I Am Goin' Off To War...

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Peter La

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A friend of mine is starting up his own Airsoft group and I have been requested to be in the sniper (hell yah!) detachment for our 8 man squad. I really need your guys oppinion here on a Busse to take into the field. This blade must be small enough to fit nicley under a ghillie suit but still be able to fell small trees and branches to make hides and concealed fighting positions.

I am thinking something along the lines of a SF NO ($?) with jungle camo blade and green linen scales. The SF NO would be an excelent blend of a chopper and more cenvenient small blade to its size. Plus, the jungle camo looks so sweet! :cool: They will never see it coming! (Me, NOT THE KNIFE ;) )

I am open to all opinions on this. Plus, what sheathing system would you get that would be the most convenient to get while lying on your stomach? Thanks
 
sounds like fun!

as far as knives go for snipers i remember carlos hathcock said alls he used one for was spreading peanut butter :rolleyes:

in my opinion horizontal across the back is a very comfortable place to carry a small to medium blade.
 
Thanks!

Tracker style, thats what I was thinking of too. Pus, it would be out of the way of all my other ALICE gear etc.
 
But... it's airsoft :|

What the hell do you need a knife for?

Most fields don't let you take pfc guns on, why would they allow knives?

I could see if it was clearing scrub or something, but even then, I can't see it happening in all honesty.
 
Yes good point. The feild is private property that his parents own. It is not near any city so it is very safe.
 
Well in that case, how about a meaner street?

I can't exactly see you doing much chopping or anything playing airsoft, so a small knife like that would be alright.

That, and it looks awesome :D

I may get a double cut snakeskin depending on how much the fsh costs at the company store
 
I'd definitely take a FO with you into your battle ground or area of operations.:cool:
 
Peter: I think that you should just decide which really cool Busse you want to own next and buy it. Paintball is as good an excuse as any.
 
MikeH said:
Peter: I think that you should just decide which really cool Busse you want to own next and buy it. Paintball is as good an excuse as any.
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Damn your fast. ;) :D
 
MikeH said:
Peter: I think that you should just decide which really cool Busse you want to own next and buy it. Paintball is as good an excuse as any.
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Actually nothin wrong for your scenario with the EU-17.

An SFNO will do the job as well, as will the NO-e.

I also must admit I find the title of this thread in a bit of poor taste, given that there are folks (some near and dear to us) currently risking all they have in harm's way.

While it may be that paintball is fun and games, it is not and should not be construed as or referred to as "war", IMHO.

Big difference, very big difference.
 
thatmguy said:
I also must admit it find the title of this thread in a bit of poor taste, given that there are folks (some near and dear to us) currently risking all they have in harm's way.

While it may be that paintball is fun and games, it is not and should not be construed as or referred to as "war", IMHO.

Big difference, very big difference.
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Ditto!!! Again Peter, be very very glad that this isn't like most of the boards I visit. I'll leave it at that. :barf: :mad: :mad:

Whoooo-sahhhh.

Whoooo-sahhhh.

Whoooo-sahhhh.

No, I didn't forget my pressure points.
 
Peter,

What the hell do you need a knife for to play paintball?????:confused:

You are a nice kid, but grow up!!!!

You're letting your imagination get away from you.
 
I, like some others, am willing to give Peter the benefit of the doubt, as a knife MIGHT help create some camoflage/cover from fallen branches etc. That's the only scenario I see. Unless you have a decent reason for having a knife with you during paintball, I'll leave either at home or with my gear, as it could get in the way, and possibly be dangerous if you don't have a good secure rig to carry it around in.
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BTW, I completely understand why you'd want to carry a cool knife with you like that. But please, Peter, help us to understand why you feel you need to have a knife with you during a paintball game. I have a pretty nice collection, and I will never need all that I have, and I have some just because they are really cool to own. And if I were your age, I think I would also probably want to show them off also, because hey, it's a pretty cool thing you've got, but it's also a pretty cool and potentially dangerous thing you've got.
We're with you, Peter, but no one wants to see you get hurt.
 
Peter, loose the AirSoft and get yourself some real guns! Airsoft are for teenaged wannabe soldiers, get yourself a real rifle and learn to shoot.
 
Well, I may be in the minority here, but so what if Peter wants to carry a knife during paintball? (Peter, my advice is: be sure that it is lawful for you to carry it, so that when someone sees it, freaks out and calls the cops, you will be ok; be sure that you have parental permission.) Bladeforums and the other knife-related forums are full of posts with people complaining about not being able to take knives to a lot of places they go. Another frequent complaint is about other people wanting to know, "what do you need to carry that knife for?"

The not so well hidden presumption here is that if Peter takes a knife to play paintball, he is likely to do something dangerous or foolish with it. I don't think so, but that is ultimately his parent's call. From what I have read in this forum, he is a polite, entheusiastic, inquisitive 15 year old with a healthy interest in knives. My only knife recommendation to Peter is that he might be better served by a good-sized discretely carried folder in this instance, not because he is not to be trusted with a large sheath knife, but because some of the others with whom he plays might not have the maturity or knife experience to be trusted not to grab it and do something foolish.

Local kids play paintball in a large tract of woods with some heavy undergrowth near our subdivision, and I can well see how a good knife could be handy to have when playing in a natural environment. (I am assuming from Peter's comments that such a place is where he is playing, and not in one of those commercial parks with bare dirt and with hay bales and plywood structures for cover. Such commercial places probably ban knives anyway.)

Hell, I am 59 years old, and I very commonly justify acquiring another knife by letting my imagination create scenarios that one of the 60 or so I already have just wouldn't serve. :D
 
Thanks for your advice and the kind words. Their is not much problem about law enforcement apprehending us (It is pefectly legal as long as we are in the property). The place where we are thinking of playing is a privately owned area. Yes, you are completely right about taking a folder as opposed to a fixed blade. But I have found that the TWANG of a locking mechanism can be a real nuisance when trying to remain discreet. The jungle camo would also come in handy in the stealth department and it looks very cool. I am not going off to do anything life-threatening but I take everything very seriously.

Yes, the are where we are planning on playing is quite incredible. The trees make ideal cover but they also hinder view to the point where taking out an enemy (friend ;) ) is almost impossible. A good knife would be an excelent tool that would prove invaluable in the field. This area (about 15 acres) is very secluded, way WAY out in the barren country. Their is also a river that runs through the area that would make for interesting scenerios. Thanks for the advice.
 
Peter La said:
Yes, you are completely right about taking a folder as opposed to a fixed blade. But I have found that the TWANG of a locking mechanism can be a real nuisance when trying to remain discreet.
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You know, if a sniper gets so close to his opponent that they can hear the snap of his lockback, then I don't think that he's a very good sniper ;)
 
Crushenator 500 said:
You know, if a sniper gets so close to his opponent that they can hear the snap of his lockback, then I don't think that he's a very good sniper ;)
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Mmm...good point! :D

Lets just say I like fixed blades more than folders. ;)

Plus, that jungle camo is so incredible. :cool:
 
I was a lot like Peter at 15. I liked carrying a cool knife while out playing soldier in the woods. I probably was not as responsible or as level headed as he seems to be though. If you are on private property by permission of the land owner with friends of the same maturity level or higher ie they won't play the a$$ with your blade and hurt themselves or others with it, then I don't see the harm. I do agree with HamGuy in the title of the thread being in poor taste.

Fellas, let us look at ourselves as uncles to this youngin' and guide him when he needs it. My advice Peter is try to temper your exhuberant posts with an extra degree of care. Think it through before you submit it. :D
 
Progunner said:
I was a lot like Peter at 15. I liked carrying a cool knife while out playing soldier in the woods.
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And I, at 16, envy people like you and him, who actually have a cool knife and private wood to play in... :yawn:

Oh well, soon hopefully I'll have a nice knife, but that doesnt solve the woods aspect :(

The closest thing I have to that is a privately owned farm, owned by an over protective old farmer...
 
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