Zixinus
04-12-2009, 09:00 AM
So, I guess I should show what I have.
Most of these knives are cheap stuff I've got from Christmas-time market bodes. They were cheap and I didn't know better about a lot of them.
I've tried to sharpen most of them with fairly good results.
My favourite: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4595/hpim6523.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6523.jpg)
Supposedly a hunting knife, but somehow I don't buy that. Why would a hunter need knuckle-guards and a blade with that angle (I've deliberately chosen ? My guess that it was intended as a general-purpose fighting/survival knife but somehow got marketed as a hunting knife.
Either way, no maker or steel type marker. The blade is completely without any kind of markings. I managed to make it frighteningly sharp.
Next, a Hungarian make:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4557/hpim6535.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6535.jpg)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5616/hpim6537.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6537.jpg)
An AKM bayonet, not the original packaging and stringing. The original way that the leath ties were used was quite impractical and clumsy.
What I do like about it is the simple blade:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3485/hpim6538t.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6538t.jpg)
Quite easy to hone and I guess that's deliberate: so that even soviet conscripts could do it easily and figure it out without much training. Typical attitude, but there is some wisdom in it.
Next up, something I've got from a antique sale:
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5370/hpim6541.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6541.jpg)
Can't really add anything about it, except perhaps that its possibly too long. The handle would suit a slightly shorter weapon.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9374/hpim6545.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6545.jpg)
I think this practically qualifies as a machete, yet I think there is a hole on the ricasso so that it can serve as a bayonet.
Finally:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8526/hpim6551.th.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6551.jpg)
A Swiss bayonet. Unlike the others, I didn't attempt to sharpen this as it would clearly need an expert rather than a hack like myself.
The next pieces I want for my collection is a KM2000 and perhaps a commando-type dagger.
Partly the reason why I registered up here is to ask a simple question: should I pursue getting a KM2000? To me, its quite a significant investment and everything I was able to get about this knife tells my limited knowledge that it should be excellent as a fighting knife.
However, since I'm going to gather money for this for two months, I have to be careful and considerate.
Most of these knives are cheap stuff I've got from Christmas-time market bodes. They were cheap and I didn't know better about a lot of them.
I've tried to sharpen most of them with fairly good results.
My favourite: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4595/hpim6523.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6523.jpg)
Supposedly a hunting knife, but somehow I don't buy that. Why would a hunter need knuckle-guards and a blade with that angle (I've deliberately chosen ? My guess that it was intended as a general-purpose fighting/survival knife but somehow got marketed as a hunting knife.
Either way, no maker or steel type marker. The blade is completely without any kind of markings. I managed to make it frighteningly sharp.
Next, a Hungarian make:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4557/hpim6535.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6535.jpg)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5616/hpim6537.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6537.jpg)
An AKM bayonet, not the original packaging and stringing. The original way that the leath ties were used was quite impractical and clumsy.
What I do like about it is the simple blade:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3485/hpim6538t.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6538t.jpg)
Quite easy to hone and I guess that's deliberate: so that even soviet conscripts could do it easily and figure it out without much training. Typical attitude, but there is some wisdom in it.
Next up, something I've got from a antique sale:
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5370/hpim6541.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6541.jpg)
Can't really add anything about it, except perhaps that its possibly too long. The handle would suit a slightly shorter weapon.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9374/hpim6545.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6545.jpg)
I think this practically qualifies as a machete, yet I think there is a hole on the ricasso so that it can serve as a bayonet.
Finally:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8526/hpim6551.th.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim6551.jpg)
A Swiss bayonet. Unlike the others, I didn't attempt to sharpen this as it would clearly need an expert rather than a hack like myself.
The next pieces I want for my collection is a KM2000 and perhaps a commando-type dagger.
Partly the reason why I registered up here is to ask a simple question: should I pursue getting a KM2000? To me, its quite a significant investment and everything I was able to get about this knife tells my limited knowledge that it should be excellent as a fighting knife.
However, since I'm going to gather money for this for two months, I have to be careful and considerate.