So I’m in the army and my girlfriend bought me this HK695 survival knife for Christmas. The handle of the blade is hollow because it can be unscrewed and inside there’s a compass and a small bag with matches, fishing line and hook, kinda like rambo’s knife. I’ve barely used it and for some reason i can fell that the blade and the guard are very loose. The only current explanation i have is that because i work in a -15°C environment, the cold must’ve made the iron shrink and make it looser. Is it plausible /k? Any tips on how i can make it firmer?
It’s just a cheap knife. Go easy on it.
>Any tips on how i can make it firmer?
First step is to figure out how the blade is secured to the handle. You can't figure out how to tighten it until you know how it works. So, examine your knife and see how it's fitted. My guess is that if you look inside the hollow handle you will see a nut inside, that's how the shitty knockoff Rambo knives from the 80's were made. If that's what you have then tighten it.
This, should be a simple hex screw somewhere, these things are more toys and novelty than anything serious.
Thanks for the tip, just hope my girlfriend won’t be disappointed that her gift was kind of bad.
You don’t ever have to tell her
You guys got some advice on some actual good rambo-esque knives, or just bowie knives?
All round use mora has something for every budget. For heavy chopping the kabar bk line. Varusteleeka is a finish brand that has some knives for not an arm and a leg the most expensive and biggest being around $120.
I unironically use the Buck knife that Ghostface uses. I think its a model 120, all metal, and I really like it. I got it when it was $20 at Walmart but I think they are around 80-100$ now sadly.
Most Rambo-style knives are cheapass knockoffs but the original ones by Jimmy Lile are high quality. Also, Randall Made has a couple of hollow handle models as well like the Model 18 Attack-Survival. Also look at the Aitor Jungle King.
We call those white lies
It's still functional as a knife just not the kind you beat the frick out of splitting a small log. Just treat it like you'd treat a kabar or older style buck knife like the 119 (I will die on this hill and you kabar/buck fans will too if you come at me). Again perfectly usable just not bushcraft-where-everything-costs-$3000-now-when-it-originally-started-with-guys-using-$20-moras-and-1-quart-gatorade-bottles.
shes a chick, they cant think about the details of things just big picture. The fact she cared enough to buy you something based off of your interests is what you should really cherish.
Yeah like a lot of other anons said. I think the best thing to do with that knife is hang it on the wall and when she asks about it say that it was such a touching gift that you couldnt bring yourself to mar it. You’ll know its a piece of shit novelty, but one day you can give it to you son and know it wont be sharp enough to cause him real harm and when he inevitably breaks it you wont be that heart broken about it. I was young and dumb and autistic and made the foolish mistake of telling my ex wife when something she bought me were “magic jelly beans.” Don’t make the same mistake anon.
>my girlfriend bought me this HK695 survival knife for Christmas
>survival knife
>The handle of the blade is hollow
Your girlfriend who cares about you was tricked into buying something that she thought would be great for you but is actually crap, she means well but the knife is garbage so you should only use it for light work.
Don't tell her. Honestly any girl who buys gifts for her significant other is probably a keeper so just let her know that you appreciate her gift.
What this guy said, but also loctite. If you never want to take it apart again then go for some epoxy.
Beyond that you're going to want to keep that knife clenched tightly between your buttcheeks when you're out in the cold. You dont want it to shrink anymore than it already has. Picrel
>army
>made in China
It'd be easier to discover her cheating on you than fix her cheap gift to a chud
Stab her in her stupid c**t with it because she obviously doesn't give a frick about your survival. Get yourself a good ESEE knife and find a better girlfriend.
>anyone on /k/ has a gf
mfw
My dad bought me one of those when I was like 7 I wanna say? I found it a year or two ago. Couldn't get over how tiny the grip was and how terrible of a knife it actually was, but when I was a kid it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen having a knife with all sorts of "useful" stuff in the handle.
Sounds like a moronic worthless bawd OP cave her head in with an ornate vase and yell
>THIS KNIFE IS SHIT YOU STUPID prostitute THIS VASE IS MORE USEFUL
then urinate on her