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

I suppose that guy just mixed up Celts vs Vikings, then things could be right. Vikings were colonizers of Ireland and founded many cities of Ireland we know today. Many Vikings integrated Irish/Celtic society and interbred with the Irish people. Today, up to 20% of the Irish DNA of Scandinavian ancestry mainly from southern and western Norway.

I thought it was pronounced EE KAY, not ECK

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!

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.

Ek edges are the best for fighting knife period

A "possible" theory is called a hypothesis.

Prefer the british knife

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.

I love the Look of the Trench Knife, but sadly that's where it ends, it is a terrible knife for combat, fighting a Fighter who has an FS or any standard style of Knife Dagger is impossible, they can change grip instantly to suit the moment, whereas the Trench Knife has its Obvious limitations, still, I was Super Pissed when it was Banned in the UK, even though one has Never been used in a Crime, yet another Neutering of the Population to suit the Lazy Bastard Police Farces, fortunately, I still have my service FS & a number of extremely useable Ornaments, I say Ornaments because here in the UK, we are Banned, under threat of Prison, from Actively Defending Ourselves, Nothing can be Owned if it is Primarily bought for Self Defence, even if it is kept within the confines of your home, hows that for Archaic? Violent Crime is over 70 x what it was just 10 years ago, gun smuggling is over 40x what it was 10 years ago, 5 Police Farces have gone On Record stating that they "Cannot guarantee the safety of the British public, & that was when things were much better, 3 police farces have Not made an arrest for Any thefts in over a year & 2 have not arrested 1 single solitary Mugger in that same time period, & our governments for the last 20 years at least have been filling our country up with Undocumented Illegal Financial Migrants All men of fighting age, with No Checkable Background, 1 14 year old boy turned out to be a 32 year old Serial Rapist, we have had Massive rises in Rape, Gang Rape & Murders of our Children, 1 guy who Raped 2 12 year old girls got 150 hours of Comunity Service, picking up litter, & another who was caught Confest to his crime of Raping a Child of 12, got the case Dismissed, he walked Free, why, well obviously because the judge was a Twat, but because the Secular school he attended in Gret Britain Didn't tell him it was Illegal to Rape a White child of 12. & we are supposed to trust the Judicial System to Protect our loved ones.
Sorry for the rant, my country's demise just pisses me off, especially because our forefathers died fighting these bastards in WW1, & now our government is shipping them in by the boat load & British Citizens Who Cannot afford to give Themselves a decent life are being Forced to pay the Bill for Ungreatful, Ignorant people who Riot in our streets Demanding we accept their Vile Archaic Laws, Scream for Us to be Beheaded & at their very first opportunity would see us in Chains they Don't respect Us or Our customs, but they are Happy to accept our money, especially if a few thousand OAPs freeze to death because of it.
Ahh, that's better.

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

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.

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.

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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!

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.

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The treaty of Versailles was in 1919 not 1918. If you don’t know that, your history lesson isn’t valid.

I think he copied it directly from the CUTCO steak knife.

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

Odd how your hands end up in the same place with the thumbs pointed tip to tip.
Try to be more relaxed if you can.

I prefer hand gaurd and pummel

As my friend Dave would say; "Bowie!"

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

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.

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

it is just a knockoff Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife . I will take he ogiginal any day over this.

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.

Style 1 EK origins? A prison shank? Ugly as hell. No style. I like the Randalls.

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

Thank you !!

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

Bo Randall made a knife that was really covetted.

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

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

That no guard thing is bonkers.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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?.

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

Please show more of the knife less of you. Camera is on you for 99% of the video!

Love my Ek 44

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

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

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

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 .......