Winkler Knives WK II Operator Fixed Blade Overview 

***** I was, 11C in the U.S. Army with 1st Infantry Division 1/4 Cavalry regiment, served in Iraq. I served with 1st Cavalry Division 4th Brigade, 2/12 Cavalry regiment out of Ft. Bliss as well so you pretty much nailed it on the head. I still train people in self defense and CQC, but now I'm retired.

***** trust me I had a lot of friends that would have joined up with me if they could have passed their physicals. As to your question, point man has only one job, check to and clear left corner and straight ahead of him, the second checks behind the door, so right corner then ahead as well clearing all targets. If the second is engaging the corner behind the door, then the third man has to still clear to the left and follow the first, fourth man in will assist the second if their is something he is actively engaging.. These can all change though depending on the size of the room or if the main door is a hallway leading to other rooms. Hope that helps, I cleared over hundreds of houses and each one is different in some way so you always have to adapt with your environment and what targets you are trying to engage. To get a better idea, watch some videos on proper house clearance protocols used by all active military and swat units. Also it isn't always just a 4 man team. Sometimes you are working with 6 man teams with Spec Ops and another 6 man team coming in from the rear of the domicile, or even coming in from the top. Hope this information helps you out.

***** Thanks, same to you as well, wish you all the best.

which Winkler blades? Would you rate Winkler over RMJ? Any recommendation for a survival/tactical do it all knife under 1000 Dollar? Any book recommendation - "how to survive torture" (mental training, believes, hygiene, wound care, interaction with enemy...) and "how to survive in an urban environment" if this enviroment is no friendly - where can you sleep, get food, medical help and so on.

killkill120 Yeah.......Dom Roso.....wow 😒

No, not, for concealment.

He makes daggers,and yes,you might want to start saving....

+John Golden I love it!

Which TOPS knife is like this one?

@R S The tops mini Scandi, Street Scalpel2, Ute, and Tex Creek would be comparable. In my opinion.

It's long enough to hit the brain stem or cut out the wind pipe.

Been in a few scrapes and I've trained under Ed Calderon and different Libre fighting instructors- this is the ideal design for a fighting knife. Fairbairn-Sykes daggers are also obviously very effective but to big to conceal and they are too much of a signature.

You funny

Peachy Keen they are. Trust me.

You are paying for a combat proven knife used by tier one operators. Read No Easy Day by M. Owen. If the guys who can have anything and stake their lives on such gear choose it, I'd venture to say there is a reason. Just saying.

4thWardWeebie there are a lot of combat proven knives out there made for the small materials, and are larger that cost half of this, I dont see many uses for this knife that a ka-bar couldn't do better, personally it seems like your paying $125 for the knife and $225 for the brand name

jordan johnson I'll give that the blades you described may be very similar in size and material, but I would venture to say that the Winkler is a few notches above the rest when it comes to quality and dependability. While a guy like me will likely never need those extra few "notches" of quality and dependability, there are people that do and they are willing to pay a premium for it. Anyway, if you disagree with me again, I will be forced to thrash you. Ya dig...

4thWardWeebie no need to thrash me brother, i know there are people that are willing to buy the knife for that price just like there's guys who buy $2500 AR's when a $1200 AR is just the same thing only less flashy, but this knife doesn't have that flash to it, as like a second kind of cool

I'm Right and you're wrong. I'm strong and you're weak. I'm big and you're little. Now prepare for your thrashing!

Ronin R not a knife guy? Wha....how do you figure?

😄 not a knife guy....ignorance at its finest

Jesus Christ!!!!! You must be trolling.

Anthony Visconte Are you a multi award winning accredited master blade smith like Daniel Winkler? Do you collaborate with tier 1 SOF operators to make functional edged tools? These knives are hand made not mass produced on a production line. Buy one of these and your great grand kids kids will be using it. Winkler knives are about quality not quantity hence the higher price tag.

I would argue that once the company is as established as bench-made, the knife quality will have dropped. Look at benchmade fixed blade knifes, thin, grind marks left behind, not perfectly balanced. just to name a few things.

Rep? Are you serious? His rep is one of the best in the business, kabar and mora? Lol! Bro seriously look into his rep, its as good as gets.

Yeah having the rep as the knives carried on the Bin Laden raid needs to be improved....

Mora? Kabar? Holy shit! Don't make me laugh!