If you were to have to go into war what 3 folders would you take.

War, folder?:eek: A folder would be the last thing on my mind at the point of war, ESEE Junglas or OKC SP6 would be more like it, something with at least a 10" fixed blade, or close to it.:thumbup:
 
Forgedfixedblade said:
War, folder?:eek: A folder would be the last thing on my mind at the point of war, ESEE Junglas or OKC SP6 would be more like it, something with at least a 10" fixed blade, or close to it.:thumbup:
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Lot more things than people are in need of cutting in war.
 
To be honest I would never take three folders to war. I would take a fixed blade and a multi-tool or two. But if I would take a folder then at least it would be my favorite GOAT production folder that I am EDC'ing for about eight years now: a Spyderco Military.
 
I carried my issued Gerber DET MultiTool for my first 3 tours in Afganistan, then bought a Leatherman MUT EOD for my last. I preferd the Gerber model, partly because it was issued and replaced easily for free. I bought Gerber LMF-II at the Kandahar PX, and it saw a lot of use and abuse (prying, digging, probing, etc.). I carried a cheap Buck Vantage Avid folder, but a lot of guys from other nations carried things like the ZT0200, 0300, and Adamas, I recall. I never took anything I was afraid to lose or have borrowed.

Canadain Armed Forces EOD Operator.
 
If they send me to war ya better grab your BOB cause they're sending the dregs!
 
I said it in the other thread, my own personal experience deployed as an 11b; (mostly patrolling sadr city with a few babysitting missions for convoys); I personally don't recall ever "needing" to pry or chop anything, and the fixed blade I had was nothing more then decorative at best... I did use my basic folder quite a bit though to open many mre's, care packages, cut 550, etc, as well as cut loose quite a few zip ties, and it proved in fact to be a very resourceful tool to have. Maybe jungle would be different but in the urban/desert warfare that I lived through, the larger fixed blade served little to no purpose I couldn't have achieved with other tools that were available;

I also (on two seperate occasions) NEEDED a (sharp) blade to cut away clothing to address wounds sustained on comrades, so that said, based on my personal experience, my 5.11 tarani tactical karambit would have handled every one of those knife related duties that i endured with ease, (and sharpening it would've given me one more thing to do to help pass time in the fob); I feel the curved blade would've made the two most crucial tasks I needed a knife for; cutting through bloody clothes and cutting zip ties: much easier then the straight blade I had at the time, (and also the clip on that thing is so tight i could've clipped it to the outside of my vest and it never would've fell off. If I got blowed up, they wouldve found it still clipped to the vest).

My Leatherman definite, the pliers/cutters came in handy more often the my fixed blade did. However If I were to deploy again today, I very well might consider the "Real Avid" ar15 multitool in place of the standard leatherman I had then. I'm even seriously considering one as one of my next knife purchases.

3rd, of the knives I currently own, I'd say my Kershaw Thermite, larger 3.5" easy to maintain blade, quick assisted flipper action, deep carry clip, sturdy frame lock.
 
bubafett317 said:
I'm new to this forum and as all of you I also share a passion for knives I would like some feedback on what three folders you would choose of any or the following makers. Add a brief description and picture. And keep it to 1 folder from each of the below 3 manufacturers. When choosing the knife keep in mind these would be if you were deployed with the military into hostile and dangerous oversees situations.
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If for some reason I was carrying 3 folders(unlikely, but I'll pretend), I'd probably want knives for different tasks. One I might reserve as strictly a last ditch weapon, something I could use in a close quarters situation where for whatever reason my firearm wasn't available, say, a waved Spyderco Matriarch, or maybe an Emerson. One I would use like I use my EDC knife now, just for basic knife type tasks, something like a Native Lightweight or Manix 2. And the last would be a multitool.
 
1. BM 810BK, ZT 0350, BM 520SBK
2. Spyderco Ulize, ZT 0566, BM 523
3. ZT 0452, ZT 0450, Spyderco Centofante III

Most likely #1 out of the stuff I have, but I wish I owned a ZT 0620 to throw in there :)
 
Excluding multitools (which are technically folders), I’ve used a few different ones over the years and a few combat tours. By far, the Emerson designs (CQC8, CQC10) have been carried the most; they simply work and their wave feature is faster than any automatic I’ve used. Spyderco comes in second, actually it’s my weak-side folder when I carry two. I use to carry a fully serrated Military, but I really like the cutting performance of the plain edge. The only additional folder I would strongly consider is ZT…specifically their new Emerson collaboration 0630 model. I just love that blade design and the wave works extremely well for me. I have a couple older BM AFCK's where were excellent blades and it's hard not to appreciate Al Mar's SERE2000 designs...





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Since someone revived this to page one I figured I'd take the opportunity to add pictures.

 
Cant remember if I've replied to this or not but.. in war time obviously people are going to take fixed blades but when at a fob or on base you're not going to carry around a 10" fixed blade to the galley or to cut open an MRE.

ZT 301, BM 275, Emerson Super Commander

those are my top 3 not in any specific order. On a side note I would also take my Leatherman Charge and Skeletool.. & probably about 10 more folders. I'd say an eighth of my weight would be in knives lol
 
Love those little Leatherman mult-blade knives. Have a few myself and use them a lot at work. Tks for all the feedback!!!
 
It's been a long time since I went to war. 1967, in fact. I carried a Camillus survival fixed blade that got used fairly often, (and I still have it), but I would have given a months pay for a simple Leatherman multi-tool.
 
the knife that popped into my head first was the spyderco manix xl. its just such a good all around user which is also large enough to use for self defense if needed. the smaller manix 2 or manix 2 lightweight may good options too to save on size and weight.
 
Don't recall carrying a folder when deployed to RVN in 1970. I probably would have carried a bayonet if I'd been issued one but can't remember ever needing one so one less thing to lug around. My personal knife was a Herter's Canadian knife and an arkansas stone. That and a P-38 seemed to satisfy most of my needs for the 10 months and 21 days I was in the field.
 
Shorttime said:
I'll say Adamas.

On a tangentially related note, I've done some reading on military-oriented forums.

Soldiers, that is, regular Infantry, and tanks, carry whatever they can get at the base PX. The Benchmade Stryker is often mentioned.

From what I've seen, they favor multitools over knives, because they are already carrying eighty pounds of kit, or crammed into a small space in a metal vehicle, and a Leatherman offers multiple tools, for less weight.

The prevailing attitude among these groups is that knives are functional objects, meant to be used to cut, scrape, pry, turn screws, and whatever other tool they don't have handy that the knife/multitool can stand in for. When it breaks, they go to the PX, and buy another one.
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We all had Leathermans or Gerbers when I was Infantry. Some of us carried a large fixed blade knife (PX sold Kabars by the truckload) since our bayonets were just unsharpened show pieces.

When I was a cherry I walked into the Airborne PX on Ft Bragg for the first time and there was this guy selling knives (I would later learn he was a mainstay at the PXs on base) that also had a grinding wheel and did sharpening. I bought my first ever knife from him, the basic Kabar model and had him sharpen the shit out of it including the swedge on the back. I carried that sucker for a long time before I gifted it to a friend that got orders to leave the unit.
 
These 3

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