Knife for service

My (step) grandfather was Army in WW2. He held a lot of influence in my life.
 
how long have you been doing that?
I'm actually really excited for boot camp. I have six brothers that are all older than me so I thought it was amusing after my oldest brother got out of bootcamp he was like "look. if you survived us wailing on you, making fun of you for being colorblind, and playing hockey with us then you'll do fine."
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Been at it for 23 years with the last three full time as a military contractor.
 
stevekt said:
I got a lot of use out of a Leatherman PST when I was an Army tanker.
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Isnt the PST the original leather man without the rolled over edges? I got a chance to play with one and i loved it but it dug into my palms real bad.
the only leatherman I have are a crunch for welding and a supertool 300 for work around the farm but I think the crunch wouldnt come in handy much and the supertool 300 would be like carrying a brick.

do you think the leatherman MUT would be useful?
 
the guys are right-- wait on the knife. you may get stationed in supply & your c.o. may dictate what you carry.
dennis
 
Knives as tools and being a mechanic AND not to disagree with Dennis at all but I have alot of kit, and depending on the garage I'm working in I will take some with me and leave other stuff at home, my point is I have the tools for job X but I don't need them doing Job Y I still have them and they are there IF and WHEN I need them, they are mine, and I know their condition, how they work and how to use exactly that equipment. My advice is work towards a set of 3 folders and 3 fixed, mind you I say 'work towards' bcuz our sensibilities towards cutting implements change over time but nontheless it can be the overall GOAL, so when you are getting deployed to Z mission you can take the knives best suited for Z. They do teach about goals in the military I hear. I highly recomend a cold steel SRK for 1 of your FB choices, a ZT for folder and also to learn about the cutting attirbutes of convex edges [look at Bark River and Fallkniven]. Good luck bro.
 
Put the money aside for now and wait to see what really will be usefull.

For now you should be concentrating on making sure your fitness level is up to par. Boot is a challenge no matter how good of condition you are in. Run, run, run.
Push-up, pull-ups, etc. I can't stress physical conditioning enough. Be one fit dude before you get there.

Once you get to your unit, you'll be able to really make informed decisions on what knives/tools to buy. You'll be around experienced combat vets that will help.
 
lacrosse11attack said:
my recruiter was like your colorblind? it don't matter you good with a gun?

My family and friends were the worst. I wore a pink and white hockey and lacrosse helmet instead of red and white for 5 years, my lacrosse stick had green mesh instead of red, and the constant "hey what colors this"

its the most annoying disability cause its the only real one you can make fun of and nobody cares if you made a retard joke in public they'd hang you but colorblindness is hilarious.
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so do you see everything in shades of grey or are you only blind to certain color spectrums?

just curious.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
so do you see everything in shades of grey or are you only blind to certain color spectrums?

just curious.
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I'm red and green colorblind but I was told that i see red/green/yellow all as yellow. I can't really tell you WHAT i see cause I have nothing to compare it too because I'm colorblind.
 
MarineAir said:
Don't need to see colors well to kick in doors haha. I had to be a "seeing eye Lieutenant" for a color blind Marine at TBS. The boxes we had to find were red, in the woods with a green background. So I just had to walk around with this guy and tell him whenever I saw a box. Pretty sure he ended up failing cus he went with the first box I saw every time, regardless of the distance we had gone.
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Being color blind need not be a disadvantage. Trade off is usually better night vision; better acuity and an ability to see past camouflage. I went to explosives school with a color blind reserve sniper and he could read number plates 4x the distance of most people and pick out every hidden camouflaged "enemy" when on exercise.
 
antonio_luiz said:
Being color blind need not be a disadvantage. Trade off is usually better night vision; better acuity and an ability to see past camouflage. I went to explosives school with a color blind reserve sniper and he could read number plates 4x the distance of most people and pick out every hidden camouflaged "enemy" when on exercise.
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yeah i thought it was great playing paintball cause I spotted people in bdu's out real quick. the texture just stands out.
 
wait on the knife 'til you're done w/ Basic. then , you'll also know what cool toys the BX has and they'll run cheaper there than offbase.
 
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