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 One of a kind -- WarLord |
Mad Dog Warlord
One-of-a-kind 18" fish belly point blade ground from 2" wide stock;
curved choil S-guard made from hardened O1 tool steel, hard chromed; double grip, custom
fitted to owner's hands. Text and images by Rich Lucibella. Reproduced with permission.WarLord
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| One of a kind -- GROUND ZERO |
The GROUND ZERO fighter is
9.5", and is ground from 1.5" x 1/4" stock.
The design originated when I had Kevin's Panther on loan and suggested that a
lighter fighter of similar length would suit my style more. I also noted that I disliked
the 3/4 length false edge of the Panther, as a hidden/contoured reverse grip would cause
one to cut one's own forearm if blocking, etc. Lastly, I liked the aesthetics of the
A-series ATAK filework, so I requested that. For many years, it has been fairly unique. I
recently gave Kevin the ok to produce a numbered run of the knife for Ichiro Nagata, as
they'd seen the original and liked it quite a bit. By Hilton Yam -- The owner of GROUND ZERO
2001.5.30
  
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| Frequent Flyers |
| The single edged FF's came
about originally off a run of GROUND ZERO Micro Freq's that I had made. I included a pic
of an original style Pygmy Freq, a one off custom GZHD Freq, and an original GZ Micro
Freq. By Hilton Yam
2001.5.30
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| MAD DOG Articles on Magazines (Large scaned
file) |
**Attention
fellow Mad Dog Knives fans**
These magazine articles are part of a personal
collection and have been scanned onto this website to provide quick reference for those
trying to locate various magazine articles related to MDK. These articles can not be
utilized in any other way or purpose except for viewing on this website. Look at it as if
you're in a book store flipping and browsing through a magazine trying to decide whether
or not you're interested in making a purchase. If you see something you like here, we
strongly urge you to contact the publisher of the magazine and order a back issue
containing the article that you see on this site. All bibliographical reference
information can be found for each magazine. MAD
DOG Knives -- "Fighting Knives", Spring 1991, Page 38,39,40,41
Get A Grip -- "Fighting Knives", Summer 1991,
Page 18, 19, 93, 94
CHROME, the long and the hard of it -- "Fighting
Knives", Winter 1991, Page 44, 45, 46, 47
Mirage Ceramic Blades -- "Tactical Knives", May
1999, Page 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71
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| History about Rat Series |
| The Fat Rat Thing
(3/16" stock) was one of the four prototypes built for the debut of the Rat series
knives at Shot Show 98. It was made in bare steel with satin finish because there was no
time to send the knives to the hardchromers. The other three protos were the Lab Rat
(1/8" stock), Fat Lab Rat (3/16" stock), and the Rat Thing (1/8" stock).
There were all ground from the same blank pattern. The Lab Rat and Rat Thing blanks have since evolved into two distinct
patterns. The Rat Thing models have a long clip and are now only offered in 3/16"
stock. The newly introduced Pack Rat is the modern Rat Thing blank without false edge. The
Lab Rat has a shorter clip.
You can't see the temper line because the knife is not bead
blasted. The blasting process brings out the temper line.
------ By Tim Tang
WOW! Yeah, what he said.
So much water under the bridge since then, it was a real blast from the past to read
tickblade's post. All correct of course, as is expected from our Archbishop of Taiwan.
Thanks, Tickblade.
PS: All of the Rats, prototypes included, have always been
selectively tempered like the rest of the pack. The knife you have is a rare prototype,
and is quite a little treasure. Normally, prototypes that do not become a model later are
left unfinished or sent to the kitchen to serve St. Teryl.
------- By Kevin McClung
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Mad Dog Knives history and knives for the
movie "Under Siege 2"
(by Kevin Mcclung) |
| The original specification for the Navy
trials required a false edge on the knives submitted. In order to keep the blade as SEAL
proof as possible while still incorporating the false edge, the flex enhancement file work
was added to the geometry of the blade. It actually does help the flexural
characteristics. The advent of the Deep
Submergence Unit(DSU) knife allowed me to make an ATAK style blade without the false edge,
so the filework was not necessary. The SEALs saw the DSU knife, and after a brief
RE-explanation of the knife's potential properties, they switched the ATAK design to the
DSU type design. The DSU design gives a stronger tip that will still penetrate body armor
and such quite easily.
The DSU later started using some new Spectra fiber rope,
and required a serrated blade, so I did up the fully serrated DSU2, which was my first
serrated blade. The SEALs saw it, and asked if they could get partial serrations on the
ATAKs. That was no problem, hence the ATAK2. the numbering system was becoming quite
confused by then, as there was no DSU knife as it had become the second generation ATAK.
the DSU2 was fully serrated, and the ATAK2 was partially serrated. These distinctions
remain today. The other knives in the lineup are numbered based on the ATAK2 format, with
fully serrated blades being designated with a "3".
------- By Kevin McClung
As for Segal;
Kevin's former Wm.Morris agent Chris, arranged for Kevin to meet Steven for lunch. He had
warned Kevin of Steven's infamous super ego and given Kevin's...er...um... sense of
himself , we all waited with baited breath to see what would happen. Amazingly, the two
hit it off very well. They were in touch with each other and would sometimes get together
for lunch if Kevin was in Hollyweird, throughout the making of his knives for the movie.
As I recall, Steven had six Dogs made with custom handles to accommodate his HUGE hands.
Steven had asked that the knives ship to him hair shaving
sharp, so that's how they shipped. The prop master was the first to open the box of sharp
Dogs and immediately cut himself, rather badly as I recall. The prop master returned the
knives with instructions to dull them. Kevin did as instructed and shipped them back.
Steven got the dull knives and immediately demanded that they be sent back and
resharpened...and so it went. Kevin and Steven may have met or talked on the phone a
couple of times since then but I wouldn't call it a friendship so much as a respectful
business relationship.
------- By Mrs. Mad Dog
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Mad Dog Knives early products. All pictures and text
come from www.collectorknives.com.
SHINI GAMA TE
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Early Vintage! One and only Sub Hilt that Mad Dog has
ever made. Mr McClung says it is the first and the last. Knife is 17 1/4" over all
with a 12" X 1 3/4" blade. Sheath is Kydex Dundee Rig. |
PP-74 SEAL ATAK
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Pre Production SEAL ATAK #74 Knife |
SCOUT IV GUNSITE PROTOTYPE
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Prototype Utility Knife desgined for sniper use. Has
Hex fitting molded into grip to accomadate tools to adjust scope, screws etc. One of a
kind. Kydex sheath |
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