Recommendation? Folder for Deployments??

South paw draw said:
I would contact Greg at Medford knife and tool. Talk with him. He will surely have something for you but you are not going to get away with not sharpening for a year. If you want over built and no maintenance for a full year you can't beat a MKT. Like him or not his knives are built for the sandy environments.
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How so?
 
Coldsteel ultimate hunter
1) Good blade size
2) Lots of belly on the blade
3) Scales are super comfortable
4) Great edge retention
5) Confortable pocket carry
 
Not a lot of info to work with such as the environment, your career field, etc. but in general I would say don't over think it.

The "no sharpening for a year" but moderate to heavy use isn't very realistic.

I spent a bunch of time in the field with a Buck 425 secured to my belt loop with about 18" of gutted 550 cord, a good Leatherman, and my M9 bayonet. The M9 is more of a pry bar, hole dig, etc. kind of thing. The little 425 and the Leatherman handle all the general purpose cutting stuff. I don't know if you're in the US military, if you get a bayonet issued or if M9's are even still the issued bayonet but they do have a tiny little stone on the backside of the sheath. You could do the 425 and multi-tool on it but you have to use scrubbing type strokes and it's pretty crude.

A DMT course or even extra course DiaFold would go a long way here. Compact and lightweight but would be quite effective. Watch some videos, use a marker to mark the edge bevel and do some practicing. You'll get it and then the sharpening thing will not be a restriction.

Abuse the issued gear and be mindful of your own. If there is an issued tool available for a task, use it. My longest deployment was 7mo's in a desert environment and I carried the above. I didn't have the DiaFold but sure wish I would've. I got by with the little M9 stone but "got by" is about as far as I'd go with that. That little stone is not up to doing anything much with the bayonet itself.
 
Buy 3 Spyderco enduras fully serrated. When one dulls put it aside and use the next one.
 
MKT are built to be rinsed out under water and blown out with air that is there maintenance. Greg Medford did his own tours of duty and when he got back and started MKT made a folding knife that could state upto the tasks needed for that environment . You can watch just a handful of his videos and learn this or just talk to someone that's owned one of his boat anchors. They weigh about 6 tanks and you get beef cake leg on the side it's being carried on but it is over built and built for the sandy environment.
 
South paw draw said:
MKT are built to be rinsed out under water and blown out with air that is there maintenance. Greg Medford did his own tours of duty and when he got back and started MKT made a folding knife that could state upto the tasks needed for that environment . You can watch just a handful of his videos and learn this or just talk to someone that's owned one of his boat anchors. They weigh about 6 tanks and you get beef cake leg on the side it's being carried on but it is over built and built for the sandy environment.
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About the sand...are MKT knives any different that anything else with PBrz washers? I wouldn't think weighing 6 tanks would be good for an already heavy deployment, but I ain't not grunt :)
 
ScooterG said:
About the sand...are MKT knives any different that anything else with PBrz washers? I wouldn't think weighing 6 tanks would be good for an already heavy deployment, but I ain't not grunt :)
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Yep you.win. my opinion sucks. His life is on the line. It's a little heavy is what I was getting across. More so then most. And yes it is different then most other BF washer knives. But hey. I'm 48 yrs. Army brat. What do I know about war. What's your military background? You have any skin in the game? O.P. you put you life behind what ever you want. All good. You ask for opinions. I gave mine and because some don't particularly like it you see what becomes of it. I'm out. up in till now it's been a really good experience here. But when you can't have an opinion of your own and state the truth. Because it's not popular. I'll just stick to not giving am opinion an let the " general long term collective " continue to control your thoughts. Your not looking for any opinions your asking for purchasing permission. Well it looks like they want you to buy a few bugouts and send one back every month or so to have it sharpened. Or 5 cold steel because you need that worry in your head while your out on your. Wait I got it. How about 365 gas station knives and you can just throw them in the trash can when your done everyday. Then you don't have to worry about sharpening or maintaining them. To O.P. thank you for you service we need more young men like you. God bless you and your family for your service. I'm sure whatever you take with you will serve you well and everything that people have suggested (except what I have suggested that's been clearly pointed out) is a great choice. Just remember you get what you pay for and out on tour there's nothing better the a solid piece of steel. A folder is a nice back up. Words told to me by a Marine.
 
South paw draw said:
Yep you.win. my opinion sucks. His life is on the line. It's a little heavy is what I was getting across. More so then most. And yes it is different then most other BF washer knives. But hey. I'm 48 yrs. Army brat. What do I know about war. What's your military background? You have any skin in the game? O.P. you put you life behind what ever you want. All good. You ask for opinions. I gave mine and because some don't particularly like it you see what becomes of it. I'm out. up in till now it's been a really good experience here. But when you can't have an opinion of your own and state the truth. Because it's not popular. I'll just stick to not giving am opinion an let the " general long term collective " continue to control your thoughts. Your not looking for any opinions your asking for purchasing permission. Well it looks like they want you to buy a few bugouts and send one back every month or so to have it sharpened. Or 5 cold steel because you need that worry in your head while your out on your. Wait I got it. How about 365 gas station knives and you can just throw them in the trash can when your done everyday. Then you don't have to worry about sharpening or maintaining them. To O.P. thank you for you service we need more young men like you. God bless you and your family for your service. I'm sure whatever you take with you will serve you well and everything that people have suggested (except what I have suggested that's been clearly pointed out) is a great choice. Just remember you get what you pay for and out on tour there's nothing better the a solid piece of steel. A folder is a nice back up. Words told to me by a Marine.
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Goodness gracious man, chill out.
 
South paw draw said:
Yep you.win. my opinion sucks. His life is on the line. It's a little heavy is what I was getting across. More so then most. And yes it is different then most other BF washer knives. But hey. I'm 48 yrs. Army brat. What do I know about war. What's your military background? You have any skin in the game? O.P. you put you life behind what ever you want. All good. You ask for opinions. I gave mine and because some don't particularly like it you see what becomes of it. I'm out. up in till now it's been a really good experience here. But when you can't have an opinion of your own and state the truth. Because it's not popular. I'll just stick to not giving am opinion an let the " general long term collective " continue to control your thoughts. Your not looking for any opinions your asking for purchasing permission. Well it looks like they want you to buy a few bugouts and send one back every month or so to have it sharpened. Or 5 cold steel because you need that worry in your head while your out on your. Wait I got it. How about 365 gas station knives and you can just throw them in the trash can when your done everyday. Then you don't have to worry about sharpening or maintaining them. To O.P. thank you for you service we need more young men like you. God bless you and your family for your service. I'm sure whatever you take with you will serve you well and everything that people have suggested (except what I have suggested that's been clearly pointed out) is a great choice. Just remember you get what you pay for and out on tour there's nothing better the a solid piece of steel. A folder is a nice back up. Words told to me by a Marine.
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Just wondering why one PBrz washer knife is better than another (for sand). You can turn the rant machine off...if you want. Or not.
 
South paw draw said:
Yep you.win. my opinion sucks. His life is on the line. It's a little heavy is what I was getting across. More so then most. And yes it is different then most other BF washer knives. But hey. I'm 48 yrs. Army brat. What do I know about war. What's your military background? You have any skin in the game? O.P. you put you life behind what ever you want. All good. You ask for opinions. I gave mine and because some don't particularly like it you see what becomes of it. I'm out. up in till now it's been a really good experience here. But when you can't have an opinion of your own and state the truth. Because it's not popular. I'll just stick to not giving am opinion an let the " general long term collective " continue to control your thoughts. Your not looking for any opinions your asking for purchasing permission. Well it looks like they want you to buy a few bugouts and send one back every month or so to have it sharpened. Or 5 cold steel because you need that worry in your head while your out on your. Wait I got it. How about 365 gas station knives and you can just throw them in the trash can when your done everyday. Then you don't have to worry about sharpening or maintaining them. To O.P. thank you for you service we need more young men like you. God bless you and your family for your service. I'm sure whatever you take with you will serve you well and everything that people have suggested (except what I have suggested that's been clearly pointed out) is a great choice. Just remember you get what you pay for and out on tour there's nothing better the a solid piece of steel. A folder is a nice back up. Words told to me by a Marine.
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Here’s the thing depending on your job you may not have access to running water and an air hose. Mr. Medford was a pilot he’d have access to those things as well as a plane to haul him around so it colors his opinion on what’s right.

In this thread we really need to know what that SM’s job is before we can make an informed recommendation.
 
If you are actually going to be using the knife for more than opening envelopes or plastic bags, you will need to sharpen it more than once a year. But get a serrated blade, as the edge will last longer for most knife tasks.
There are steels like 110V that will hold an edge much longer than some other steels, but if you go too long without touch-ups, it’ll be much more difficult to resharpen it when you finally do, especially if you aren’t accustomed to sharpening.

Jim
 
It's gettin sandy.. I'd recommend something serrated, I like the spyderco pacific salt/ endura. very easy to sharpen the serrations with something like a lansky blade medic, (has a tapered diamond rod, very easy) and a strop to take the burr off (although you can knock it off on the ceramic of the blade medic), also the option of buying from benchmade or spyderco for their sharpening service is a good one so long as shipping cost isn't astronomical
 
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