Deployment Knife

SpartanSaint

SpartanSaint

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My roommate will be deploying in may and i'd like to get him something he can take over to the sand box. a nice fixed blade that will prove to be invaluable in daily tasks and maybe save his life...

he's not much of a knife guy. he looks at me weird when i have a knife or two clipped to my pocket. not that he's against it, he just doesn't get it. a knife is a weapon to him.

so i told him i'd get him a little something something before he deploys, teach him how to sharpen it and ship it out with him. i figured 1095 would be the most friendly to the desert, maybe i'm wrong? i know its likely to be the most friendly to my wallet.

i don't know what kinda blade lengths are restricted or whatever, so suggestions there would great, and then i was thinking about sending a sharp maker with him too so it stays sharp

thanks guys
 
What does he do in the military? What branch? Enlisted/officer? Need more info. If he's a fobbit a nice folder would work, if not...we need more.
 
In first with ESEE

They have a great selection of bombproof fixed blades.
I recommend the izula and ESEE 4
 
Swamp Rat Ratmandu is still available, but thats about as large as I would go. RC4 is a good utility knife. He wont be using this knife on anybody, but he will be using for utility quite a bit while in the field. Needs to be a small but tough FB.
 
The good news here is that with a small to moderately sized fixed blade, you have lots of options
 
Bombproof knives I can reccomend. IMO, a knife needs to be at least 1/4" thick or more, to depend on it for my life. Many times your knife is called upon to be more than a cutting edge. Prybar is a common use. Especially if you ever get pinned down & need to exit where ther is no door. :D

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i'm wary of 3/8" knives. i feel that'd be overkill. really heavy, and rather bad at cutting anything. i could very well be wrong.
 
well, i have a benchmade 940 and a benchmade 53. both shaved. and yet the flat grind on my 53 made cutting cardboard and other tasks so much smoother than the saber grind on the 940 that i've edc'd it ever since.

identical steels, from the same manufacturer. just blade geometry. a hair isn't think so it may be sharp but from my experience sharp isn't the only thing that makes a knife good at cutting
 
TwinStick said:
If it shaves hair/pops hair, how can it be bad at cutting ?
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I wondered much the same about my Dozier Buffalo River Hunter.

Then I found out that it couldn't cut an apple for the life of me, even though I could drop a tomato on the blade and have it split clean in half.
 
When I was there, the most popular "knife" was a Leatherman. For every fixed blade I saw carried in the field, there were 20 multi-tools.
 
haha i understand the usefulness of a leatherman, but i'm also trying to show him the light of the knife world!
 
HMMWV has pioneer tools, and he won't have a ton of room in the cupola. So no monster blades, imo.
 
i like the rc4 for him. i'd be all over the hest if the blade was a touch longer. anything similar to those?

and as for the rc4 i see there are several options as far as sheaths are concerned but i don't pretend to understand the differences
 
SpartanSaint said:
haha i understand the usefulness of a leatherman, but i'm also trying to show him the light of the knife world!
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Get him a Leatheman Surge...Trust me on this. He'll have alot more use with a solid multitool than he would a single-blade knife.
 
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This is what I use, its a Winkler Knives II Belt knife. This knife is very similar to the standard issue model that Mr Winkler currently provides to active duty operators within Naval Special Warfare. The 3/16" steel is 5160 with a no-glare finish. A full tapered tang means great balance. The knife measures 9" overall- blade length is 4 3/4". Handle choices are curly maple, black micarta or recycled rubber. Kydex lined leather sheath that can be worn vertically or horizontally for right or left hand draw with simple adjustments. Brown leather sheath for wooden handles, black for rubber or micarta.

I have taken mine on patrol in the jungles of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico. Its a very good knife.

P.S. Mr Winkler gives a military discount just email him. He's a very good person to deal whit; This knife is in the 3OO dollar range.

These knives are built to last, and they get an antiqued look to the blade from use that’s just beautiful, I’m going to hand down my knife and hatchet to my kid on day. Mr. Winkler makes his knives using a lot of fed back from professionals that actually use these knives in the field. Most of his designs are inspired in the frontier knives that people used back in the day, simple and effective.

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