fixed blades in the navy?

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would this be something based on ship, or job, or?

Just curious, ideally if I join can I bring my bk2 esee4 and izzy
 
Purely speculation but I would believe you would never have a problem bringing a knife 7 inches or less to any branch of military. Someone here must know better than me tho...
 
I was in the USN for 8 years as a Gunners Mate. Carried a Buck 110. Can't remember any fixed blades. My Son has been in USN for 12 years as a Boatswains Mate. He carried an Endura SE for 10 years and a Salt 1 SE for the last two years. He says the only fixed blades are carried by divers.
I know that when you first go into any of the Armed Forces you will not be allowed to carry any blades while in basic training.
 
Depends on the command, but generally they only allow folders. The one I was on was just as stupid as most workplaces today. At first they only allowed BMs to carry knives. Because, you know, knives can be used to kill people and if we let you have a knife you might hurt somebody!

More than once I thought to myself I shoulda joined one of the groundpounder branches...
 
Easy answer. No you are not allowed to carry any fixed blade on any Navy ships, but you can carry a folder. Folders can not be longer than 3.5" though.
 
The military can be amazingly stupid at times.. I'm a Marine Infantryman and while I was living in the Barracks you were not allowed to have any fixed blade knife, hatchet etc.

Folders are widely accepted though.

I'll keep the rest of what I was going to post to myself.....

To re cap: Fixed blades for jr enlisted is a no go
 
No weapons in the barracks.
That was in the 90's.
We could carry them in the field though.
 
Yes, they care about knives. All I know for sure about is Ft. Richardson now known as JBER (joint base elmendorf richardson). In the barracks fixed or folding doesn't matter anything over four inches must be stored in the arms room or off site. In the field it is up to your leadership. It falls under the no weapons in the barracks rule, which is stupid since you can have an aluminum bat in your room, or hockey stick, or lacrosse stick, or golf club, or pool cue. But I couldn't store a training rapier or bokken in the barracks, stupid.
 
When I was in the navy in the 80's, navywide policy was that it was left up to the Commanding Officer of each ship or command. Some CO's were really flexible - usually the old school, Viet Nam era guys - but some could be really strict.

I was on the Nimitz, and ships company and squadron personnel could usually carry any kind of SAK we wanted. Exceptions were made though, depending on the jobs certain people had: a lot of Bos'n Mates, supply guys, and line handler types carried the Buck 110, U.S. Schrade LB7, and similar lockbacks.

The only time I ever saw a fixed blade was when the Marines in our Marine Detachment carried them (usually a Kabar), but even then they (Kabar or any fixed blade) was very rare. Usually too much bulk, and got in the way. (Just try running to a General Quarters station through hatches, narrow doorways, narrow & crowded passageways, etc. with big equipment items hanging off of you. You'll become unpopular real quick.)

~Chris
 
Not sure of the Navy but when I lived on post they did not allow us to keep a fb in the barracks. They wanted us to lock them up in the arms room and they would give them back to us when we went to the field. You could have and carry any folder you wanted to.


mlrs
 
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In my four years experience in the Navy, no fixed blades on base or ships. Small pocket knives such as SAK, etc. were not a problem.

If you are out in the field with the USMC, it was up to your commander.

Most ships allow only rigging knives with sheeps foot blades, some did allow up to Buck 110 size but that was unusual.

Regards,
FK
 
Was a Gunnersmate in the US Coast Guard in the '90s. We were issued Leathermans to carry in uniform. Carried on base and on ship. Never saw a need for a fixed blade knife.
 
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