These work for me:
I have both the six inch and the nine inch San Mai tantos. They handle as if they have a life of their own. Perhaps they do. Cold Steel makes a mighty fine knife.
These work for me:
I have both the six inch and the nine inch San Mai tantos. They handle as if they have a life of their own. Perhaps they do. Cold Steel makes a mighty fine knife.
I have a prewar Khukuri I favour, but the Cold Steel modernized version is nothing to dismiss, though I'm traditionalist enough that I really prefer a wood or horn handles to the Cold Steel rubber grip. But for someone less dedicated than I am to the Old Way but who still likes the effective Kukri design, the Cold Steel is hard to beat, and is indeed less likely to slip in the hand.
The recoil of a 7,5x55 Swiss G11 round going off withdraws the Pioneer bayonet neatly, and serves as a coup de grace at the same time. Convenient. I've got a M1917 bayonet for my M97 shotgfun, and my kid has a lond Australian bayonet for his Indian S.M.L.E. rifle as well. We're of sufficient Viking/North Germanic heritage as to appreciate steel as described by Marquis.
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