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Ontario Knife. It has not been fully replaced as of 2014.) Requirements for the replacement knife, set by the
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List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
153:or precision edge marker. It includes a crushed
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145:cockpit windows and cut through an aircraft's
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297:"Army developing new aircrew survival knife"
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174:United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab
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335:. United States Army. Archived from
303:. United States Army. Archived from
1070:Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife
168:During the initial evaluation, an
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1595:W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
64:sawing through aircraft skin and
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16:U.S. Army aircrew survival knife
1366:Columbia River Knife & Tool
212:. The knife also comes with a
149:skin. It may also be used as a
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1464:Korin Japanese Trading Company
706:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
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606:Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
295:Lui, Petersi (28 July 2003).
21:Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
78:Required features included:
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1268:U.S. Marine Raider stiletto
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35:Development and Adoption
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1424:Gerber Legendary Blades
540:Japanese kitchen knives
421:List of blade materials
201:Gerber Legendary Blades
1625:Yoshida Metal Industry
1489:Medford Knife and Tool
1351:Clauss Cutlery Company
1214:Microtech Jagdkommando
1042:Yarara Parachute Knife
328:Trumble, Christopher.
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1637:Zero Tolerance Knives
1610:Western Knife Company
1519:Ontario Knife Company
1391:Ek Commando Knife Co.
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1557:SOG Specialty Knives
82:a point used to stab
1529:Randall Made Knives
1381:Dalian Hanwei Metal
1296:Aitor Knife Company
1210:Mark I trench knife
1023:Verlängerungsmesser
626:Ballpoint pen knife
210:Army Combat Uniform
1809:Knifemakers' Guild
1680:John Nelson Cooper
1341:Chris Reeve Knives
1075:Arkansas toothpick
849:Pantographic knife
616:Balisong/Butterfly
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1441:Imperial Schrade
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1792:Associations
1718:Bob Loveless
1547:Shun Cutlery
1431:Füritechnics
1346:Chroma Cnife
1004:Trench knife
994:Taping knife
944:Sheath knife
839:Opinel knife
755:Ivan's Knife
696:Diving knife
671:Combat knife
605:
555:Nakiri bōchō
550:Maguro bōchō
535:Tomato knife
520:Pizza cutter
495:Fillet knife
480:Chef's knife
475:Cheese knife
465:Butter knife
337:the original
309:. Retrieved
305:the original
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275:the original
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245:the original
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91:light weight
85:a hand guard
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1753:Jody Samson
1743:Chris Reeve
1665:James Black
1652:Knifemakers
1580:TOPS Knives
1552:Slice, Inc.
1484:Marble Arms
1326:Buck Knives
1278:Yoroi-dōshi
1233:Push dagger
1140:French Nail
989:Switchblade
974:Strider SMF
939:Sharpfinger
889:Putty knife
879:Pocketknife
864:Penny knife
809:Misericorde
580:Usuba bōchō
530:Steak knife
455:Bread knife
151:screwdriver
1846:Categories
1763:Mike Snody
1738:Bo Randall
1713:Jimmy Lile
1708:Gil Hibben
1693:Jerry Fisk
1590:Victorinox
1585:Tramontina
1566:STI Knives
1474:Leatherman
1459:KitchenAid
1409:Fällkniven
1361:Cold Steel
1165:Kabutowari
1125:Ear dagger
934:Sgian dubh
914:Sami knife
829:Neck knife
819:Multi-tool
814:Mora knife
751:Husa knife
741:Higonokami
701:Drop point
691:Deba bōchō
666:Clip point
656:Cane knife
646:Boot knife
545:Deba bōchō
362:M9 bayonet
311:2006-05-03
281:2006-04-30
251:2006-05-03
224:References
88:durability
1728:Ken Onion
1371:Cuisinart
1316:Benchmade
1110:Cinquedea
1085:Bagh nakh
964:SOG Knife
869:Pesh-kabz
676:Commander
621:Ballistic
585:Yanagi ba
570:Udon kiri
510:Mezzaluna
214:parachute
147:aluminium
141:to break
74:hammering
53:corrosion
25:U.S. Army
1562:Spyderco
1542:Sabatier
1311:Aritsugu
1258:Stiletto
1223:Poignard
1185:Khanjali
1095:Baselard
959:Smatchet
909:Sabatier
859:Penknife
764:Karambit
351:See also
135:aircraft
121:Features
1831:Daggers
1620:Wüsthof
1499:Morseth
1469:Kyocera
1419:Fiskars
1404:F. Dick
1190:Khanjar
1155:Jambiya
1100:Bichuwa
1090:Balarao
1065:Anelace
1057:Daggers
1047:Yatagan
924:Scalpel
904:Resolza
899:Rampuri
794:Machete
631:Bayonet
560:Santoku
485:Cleaver
431:Kitchen
405:daggers
366:AB-0200
159:webbing
155:diamond
104:diamond
71:cutting
68:windows
1630:Global
1605:Wenger
1524:Opinel
1449:Ka-Bar
1445:Ivan's
1170:Kaiken
1145:Gunong
1130:Emeici
1037:X-Acto
1032:Wedung
894:Puukko
884:Phurba
854:Parang
824:Navaja
799:Mandau
774:Kirpan
636:Boline
611:Athame
598:knives
596:Other
525:Splayd
470:Caidao
445:Boning
438:knives
401:Knives
220:vest.
139:hammer
51:, and
1537:Rösle
1504:Muela
1414:FAMAE
1376:Cutco
1321:Böker
1263:Tantō
1248:Shobo
1228:Pugio
1200:Kunai
1180:Katar
1175:Kalis
1135:Facón
1080:BC-41
874:Pirah
784:Kukri
721:Golok
716:Ginsu
686:CQC-6
681:Corvo
651:Bowie
436:table
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218:MOLLE
1514:OLFA
1273:V-42
1253:Sica
1243:Seme
1195:Kris
1160:Jile
1120:Dirk
1009:Tumi
949:Shiv
929:Seax
919:SARK
769:Kard
731:Guna
641:Bolo
505:Lame
450:Boti
403:and
129:ASEK
19:The
1395:EKA
1115:Dha
1014:Ulu
433:and
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