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I was not in the Service But I have been stabbed in the back.;)
I would have to take my Buck 120, and some other Buck maybe a
301 to clean out my finger nails with.
 
I carried a Randall #15 on my armor and a Buck stag damascus 110 on my belt (got from Decafe Dave in a great trade). Multi-tool in ankle pocket. Wasn't issued a bayonet and didn't want one.

May not be the solution for everyone but it worked well for me and gave me some peace of mind. That is the biggest thing that a knife brings you. I wanted the heft of the Randall in case I needed to hack through stuff. The Buck was my daily go to knife.

I saw a young asian kid with 2 swords strapped across the back of his armor. I thought it was pretty stupid and may not have allowed it as his commander. However, if it gets him through; rock on! Of course, it may have scared the locals into being nicer which would have also been a plus.
 
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My Dad, was also, in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. I know he carried whatever Uncle Sam gave him, and a pocket knife. I spent 13 months in Southeast Asia, but I was a radio tech., so I carried the steel handled electricians knife, that, Uncle Sam gave me. Plus, a three bladed pocket knife. I agree with the comment on "Why take a knife to a gunfight", but I'm thinking, knowing what I know now, I'd feel pretty good with any of the older Buck hunting knives--a 119 comes to mind, or a 120. Even a good 118. That is as long as I have my radio comm and can stay in touch with a flight of F-16's when I feel the need for close air support. Actually, it was F-100's when I was fighting Uncle Sam's war.

Jack, USAF, 1966-70
 
I carried a 119 for 26 years, only used it for utility, and it never failed. I'm sure it would have worked as a combat blade though, I wasn't easy on it.
 
wackafew said:
Look Chicken I really don't give a sh$t what you doudt...
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No self-respecting Navy Corpsman would call himself a "medic"...That's an Army term... ;)

The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. Production of the F-16 wasn't approved until 1976.
 
:cool:...I fell in love with the F-100 Super Sabre as a kid...and I'm as old as dirt too...LMAO...If I'm not mistaken it was the first fighter that was so fast it had a problem with running into it's own 20mm cannon shells...That's pretty quick...:eek::eek:
 
DarrylS said:
:cool:...I fell in love with the F-100 Super Sabre as a kid...and I'm as old as dirt too...
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The local ANG squadron at NFIAP has one mounted on a pedestal as a "gate guard"...They flew F-100C Super Sabres ("Huns") in Vietnam (based at Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam in 1968/69)...107th FIG NYANG..."Rocky's Raiders"...Several of my HS classmates were activated for that deployment... :(
 
I'm sorry. I forget that not everyone is familiar with the old Air Force birds. The Super Saber was a good one. Quite a workhorse in early Viet Nam. I also worked on most of the fighters of the era, A1E's, 101's, 102's, 104's, 105's, 4's, as well as many cargo types, C-124's, 121's, KC-97's, 119's, 47's,
as well as the verable C-130. Oh, well, ancient history. If I'm not mistaken, my pocket knife in those days was a Schrade Walden stockman. I really don't remember ever using the one Uncle Sam issued me for anything other then opening C-rats cans. BTW, I still have a couple P-38's, still in the original wrappers. LOL. To of had a Buck in those days would have been somethin'!
 
My F-100's were mostly D and F models. The C model was already relegated to National Guard. Been to Tuy Hoa, by the way.

Jack
 
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BTW, I still have a couple P-38's, still in the original wrappers. LOL.
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:cool:...Sweet fighters they were...Opened those old steel beer cans pretty good too...LMFAO...:eek:...
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Rudderjt said:
My F-100's were mostly D and F models. The C model was already relegated to National Guard. Been to Tuy Hoa, by the way.

Jack
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I have a pair of jungle boots from Tuy Hoa, 1968...My buddy, Al Gaiani, was a crew chief there [107th FIG] and brought me back a pair...I took them to Okinawa the next year, with H&S 9th MTB, 3dMarDiv FMFPac...They're in my trophy case now, along with a 3dMarDiv sweatshirt...they got pretty ratty about 1990... :D

I don't recall any of us having pocket knives... :confused:
 
Still LOL. I had a pocket knife confiscated when I went to basic training. Didn't take me long to replace it when I left Lackland. The TI wanted to know what "you gonna do with that big ole knife, Boy?" A Schrade stockman!
 
chickentrax said:
No self-respecting Navy Corpsman would call himself a "medic"...That's an Army term... ;)
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All my youth (from the day I was born until I joined the Army) was spent living "Navy" with a dad that served 20 yrs and is now a retired Chief that bartended at the Pearl Harbor Marine Barracks NCO Club, the Marine NCO Club at Subic Bay, and worked with Marines everyday, I've never ever heard a Marine or Sailor use the noun "Medic". In the Navy, they are Corpsman and if you were a Corpsman attached to a Marine unit you were a still a Corpsman but the Marines you served with called you "Doc". Even when in the Boy Scouts sponsored by a Navy unit in Pearl and Subic, when we went to simmer camp or on 50-milers, we always had a Corpsman and called them such. The Air Force scout troops from Hickam AFB or Clark Air Base called their guy "Medic".

Ok, now I want to know the model/name of the knife I have and posted at the bottom of the pic in my previous post: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6908118&postcount=17
 
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I would not carry a 119 or a 120 to use in combat.
In a combat situation a knife may need to take a good hit without breaking, although i have no idea what sort of abuse the 119 and 120 can handle, but they are a much thinner cross section profile than most fixed blades that are made for combat. Also a point of weakness is were the tang on many fixed blade knives narrows to enter the handle, best to go for a purpose built combat knife that is designed with more than just edge retention in mind.
Regards Tim
 
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Hey Buckaholic and Chicken I suppose you guys know everything. If you do a Google search on Camp Lejune look up major units. You will see a Field Medical Training Battalion East. The men who come out of that School have MEDIC on the back of their Military ID. I know I had one. After that I was attached to the The 3RD Mar Div Where I worked with a Oral Surgon. FYI And most of the Marines we worked on did call us Doc.
 
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