5 Knives America’s Most Elite Warriors Chose Over Everything Else

In May 2011, a Navy SEAL carried a production folding knife into the compound in Abbottabad. Two years later, that knife sold for $35,400. He could have carried any knife in the world. So could the MACV-SOG recon teams of Vietnam, the SERE instructors at Camp Mackall, and the Green Berets. Over sixty years, America's most elite warriors kept coming back to the same five designs, and every one of them is still sold today. This is the story of those five knives: who designed them, who carried them, what they cost now, and the honest flaw their own owners complain about. And the one thing all five share, which explains why they outlasted the knives that were built to replace them. CHAPTERS 0:00 They Could Have Carried Any Knife 1:59 The SOG Bowie (MACV-SOG, Vietnam) 7:01 The Al Mar SERE (Nick Rowe's SERE School) 11:33The Emerson CQC-7 (Navy SEALs) 16:42 The Winkler Belt Knife (SEAL Team Six) 21:50 The Yarborough (Green Berets) 27:05 The One Thing All Five Share Which of these knives did you carry, where did you carry it, and who handed it to you? Tell me in the comments. American Heirloom tells the stories of the American designs that refused to die. The objects your father carried, the tools in your garage, and the real reasons they lasted. Subscribe if you still have yours. #SpecialForces #NavySEAL #Knives