Posted on 09/09/2011 6:20:00 PM PDT by Nachum
Emerson Knives, Inc. has been building custom knives for the Navy SEALs since its founding in 1979. This month, Emerson is memorializing the SEALs whose helicopter was shot down by insurgents in Afghanistan on August 5th with a commemorative Emerson CQC-6 combat knife with a blade constructed with steel from the World Trade Center. The Emerson CQC-6 design has been a sidearm staple for the SEALs since the 1980s. The knife’s letters, CQC, mean “Close Quarter Combat,” and the “6” refers to SEAL Team 6. According to Ernest Emerson,
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I like my Gurkha knife. It’s really old (60+ years) and the blade is very sharp.
I want one.
We always swam in buddy pairs, so two swimmers/divers had two flares and two smokes between them. They were basically a mayday device for in extremis. Pulled only for “Help me Mr. Wizard!” If you popped a smoke or flare, it had better have been life or death. I never did.
Ditto. Guess I’m not gonna bid for it. Anything over $100 is out of my price range. LOL
Just starting to forge knives myself. Lots of hammer in’s of late. Got most of my tools collected with tips from locals an folks here like Tet68. Still learning an wasting some railroad spikes in the process...:o)
You get a chance post a pic of that blade you posted about. If ya have time of course.
Stay safe...
I would not want one. It just seems too much of a gimmick. The Kabars are pretty much the standard but I never thought they were any better than other high quality such as the Cold Steel SRK.
To top it off they are pretty reasonable. I ordered a Swiss bayonet from CDNN and it looks very similar to the old Gerber Guardian. It is basically a long blade resembling the old Sykes-Fairbairne but with a longer blade and not quite as thin a point. I figure since it was made by Sig/Neuhausen that the quality would be first class. The only thing I don’t like about it is the handle tho with finger holds, is slippery metal. I simply wrapped it with several layers of athletic tape.
Ill send ya some pics of mine this weekend. Same knife was issued to me in EOD. I broke a bunch of em albeit abuse on my part as the blade was never intended to do what I did with it.
I finally bought a Randall 14 with my own cash and when my supply troop saw it he ordered all of us one. Never broke a Randall 14. But have some deep scratches in it. Mines still used for hunting.
Several years ago I was visiting the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola.
One of the more interesting things to me were the engine cutaways.
I was looking at the (impeller?) blades on the jets, these were maybe a foot long or maybe a bit more. I touched then and tapped them and they just plain looked like they would have made great knife blades.
That is very good steel for a knife. Marbles made their carbon steel knives out of that type of steel.
Most likely titanium.... I was issued a titanium beryllium composite non magnetic knife for working near ordnance that would bite me with normal tools.
Each one of those knives were serial numbered an accounted for in a manner that was scary strict. I remember they finally came for em before mine could fall off the truck per se....
Making small items now in retirement with a propane forge an small workshop. Fun and a cruel learning curve learning that black art .....
All fun these days.... Btw I did just recently get a gift from my brother who was in Israel. He visited the Du**star factory an brought me some very nice D2 blades that they wire EDM build.
The Magen... Stay Safe !
Its more like a short machete, on the tang I took two plates of T6 3/8ths aluminum flat stock and clamped it down good and used my aluminum wire feed welder to fill in all around, then I took my 4” 24 grit disc sander and put in finger grooves.
Its not a work of art but with my belt sander I was able to get a good straight blade with a decent bevel. I went and joined several knife making forums and they instructed me about the triple quench procedure that this steel prefers for a keen edge.
I can say this, I am a fabricator and a welder and this steel was some of the hardest I have ever pounded on! 53100 isn’t for beginners, best steel for a novice is a big high quality bastard or mill file,or a good leaf spring like from an import.
Some interesting new trends is heating and beating a piece of chainsaw wrapped around a round rod. makes a unique pattern with the core being strong and not brittle. one of these days I will get a camera set up.
I meant 52100, not 53200. I read that it is a good steel to use but is hard to work with.
True, but the buildings were clad in stainless.
Now that’s a knife!
304SS perhaps?
FYI ~~
According to Ernest Emerson, founder and CEO of Emerson Knives, without the support of the SEALs, the company would not exist. Emerson is showing his gratitude and support by raising money for the families of the members of SEAL Team 6 by auctioning off this memorial knife.
“We built the second blade from steel from the World Trade Center because the reason these guys are in the Afghanistan is because of what happened on September 11th, 2001,” said Emerson. “The SEALs recognize this [design] as ‘their knife.’”
The bidding is currently up over $8,500.
BTTT
I use Anza knives “Boddington” an bought my brother one as well.... The damn thing is surgical sharp an made from files as you suggest. I’m still snaging steel where I can find it.
I have a parang made from a leaf spring for me when I was stationed in the PI an it is still busting brush as a landscaping tool.
On those forums you may see Dicky Robinson’s name. That’s the man that does our hammer ins over in Vega Texas.
I have seen his work in damascus. The chain you mention an other patterns. He s famous for his “feather” pattern....
Good info Unk. Grateful.... Stay safe !
We now have the two excellent samurai swords my Iwo Jima vet father in law brought back from the occupation of Japan 1946.
So I don’t bother much talking about great blades anymore, since the katanas are pretty much way above everything else I’ve ever handled.
I once bought a Phrobis knife from a pawn shop in Black Mountain, NC. I could tell it was a nice knife and the sheath was exceptionally nice looking. I paid $20 for it and was sure I got a good deal.
The next day I was at a gun show in Asheville and as soon as I entered and turned right, I stopped at the first table. The guy asked me what I wanted for the knife and I said $50, thinking I would probably take $30. To my surprise he immediately handed me a $50 bill.
I still don’t know exactly what the knife was but it must have been a bargain at $50.
Very, very cool.
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