MOD Survival knife
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I don't know but I guess it's to put the knife on your weak side, i.e. away from your shooting side. Though I've never used / been issued one. The issue golock sheath is the same. We generally kept them strapped to a land rover but when I've worn one it's been on my left hand side and cross drawn.
I believe the sheath is left handed so a pistol can go on the right side. But it's not really a big deal, the sheath isn't fancy anyway, and I converted mine to be right handed.
Where are folks buying the MOD blade blanks?? I reckon I could enjoy handling one in something fancy and giving it a proper make over. All I done with my old one was ciut off and shape the back guard, reprofile/sharpen, strip that powdery blade coating, sculpt the handle and then give it a bit of rubber heat shrink tubing for added grip. Although mine was razor sharp, I used it mostly for batoning bits of wood for bbqs and stuff, although I did do a spoon with it once and it was pretty dcecent! lol
Wow! That's a helluva transformation! Like the progress photos, you can hardly believe it.
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this is why i test every blade... both mod survival knifes dated 1993 with very similar grinds albeit 1 degree, blade kept cool right through stock removal and i get this within the first few chops on some 4 inch live ash...
the other one was put through its paces and seems fine...
the other one was put through its paces and seems fine...
Many thanks Andy, I'll have a look at work to check out if it's still valid or if it has been superceeded.
this is why i test every blade... both mod survival knifes dated 1993 with very similar grinds albeit 1 degree, blade kept cool right through stock removal and i get this within the first few chops on some 4 inch live ash...
the other one was put through its paces and seems fine...
ther is a reason it has such Beefy Geometry and is called a Sharpened prybar your new Grind is taking it beyond its Envelope
and welcome to Sheffield Quality control
remember regardless of what you Mod on the MOD you cant change the Steel tho you could try and improve the HT
That's the sheath for the issued jungle golok, I have one and will try to put some photos up later.
Colin
Is it? I've got the Martindale golock in the dpm issue sheath and mine looks a wee bit different to that. Unless the jungle golock is different to the "normal" one. I'm certainly no expert here. My sheath is a plce one and dates from the mid 90s (the machete is a lot older)
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My basic Google Fu finds the sheath that I've got:
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/s...lxxJfhGaJNnGInodti1r8Z2WKn5IavRYxMaAqcj8P8HAQ
and the one in the pic above:
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/s.../jungle-knife-sheath-new-and-used-983544.html
They describe it as the jungle knife sheath, though other folk label it as the jungle machete sheath. I'm now officially non the wiser!
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Solved! According to the following link, it's for the new jungle knife, i.e. a big bolo type machete.
http://www.kitmonster.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/35/products_id/893
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It's eleven and a half inches long and the fat part of the blade is three and a half inches across.
Colin
Colin
NSN is still good, may have to ask the nice man at Q&M. Although I am toying with the idea of spending 22 sovs at kit monster for their nice looking sheath.
http://www.kitmonster.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/69/products_id/313
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