Neck Knife Recommendations Requested

[Leadhead]

While it's not really a "neck" knife...and it's alot more money then the Necker.... the Chris Reave Professional Soldier looks like a real handy knife!
I'd love to check one out in hand...

 

[Todd A]

but if you ever have to baton logs with a neck knife, you need to re-evaluate your gear.

Don't think so. The BK11 is designed for such use.From Mr Ethan Becker himself.....in response to a post I made in his forum

"I use a BK11 to baton small stuff every morning during the fire building season (after a fuzz stick or two) and there have been no probs after years of using the Camillus version for this purpose and the Ka-Bar made blade is sturdier and has a more forgiving heat treat !!!....Using a club and a NECKER to
cut notches and cut to length saplings and branches is one of the things I designed the piece to do...."


Maybe you feel a need to carry a large "chopper" into the woods on every trip. I don't.

I am confident in my gear.You are confident in yours.I am comfortable with a 3" fixed, by your statement you are not.

Differant strokes, but don't imply that I am not capable of choosing sturdy gear that fits my needs.

 

[Quilbilly]

Buck

I have been looking at it for sometime. Would love some feedback it you end up getting it.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

I sometimes carry, and like very much the "Sig-Tac Pit Bull"

http://www.impactguns.com/store/STG01P.html

 

[hso]

Just for everyone's information, the Sigtac Pitbull is made by Timberline and is the same knife as the Timberline Lightfoot Mini-Pitbull. Instead of Impactguns' $40 price you can find both knives for $20 to $25 on the net.

Gun companies don't make knives, Glock being an exception. HK and Sig knives are almost always existing models from a knife manufacturer that has the gun company's logo on them. Sometimes different colors are used and sometimes, but very rarely, different materials are used.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Thanks, HSO! I'm glad to know that - I had wondered who made these for Sig.

I got it "free" with the purchase of a NIB Sig 220 few years back.

 

[hso]

Several Sigtac knives are made by Timberline and Randal King Knives. Sigtac just has them labeled for them.

 

[nc76]

I have the Crawford Triumph Neck from CRKT.

Mine is the one without the corded wrap. I haven't really used it for anything yet, but it is a neat little knife.

http://crkt.com/neck.html

 

[WardenWolf]

When you first said "neck knife", I thought you were asking for a kukri. Kukris are sometimes referred to as "neck knives", due to the way their curved blade facilitates cutting a neck from behind.

 

[hso]

Kukris are sometimes referred to as "neck knives", due to the way their curved blade facilitates cutting a neck from behind.

Whatcha mean?

 

[WardenWolf]

It stems more from fiction and urban legend than reality. Actual use of a kukri is as a slashing weapon, but its odd design tends to lead the uninformed to believe it was used as an assassin's or executioner's tool in such a way. People aren't familiar with it, and they try to figure out how to use it, and that's one of the more common misnomers.

 

[hso]

I agree, it is pure fiction.

Nepalese Gurkhas simply hack the skull or the back of the neck if the skull is helmeted. Much more certain and quicker than fantasy throat cutting. The blade is designed for chopping and heads and necks of enemies are purported to make excellent targets. This is the same technique Col. Applegate advocated for the Smatchete, another heavy chopping blade.

 

[Joe Demko]

The AG Russell Hunter's Scalpel is a tiny and very useful neck knife. I've had one for several years. Anything one might do with a small pocket knife, one can do with the Scalpel except have it close on your fingers.

 

[Joe Demko]

I hate all of you. This thread forced me to buy one of those Beckers.

 

[Todd A]

Hey!!!! You can't blame us for not being able to resist the siren call of the Becker Necker.

With the sole purpose of knife testing in mind, I gave my BK11 another workout.

I can report that the cap lifter does indeed work.

 

[JTW Jr.]

Simonich Crowfoot works great with a Merc-Harness...

Arno Bernard also make some economically priced custom neckers.

 

[Tomahawk]

How about the RAT Izula or the Cold Steel Spike? I really like them both.

 

[gripper]

I tend to favor the Cold Steel (Scimitar) Spike for my own daily carry.The G4 is lighter,but the rubber grip prints onsom eclothing...the Double Agent ( Kerambit type blade) looks useful,but the fingerholes mean you are NOT going to change grips if you have to deploy it in a hurry( the draw puts it in a point-forward grip,in case any reverse grip afficionados were wondering)