Military knives, from history to collecting

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Why choose to buy American military knives?

There are many collectors who choose to purchase American military knives. Collecting this type of item is extremely widespread, especially among enthusiasts of memorabilia dating back to the most well-known war conflicts.

Among the most sought after products in this sense, we remember the war knives that took part in world conflicts. There are many historic brands born in recent years that still operate in the sector today. Obviously it is very difficult to purchase a military knife that has actually taken part in a conflict of historical importance such as a world war.

In fact, anyone who owns one will hardly want to get rid of it. To meet the needs of many enthusiasts, however, many brands of combat knives offer the possibility of purchasing reproductions or commemorative knives.

Among the best-known brands that offer this type of product, we remember for example the brand Ka Bar or SOG, two companies well known among knife enthusiasts, who still continue to produce for collectors' purposes some of the classic series that took part to international conflicts.

As previously mentioned, there are several brands of American military knives that still make commemorative versions of items originally used in war conflicts. Among the most famous we remember the Ka Bar brand, a well-known company made in the USA. became famous for the Ka Bar USMC knife.

Originally, this military knife became famous as a tool supplied to the US Army soldiers during World War II. Famous for its exceptional resistance, the Ka Bar has gone down in history as one of the symbols of this world conflict and today there are many collectors who decide to purchase a commemorative version.

Among the famous military knife brands, we also remember the SOG brand. This younger company became famous during the US conflict in Vietnam. SOG knife was originally issued to US secret agents during patrols on foreign territory.

Subsequently the same SOG knife was used by the Navy SEALs as a tool supplied to this special U.S. force.

However, there remain many brands of military knives made in the USA. who over the years have specialized in the creation of tactical knives subsequently also used by military forces. Other well-known examples are the OKC knives, or the Linton knives and others.

1) Ka Bar Knives;

The Ka Bar military knife brand is one of the best known among the combat knife brands. As mentioned, the 1219 USMC Mark 2 knife was adopted for the first time by the United States Marine Corps in 1942. From here begins the most famous story of this historic brand whose products will later be used by the United States Navy as well as by 'army.

Today the brand is known for making commemorative versions of the USMC knife. A version for every war conflict in which this knife took part. Among the best-known conflicts we remember the Korean War, the Vietnam War as well as the Gulf War or the Second World War.

2) SOG knives;

The history of the SOG brand of military knives is much more recent than that of the Ka Bar brand. The company that today produces the SOG knives was founded in Santa Monica, California in 1986, although the history of the SOG knives dates back to a few years before this date.

Originally the SOG knife was in fact produced by the US military specifically to be an untraceable tool. The design, color and type of blade used by this knife should not have allowed us to trace its manufacture. The reason was linked to the use of this tactical knife, which was supplied to secret agents in Vietnam and which in the event of capture or death, was not supposed to reveal the origin of the agent.

Later some of the most popular SOG knives were revived for mass production. Early SOG Bowie versions were made from Japanese steel and produced at SEKI.

Foldable models;

Among enthusiasts of combat items, folding military knives have always been well received. The reason is probably linked to the fact that military combat knives used in conflicts are mostly fixed blade.

In recent years, however, the important production of folding military knives made by some of the most important sporting knife brands has given many enthusiasts and collectors the opportunity to change their minds.

Today, in fact, there are many companies of international importance that have become famous for the production of close knives bile. Among the best-known American companies, we remember Spyderco, Benchmade, Al Mar, Zero Tolerance and many others.

In conclusion:

In this short article dedicated to the most well-known American military knife brands, we had the opportunity to talk about some of the most important names that have made the history of American knives. We talked about the Ka Bar brand, SOG one of the most famous brands in the creation of combat knives that actually took part in the most important US war conflicts.