.

[@Panzermech]

Saw the later versions but out if a privates pay range and my Air Force survival knife was good enough, but also carried a Swiss Army knife for the cork screw.

[@elliotlee233]

I can't see the link for the modern folders in titanium, does anyone have the link?

[@xusmico187]

EK was a GREAT tool. What has happened to them since selling out to KaBar?

[@jayhom449]

They are still made by Ka-bar.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

The b-roll video of the Ek knives in this video are made by Ka-Bar. I have them linked in the description.

[@jonc4050]

The new Ek models look sweet

[@xusmico187]

@@jayhom449 EK quality was top shelf when Ek sole prop. how is it now under KaBar. My circa 1980 issued KaBar Is still in service, the new ones don't "feel" as good in the hand.

[@wellregulated8725]

Gary Ek claims he never sold to Kabar, and never authorized the use of his name.

[@johnchristopherrobert1839]

I think the style one blade was produced like that because it’s a very simple design, and can be mass produced easily

[@RAYANDERS-w4t]

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and hope to see you around the channel again!

[@drizzie1226]

So if I were to buy a knife that was as close to what the military used at the time which knife would I buy?

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Best best is in Europev an M3. In the Pacific a kabar

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

For the US, specifically

[@honey8784]

Great video, The music is really not necessary, at least it isn’t as loud as some, Thanks

[@toddlewis3075]

Thank you !!

[@stephenhelmer6931]

I have a late 60’s Miami Model 6. My buddy who gifted it to me carried it in Vietnam. It’s not a good camp or utility knife. It is good at stabbing.

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you around the channel again!

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

That no guard thing is bonkers.

My Sergeant Chef gave me one of these in 78. I used it for 15 years while in the Legion. I wouldn't touch one of the new ones.

[@formisfunction1861]

Fascinating!

[@drewpackman2929]

I have my fathers. They threw everyone's combat knives over the side on the USS Dashing Wave after fighting broke out on the way to the pacific islands. My father did his first opposed landing without a knife. I also have the booklet "how to kill the yellow bastard".Dads knife is a type 1 but it does have a guard.

[@ahhamartin]

In the leadup to Desert Storm, I sent a money order from just south of Kuwait to Ek for a then new model 5 Bowie (my Marine unit was told to expect heavy trench fighting that obviously never happened); the knife arrived less than a week later (!) How? I still have no idea.

[@dev9mm]

At 29 seconds into this video you show a pair of incredibly handsome Benchmade folders. Please give me details about them. At least the name of the model, if you would. Thanks!

[@mouadip1727]

nice knives i want 1!!!

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I have links to the Ka-Bar versions below, but if you keep an eye out the originals and the later variants pop up for auction from time to time. Thanks for your support!

[@EverydayBronco-dh8hs]

I suspect he chose the handle shape because it was inexpensive and fast to shape. I also speculate that his earlier knives didn't have guards because he hadn't figured out a simple and efficient way to add one and the claim that they didn't need one was attempt at marketing something that didn't meet the criteria. The steep shallow grinds are also easier and faster to mill. Overall, these knives were simple and easy to make and weren't symmetrical, and as knife connoisseur I would consider them "cheap knives" of their era.

[@jerrymartin5884]

Who makes that big curved fix blade in ur intro

[@yonmusak]

You absolutely need a choil/guard on any knife used for combat use.

[@Zackary1005]

Love my Ek 44

[@whiteowl2006]

You should do the Buck 119 next

[@TDCF355]

FairBAIRN & Skyes. Not FairBOURNE. The original Commando knives were made by Wilkinson. Later, for greater mass production. Rogers of Sheffield and Hodgkinson also produced them. I had a collection of some 30 Commando knives going back the 'First Pattern', with the wavy quillon and including many copies. Have never heard of 'Sater' as a producer before.

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

I've made a lot of knives in prison and much prefer more of a stiletto or pick type. Obviously you can't put an edge on a prison knife and I'd shoot for like 3/2 blade to hand width ratio.

[@brandensutton2324]

Maybe Randall knives at some point?

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

It is my intention to reach out to Randall and do a history on them as well!

[@warlantactical]

Ek edges are the best for fighting knife period

[@renegade8558]

Randall and Warther were 2 of the top knives made for US troops

[@charlesbailey5846]

I wandered into a Army Navy store, '59 '60. I was 13 14 yrs, there an Ek style knife single edge spear point, with phenolic handle material, cost me like $2, don't know what l did with it. I got out of the Marine Corps in jun '71, bought me a buck 110, it has Ek type scallops in-between the rivets on the grip's, long one blade sides, short one and a longer one on the lock sides, it fits my hand better than the squarish factory original. If you do it use a utility knife blade to scape them out the profile and then a single edge razor blade to fine tune the scallops and some fine grit paper, l used 400, mostly because that's what I had, good luck, if you do it, take your time and use no power tools, believe me .......

[@vincentrandles8105]

As my friend Dave would say; "Bowie!"

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

Looks like an upgraded pal2000 knife, sort of

[@MercutioUK2006]

The "Shanghai" knife as carried by W. E.Fairbairn, and upon which the Fairbairn -Sykes was based, is chronologically and stylistically a rather more likely inspiration.....but, of course, we'll never know for certain.

[@MercutioUK2006]

Alongside the double-edged Bowie, I should imagine.

[@normsweeney3116]

Well look at that , Something good out of Connecticut !!

[@thomasgunne8730]

Bo Randall made a knife that was really covetted.

[@gunnerbhb50]

Your theory of origin sounds completely plausible alot more than the Son's theory, I carried SF commando knife in Afghanistan, however I also carried a Nepalese Kukri (traditional military style) that was given to me by our Nepalese dog handler and which I still have.

[@sonnysantana5454]

1' of history's strangest blades , they say it's in the 2'nd WW = i have a helluva collection of WW- 2' elite unit commando books , oss and soe and sas and sbs , sru , copp and lrdg , ppa and devils bdg , pu-5307 det 101' and in all of those very detailed oriented books their's not 1' photo of the EK knife , hell i even have books based on WW-2' commando blades and special unit knives and not 1' of so many books have a single spook troop ( recon or sabotage units ) carrying or using the EK knife

[@bakixavirists4561]

Man just give me the mark 2 and I'll be fine!

[@bakixavirists4561]

Other than that the ek commando is a elaborate prison shank!

[@GeorgeKnives]

@@bakixavirists4561John Ek is quoted as saying “how pretty does a knife have to be to kill a man?” 😂

[@bakixavirists4561]

@GeorgeKnives lol 😆 ok but still this is a elaborate prison shank!

[@TheKnifeLifeChannel]

I mean, when you get down to it aren't most knives elaborate prison shanks? At any rate the Gerber Mark 2 is on my radar for a future video as well. It is after all a Vietnam legend...

[@bakixavirists4561]

​@TheKnifeLifeChannel of course a real knife to me at least along with the yarborough knife by Chris reeve knives

[@andrewholdaway813]

El didn't think his knife needed a cross guard. Ek didn't know what the hell he was talking about.😅

[@jamesfitzsimons6309]

I have one that was made in Virginia from the 80s 🇺🇸

[@longrider42]

And then the Korean War hit, and we where just not prepared.

[@minimini4276]

EK Richmond made are the best

[@briangarrett710]

The one model in the middle looks like a Rex applegate fighter

[@philliplopez8745]

That 1917 is the ultimate primary entreching tool . A fighting hole is a terrible thing to want and not have .

[@philliplopez8745]

If I were to be dropped in the middle of nowhere with only a blade, it would be an old school Puma " white hunter "

[@karlschulte9231]

Got one for me, 1 for my Army and AF sons

[@RogerArnold-l7f]

Blanda Walk

[@christopherskipp1525]

Who is Mr. Ek?