Lockbacks?

Consider a Böker. They do a slim Barehead Lockback, abt 4" closed with a thin CARBON drop-point blade, nice bone washboard handles too.
 
DeadFall27 - You said you go to Boot early next year. I assume by that that you have joined one of the Armed Forces. Before you buy a lockback, why not wait until after you graduate from Boot and see what your needs are in the service and what's available in the Exchange (armed forces store) and other military related vendors.

Just an idea.
 
Ladies and Gents, let's remember that this is the Traditional Forum when we are making recommendations.

One hand openers and pocket clips need not apply.
 
Modoc ED said:
DeadFall27 - You said you go to Boot early next year. I assume by that that you have joined one of the Armed Forces. Before you buy a lockback, why not wait until after you graduate from Boot and see what your needs are in the service and what's available in the Exchange (armed forces store) and other military related vendors.

Just an idea.
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That is a pretty good idea ED, I guess I am just trying to justify another tool purchase to play around with before I go in all honesty.
 
Modoc ED said:
DeadFall27 - You said you go to Boot early next year. I assume by that that you have joined one of the Armed Forces. Before you buy a lockback, why not wait until after you graduate from Boot and see what your needs are in the service and what's available in the Exchange (armed forces store) and other military related vendors.

Just an idea.
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Actually, that is a great suggestion. I work with a lot of vets and do volunteer work with the Wounded Warriors here in San Antonio, TX. In asking them what kind of knives they carried in training and then were later allowed to carry when deployed was a wide spectrum.

Not one combat soldier carried the huge knives we see here or on the warrior blade sites. A few carried large folders of all manner when on patrol that was in their gear setup.

But I was really surprised how many carried a SAK, a boy scout knife, and other oldies but goodies all the time when in theater. There was a spatter of stockmen and trappers, but most of those were gifted from friends and family. They seem to find the old utility patterns, and less expensive knives like Opinels great not only for their usefulness but affordability. (Apparently it is easy to lose things there and sometimes one even has help with that.)

Sometimes a chat about pocket knives can be a door opener when I am at the center. Knife guys are knife guys, and that seems to bridge a lot of differences. When we get to chatting I have seen more than one BUCK medium stockman pattern come out of a pocket of a soldier or retiree that has been used from combat to desk work. One belonged to a client of mine that told me he took that knife everywhere with him from Vietnam to the end of his 30 year military career (ending ten years ago!), and he told me no one ever had a complaint about letting him keep it on his person. It is a memento now, and he told me the reason it went by for years without notice was because it was a small, nonthreatening knife of a pattern most folks were familiar with.

Good catch, Ed.

Robert
 
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