Military for the Seals?

[Razor]

I did a search on goggle for spyderco military, and it said thatr when a navy seal joins a platoon, they are given a combo edge, black blade spyderco military. Wonder if this is true?

[kodeslinger]

Link?

That'd be pretty sweet.

Wonder if there's a page where it lists which military (not the knife!) groups get what knives as standard equipment.

I know that emerson was commissioned to do some knives for certain groups a little while back, and the Civilian was made for some special ops guys working domestically.

[butch]

if i remember right its just one of the teams adopted the a spyder and it was a police i can see the seal on the blade but cant remember the team it was

[SimpleIsGood229]

and the Civilian was made for some special ops guys working domestically.
It was actually designed for LE, according to Spyderco.

[girlyMANN]

Wasn't it DEA?

[TVOSK]

I have a friend in the Navy who supplies a Seal Team and he says that they are issued a Benchmade Presido Auto CE and a Benchmade Nimravus fixed blade...

[swingshot]

My understanding was that Seals don't really have a particular issue knife or knives and just order what is considered suitable at the time.

My understanding may be incorrect of course.

[Manix Guy 2]

Butch there were several SEAL Police knives by team , sold through the PX . I believe they were engraved by an outside source . Treeman had some awhile ago . MG2

[butch]

you know now i ll have to look it up im 99% sure it was in a blade or tac. knives mag i had with the soon to be available then new millie

is it bad that seeing some knives are gettign longer in tooth are making me feel old

[tonydahose]

i have seen the police engraved with seal teams 1-3. as far as what they are using i have read somewhere that one of the teams were using a waved endura with a speed sheath, probably as a backup knife. I was lucky enough to be told of this endura (the only one i have ever seen) thanks to a forum member (thanks again) on here and picked it up to add to my collection.

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[butch]

cool
file this as yet another thing i can remember (but names and birthdays i cant seem to keep in my head)
also have a shot of the spring 1996 cover of tactical knives it came out of. i was ready to upgrade my endure and this mag put me over the top on my next knife buy

[Senate]

i was under the impression that this type of group used unmarked gear while deployed? :confused:

[tonydahose]

i was under the impression that this type of group used unmarked gear while deployed? :confused:

i am sure they do, but you need to have a knife when you are not deployed and a big fixed blade on your side might bring unwanted attention ;) + after all that hard work you did to make it in an elite group you are proud to put that symbol on some of your possesions and maybe a tattoo also.:)

[Mr Blonde]

I remember that -at least in the past- SEALs were issued a Cold Steel Recon Tanto and a Spyderco Endura. Knives with emblems seem to me to be private purchases by the teams.

Check this thread, hosted by a SEAL with the handle 'frogman': http://www.tacticalforums.com/cgi-bin/tacticalubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000117#000000


Wouter

[bladese97]

:spyder: :spyder: :cool: :spyder: :spyder: Well; One can only hope that our worlds finest get the Finest in Cutlery Technology(Spyderco):cool:

[hawk chucker]

I am a lurker here.However if you look at my post count, and my join date you will notice that I have been around a while.

I usually only post questions here, but now feel that I can give an answer to a question posed. There is no Spydie that has ever been issued to ANY SEAL or team. There is actually very few knives that are issued. The first that is Issued is the Cold Steel SRK. That is given to all prospective seals at the beginning of BUDS.

Other than the Srk there really is no offical knife. Any Knife however can be given NSN number and be carried in the Px. Seals were given latitude on any edge weapon and carried a very diverse set of tools.

Other blades that were issued. LM Wave, Gerber 600, Camilus K-Bar, Camilus mk2 dive knife. and a couple others.

Hawkchucker
Buds class 6/95

[hawk chucker]

i am sure they do, but you need to have a knife when you are not deployed and a big fixed blade on your side might bring unwanted attention ;) + after all that hard work you did to make it in an elite group you are proud to put that symbol on some of your possesions and maybe a tattoo also.:)

Had to come back and respond to this as it tweeked my melon. There is a lot of stuff the the trident was put on. we dont buy it all. In fact most of the time it is sold to any service member of any branch by companies to make more profit.

Ive said enough time to lurk again.

[tonydahose]

Had to come back and respond to this as it tweeked my melon. There is a lot of stuff the the trident was put on. we dont buy it all. In fact most of the time it is sold to any service member of any branch by companies to make more profit.

Ive said enough time to lurk again.

i am sure you guys (seals) don't buy them all but the one i have came with a letter from the orignal owner. i just looked it up, i won't post his name but the letter states at the time of the first sale (early 2000) that he was an active duty senior chief petty officer on seal team 3 in cornado and under his name it looks like UDTRA #59. i can understand how it would piss you off for companies to put the trident on to sell more of their stuff but i think spyderco does a pretty good job of only selling engraved knives with a logo to only people who belong to that group of said logo. i checked in on this because i want to get one with the chicago fire department symbol and one of the first things they want is identifcation.

p.s. thanks for serving :)

[Chucula]

Huh..one of my best friends just shipped out to be a seal on Monday (yesterday). When he gets through, I'll ask him what knife he was issued, just for fun :D

[KSDbass]

Not much to add, other than that I'm pretty sure Emerson made some "naked" CQC7's for the Marines.

[scout]

In the Discovery channel documentary, It shows that the issue knife for BUD/S is the Seal pup.

[dd61999]

I never understood why people want to buy knives used by the special forces.

[Chucula]

I never understood why people want to buy knives used by the special forces.

They assume "if special forces use it, it must be good." There is some truth to that, but good does not mean best (as you seem to understand).

[Manix Guy 2]

I believe there have been early posts about this series and if I remember right Mr. Jensen had a hand selling these through the PX . MG2

[hawk chucker]

In the Discovery channel documentary, It shows that the issue knife for BUS/S is the Seal pup.

Nope. just called a friend still at the bay.(Coranado)They are still issuing the SRK. In the Kydex sheath. In fact it is still the old stock of the Carbon V. You may have seen an instructor.

[Medic]

guys what chan is buds training on? i've seen one season but i absolutely love the show. is there more than 1 season? i usually only find it on tv around 2am or later