Knives/daggers in the Twilight War

[weswood]

As far as knives go, my vote is for the Marine Corps K-Bar. I've used mine for everything from prying open and nailing closed wood crates, skinning & butchering deer, and general camp chores like clearing saplings and cutting rope. Thank God I've never had to use it for combat, though.

[Brother in Arms]

I think you'd see all kinds of knives and other melee weapons being carried. I really like home made theater knives. But I have always gravitated to military knives....

Here are some of my favorites..
1918 trench Knife
"KABAR" Conetta M7 Bayonet (basickly an M7 handle with a KABAR blade fits M16 rifles)
Arkansas Toothpick
Confederate D guard Bowie
Finnish Pukko

Im also a huge fan of belt,axes hatchets and tomahawks but only the 18th century sort like long hunters and trapper carried I hate the modern ones.

Brother in Arms

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Brother in Arms

...axes hatchets and tomahawks but only the 18th century sort like long hunters and trapper carried I hate the modern ones.

I used to carry one on my webbing as both tool and "backup weapon" in case my M60 had a fatal stoppage. Drew a few second glances I must say.
Tried a 1907 SMLE bayonet for a while, but it was a little long and unwieldy when crawling, and was near useless as a tool.

[Targan]

A late friend of mine had a beautiful Gerber tomahawk with a synthetic (carbon fibre or fibreglass) handle. It came with fast-release plastic belt-mounted quarter scabbard. I was impressed by it's design, weight and balance. I think it would've made a very effective and brutal hand to hand weapon as well as a handy tool. it was very light for its size.

[weswood]

When I played around with the SCA my prefered weapon was an axe. I liked a small double bladed head with a haft around 30". With it I could catch an opponent's weapon between the blade and the haft tying it up while I struck with a secondary weapon. Or I could catch his shield and yank it out of the way to for a strike.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Targan

A late friend of mine had a beautiful Gerber tomahawk with a synthetic (carbon fibre or fibreglass) handle. It came with fast-release plastic belt-mounted quarter scabbard. I was impressed by it's design, weight and balance. I think it would've made a very effective and brutal hand to hand weapon as well as a handy tool. it was very light for its size.

I've almost ordered one, a couple of times now. I'd probably never use it, though, and despite the alarming number of folks out there (growing every day, it seems) that actually believe in a coming Zombacalypse, I just don't see it happening.

As to bladed weapons in T2K, one of my favorite PCs carries a hatchet. He recently used it in combat (after carrying it around for two years, RT) for the very first time, to great, if messy, effect.