• The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
    Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
    Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.

  • Today marks the 24th anniversary of 9/11. I pray that this nation does not forget the loss of lives from this horrible event. Yesterday conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was murdered, and I worry about what is to come. Please love one another and your family in these trying times - Spark

Marine Field Use

C

Cesar

Joined
Nov 12, 1999
Messages
119
My unit went to the field last weekend to provide security for a FARP (as well as a few other things) and I decided to bring along my Strider instead of the usual KaBar. Needless to say, all the Marines in my shop were impressed and wanted one of their own.

The knife saw extensive use. Who knows how many bushes, branches, and even a medium sized tree or two...or three (starting to have too much fun) we cut down to make fighting positions and provide camoflauge for our holes.

Great knife. Now if I can only get the Corps to issue them.

 
Good luck Mick. You might be able to pull it off with the Recon units. Id be pretty impressed if you could get Strider's issued for grunts. What would that do to your delivery time for custom work?

Shawn
 
Umm... I was just kidding about the issue part. I'd be happy if my unit could afford to give me a frame for my ALICE pack.

I was "issued" a KaBar once. I was the Company Honor Graduate at SOI/MCT and the Captain gave me an issue KBar made by...not sure who. It was in a clear plastic bag with a white piece of paper stuck on with some numbers and more numbers.

Anyways, I opened it up and what a piece of sh.t!!! This wasn't one made by KBAR with the brown leather wrap handles. This thing was all black w/poorly wrapped leather handles and a sheath I wouldn't wipe my a.. on. Semper Fi and keep up the great knives.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top