MOD Survival knife

[Blundstoned Love]

I know they are not well regarded in some quarters, but I want one to use as a camp knife that can be used as a beaster (i.e. abused with nary a second thought).

My questions is - where do I get one cheap?

Thanks

 

[bambodoggy]

No idea where's best to buy one I'm afraid but I've always rather liked mine. To be fair I haven't used it in quite a few years now as I have other knives to try for a while but after my lekku and a large camp knife a mate made, the MoD is my favourite big knife And it certainly is big.....and heavy. Did a few minor mods on mine, filled the handle rivets and sanded them down, sanded the square edges off the handle, reprofiled the edge to a scandi grind and ground away the lower part of the hand slip guard (can't remember the proper name for it.....hilt?). I also got a modern cordura sheath for it as the issue one is pretty cack

Good luck with your search

 

[peaks]

Still made in Sheffield to MOD spec - scroll down the link

http://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/products/military-knives.html

 

[woof]

Friend of mine who's still serving, has had his a long time, & it goes/has been everywhere with him, he wouldn't deploy without it.

Rob

 

[widu13]

Phone http://www.survivalaids.com you'll have to purchase with a credit card in your name or provide proof of age due to the age restrictions, but they are currently available.

 

[mark.177]

you can get one under £40 delivered here http://www.penrithsurvival.com/buy/...-with-carbon-steel-blade-mod-part-1278214_128.
i just ordered one to see what i can make it into!

 

[Samon]

Ignore the negative comments about these knives mate. Most people just recycle the same old crums and haven't even handled or owned one.

I had one for years, all it needs is a 20 minute face lift on the edge with a little file and some stones, then it'll shave your arm hair all day long.



That's my old one, I swapped it a while back but I will get another if one pops up cheap as they are genuinely awesome knives! Tougher than any becker, ka bar or whatever the yanks seem to bang on about.

 

[widu13]

I've had one since being issued one in 1987. It will do EVERYTHING a Mora will do, without the risk of being damaged. It digs very well too!

 

[John Fenna]

I had one , traded it, miss it!

 

[MikeLA]

First knife I used and still do on occasions. Just make sure you dont get the webtex version

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

These knives are built to last, I am sure it can handle anything you can throw at it. As been said before the edge does need a little work to bring it up to scratch but it does not take long. The only thing I didn't like was the left handed sheath that it came with. Apart from that a cracking knife at a great price. I purchased mine from heinnie as they were the cheapest at the time.

 

[Will_]

Great knife! Once it's got a good edge, it can handle anything you throw at it.
Unbelievably tough. Make sure it's a proper MOD one, not a Webtex replica.
The 3rd picture here shows the MOD stamp between the two lower rivets: http://www.penrithsurvival.com/buy/...-with-carbon-steel-blade-mod-part-1278214_128
I bought mine from Heinnie.

 

[Tom Gold]

I got mine from Penrith Survival (already linked by Will). Great knife with a crap sheath. I modified the blade profile by filing the spine of the blade from about the half way mark down to the point. Gives it a less machete like appearance.

I usually take my Mora black and GFB axe together but if I was going to take only one tool it would be this bad boy.

Cheers,

T

 

[Will_]

I got mine from Penrith Survival (already linked by Will). Great knife with a crap sheath. I modified the blade profile by filing the spine of the blade from about the half way mark down to the point. Gives it a less machete like appearance.

I usually take my Mora black and GFB axe together but if I was going to take only one tool it would be this bad boy.

Cheers,

T

Got any pics dude?

 

[andybysea]

I like mine too, just sharpend the blade and sanded the handle till it had a nice round smooth finish, unfortunately this removed the mod stamps off the handle but hey ho its a keeper so I know it was there.

 

[Tom Gold]

Will, my first time posting a pic here so hopinng it works. Here's my MOD which I reshaped alongside my Mora for size comparison

http://https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Dcw2FdynUd8/VEvXkuziKRI/AAAAAAAAIS0/WuQzycNCM44/w426-h304/MOD1.JPG

 

[Tom Gold]

Trying again with this pic...

 

[Tom Gold]

Will, last shot at posting MOD knife pic before emailing moderator to see what I'm doing wrong,

Anyway, couple of hours filing time on the spine of the blade followed by several sandings and one resharpening. Am pleased with the result


http://http://thetreeline.co.uk/2014/10/25/mod-survival-knife-modified/

 

[slowworm]

Just post up the url and then add the img tags yourself. So,

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...RI/AAAAAAAAIS0/WuQzycNCM44/w426-h304/MOD1.JPG

becomes:

 

[andybysea]

still cant open link, oops slowworm got in first.