Ka-bar pistol bayonet...

deadcoyote · April 29, 2010, 02:55 PM

before you giggle your soda out your nose, relax. I simply see this as a fair priced nice fixed blade knife. Here's the question, does the rail attachment come off the handle so I can simply carry it as a knife? It seems like the perfect sized beefy fixed blade, had a bad folder experience (ouch) and am looking to switch my daily carry knife.

Ridge_Runner_5 · April 29, 2010, 04:41 PM

It does not come off. There are far better options for a carry knife, anyways... I use a Gerber folder I bought at WalMart...

deadcoyote · April 29, 2010, 04:57 PM

My Gerber easy out broke, folded up, and bit me! I don't blame Gerber, I was using it to butcher an animal, not exactly what it was designed for. However, it gave me some thought as to how tough a lower end folder like that would actually hold up if it was ever put to defensive use.

qcpunk · April 29, 2010, 05:29 PM

deadcoyote, Thank you! I was a little scared to check this thread, but you have reaffirmed my thoughts on the pistol bayonette.

I have no idea as to whether or not the rail mount comes off of the handle. But I do think you have a great idea for wanting to use that as a pocket or belt carried full tang fixed SD blade.

I see no reason as to why you could not cut and grind the mount off, and with a little time, it could be done such that nobody would ever know the difference. It would just take a little time with the cutoff wheel, grinder and dremel. Food for thought.....

April 29, 2010, 02:55 PM	#1
deadcoyote Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2009 Location: northern CA Posts: 674	Ka-bar pistol bayonet... before you giggle your soda out your nose, relax. I simply see this as a fair priced nice fixed blade knife. Here's the question, does the rail attachment come off the handle so I can simply carry it as a knife? It seems like the perfect sized beefy fixed blade, had a bad folder experience (ouch) and am looking to switch my daily carry knife.

April 29, 2010, 05:29 PM	#4
qcpunk Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: Farmsville, AZ Posts: 305	deadcoyote, Thank you! I was a little scared to check this thread, but you have reaffirmed my thoughts on the pistol bayonette. I have no idea as to whether or not the rail mount comes off of the handle. But I do think you have a great idea for wanting to use that as a pocket or belt carried full tang fixed SD blade. I see no reason as to why you could not cut and grind the mount off, and with a little time, it could be done such that nobody would ever know the difference. It would just take a little time with the cutoff wheel, grinder and dremel. Food for thought..... __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." --Abraham Lincoln

April 29, 2010, 04:41 PM	#2
Ridge_Runner_5 Senior Member Join Date: February 8, 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,925	It does not come off. There are far better options for a carry knife, anyways... I use a Gerber folder I bought at WalMart...

April 29, 2010, 04:57 PM	#3
deadcoyote Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2009 Location: northern CA Posts: 674	My Gerber easy out broke, folded up, and bit me! I don't blame Gerber, I was using it to butcher an animal, not exactly what it was designed for. However, it gave me some thought as to how tough a lower end folder like that would actually hold up if it was ever put to defensive use.