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- Thread starter Scarman
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A little over 20 years in the U.S. Army (Cavalry and Armor). Retired SGM in '93. Guess knives have always been in my blood. First one was a Boker Tree Brand.
Gotta be more than have posted so far.
Gotta be more than have posted so far.
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Two months at Paris Island.....wish I joined at 18 instead of 23!
For a year after my (General.... I wasn't stupid enough to get a dishonorable!) discharge, I went around saying, "Uh" alot.
(I didn't think it appropriate for me to go all the way by saying "Uh-RAH!")
Hopin' that the folks still wanna talk to me,
I remain,
VG
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Vampire Gerbil: Nosferatus Rodentus Moderatus; similar to a domestic gerbil, except for the odd accent and little black cape.
For a year after my (General.... I wasn't stupid enough to get a dishonorable!) discharge, I went around saying, "Uh" alot.
(I didn't think it appropriate for me to go all the way by saying "Uh-RAH!")
Hopin' that the folks still wanna talk to me,
I remain,
VG
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Vampire Gerbil: Nosferatus Rodentus Moderatus; similar to a domestic gerbil, except for the odd accent and little black cape.
Spent 4yrs in the US Navy onboard a LST.Did a couple of West Pacs and all up and down the California coast.Tried to see knives in every port.The best were in Japan.I've been in love with knives since about 5yrs old.Can't seem to shake the addiction : ^ )
I found the forums while searching for other knife stuff and decided to stay.
scott w
I found the forums while searching for other knife stuff and decided to stay.
scott w
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Hi all,
12+ years in the Marine Corps. I am still on active duty. My Grandfather introduced me to knives when I was around 5, and I never lost the interest.
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Shawn R Sullivan
~San Diego, Ca~
12+ years in the Marine Corps. I am still on active duty. My Grandfather introduced me to knives when I was around 5, and I never lost the interest.
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Shawn R Sullivan
~San Diego, Ca~
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U.S.M.C here Simper Fi Devil Dogs
Dad did 30 yrs in the Air Force and since we all hunted and are all outdoor enthusist so my first knive was probably my Buck 110. I needed a small folding knife since I was about 9 when I got it.
I got totally engrossed in Knives and edged weapons from there on.
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The warrior will endure great personal hardship in order to stand on a hill, howl at the moon, and proclaim his domain over all he surveys. Fredrick Lovert- Author
Dad did 30 yrs in the Air Force and since we all hunted and are all outdoor enthusist so my first knive was probably my Buck 110. I needed a small folding knife since I was about 9 when I got it.
I got totally engrossed in Knives and edged weapons from there on.
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The warrior will endure great personal hardship in order to stand on a hill, howl at the moon, and proclaim his domain over all he surveys. Fredrick Lovert- Author
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Hmmm...Could somebody please tell me, what is concertina wire? Explosive wire?
Jani
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Two important questions in life:
Do they have a catalog?
Did you know there's a town called "Batman" in Turkey?
Jani
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Two important questions in life:
Do they have a catalog?
Did you know there's a town called "Batman" in Turkey?
12+ in the Air Guard, "Dirt Radio" (Combat Comm.), 307x0->49370->3c270(Tech Control)they kept changing my career field
Always liked knives but didn't know what was a good one till about 10 years ago and been learning more ever since. Been around since the beginning of BF when Spark and Mike started this after KF.
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hey P Diddy, what years were you in Mainz,Germany? I did 13 months there at McCully Barracks in Wackernheim(part of Mainz) in 75-76 with the 51 MP Co., 1/59 ADA.
Jani, concertina wire is like razor sharp barb wire. Nothing better than sliced Charlie in it
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Phil. 4:13
Dave
Wharton,NJ
Jani, concertina wire is like razor sharp barb wire. Nothing better than sliced Charlie in it
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lifter
Phil. 4:13
Dave
Wharton,NJ
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I joined the Navy for three primary reasons:
1) Three hots (of relatively real food) and a cot (with a relatively real mattress) no matter what was going on as long as the ship was afloat or the base intact.
2) Travel to countries and stationing at bases which are not either swampish hellholes or other gowdawful places that were mostly chosen primarily because they are good areas to blow up during practice. In other words, no one else wanted places like Ft. Polk Louisiana since Jefferson bought it.
3) No running more than 2 and 1/2 miles every year. No packs to lug around.
I did four years active, primarily in the Pineapple Fleet at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Two stints of West Pacific cruising in the middle of the Iran-Iraq war. First time our ship was relieved on station by the USS Stark which was shot up by one of Sadaam's flyboys "by mistake" two weeks after we left. We got to re-relieve them. Fun times.
Remember missiles don't kill people; people kill people.
Second time I got there, a week had gone by since the USS Vincennes had shot down an Iranian jet liner "by mistake." Lots of fun motorboat fighting that time around.
Side bennies were travel to Australia, Samoa, Tonga, and 14 other countries, states or provinces in their turn, and of course, living in Hawaii when not deployed.
Anyway, I was what is called an instant Boatswain's Mate, which means that yes indeed, I drank myself out of electronics school and was shipped directly to the fleet with no "advanced" training whatsoever to maintain the surfaces and refueling/restocking hardware of a destroyer. Cut two years off of my six year enlistment for which I am eternally grateful.
I left 3 and 1/2 years later honorably discharged at E-5 with a GI Bill and a nice tan and the rest is history. I was offered a chance to go ROTC and mustang it back in as an officer but declined.
I have been interested in knives since I can't remember. I didn't really know anything useful about knives until I was a Boatswains Mate. I'll now take scary sharp and easily resharpened any day over edge holding if sharpening is a pain. Working around manila and synthetic line all of the time will get you to see things that way.
Also, after using some knives beyond their endurance, I have no patience for a knife that cannot live up to a "no BS, no excuses" standard. However, that's been too apparent lately.
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Never confuse movement with action.
Ernest Hemingway
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1) Three hots (of relatively real food) and a cot (with a relatively real mattress) no matter what was going on as long as the ship was afloat or the base intact.
2) Travel to countries and stationing at bases which are not either swampish hellholes or other gowdawful places that were mostly chosen primarily because they are good areas to blow up during practice. In other words, no one else wanted places like Ft. Polk Louisiana since Jefferson bought it.
3) No running more than 2 and 1/2 miles every year. No packs to lug around.
I did four years active, primarily in the Pineapple Fleet at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Two stints of West Pacific cruising in the middle of the Iran-Iraq war. First time our ship was relieved on station by the USS Stark which was shot up by one of Sadaam's flyboys "by mistake" two weeks after we left. We got to re-relieve them. Fun times.
Remember missiles don't kill people; people kill people.
Second time I got there, a week had gone by since the USS Vincennes had shot down an Iranian jet liner "by mistake." Lots of fun motorboat fighting that time around.
Side bennies were travel to Australia, Samoa, Tonga, and 14 other countries, states or provinces in their turn, and of course, living in Hawaii when not deployed.
Anyway, I was what is called an instant Boatswain's Mate, which means that yes indeed, I drank myself out of electronics school and was shipped directly to the fleet with no "advanced" training whatsoever to maintain the surfaces and refueling/restocking hardware of a destroyer. Cut two years off of my six year enlistment for which I am eternally grateful.
I left 3 and 1/2 years later honorably discharged at E-5 with a GI Bill and a nice tan and the rest is history. I was offered a chance to go ROTC and mustang it back in as an officer but declined.
I have been interested in knives since I can't remember. I didn't really know anything useful about knives until I was a Boatswains Mate. I'll now take scary sharp and easily resharpened any day over edge holding if sharpening is a pain. Working around manila and synthetic line all of the time will get you to see things that way.
Also, after using some knives beyond their endurance, I have no patience for a knife that cannot live up to a "no BS, no excuses" standard. However, that's been too apparent lately.
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Never confuse movement with action.
Ernest Hemingway
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Former 19K (M1 Tanker) and current IRR member here. The Army doesn't have much use for knives apparently, except in the DFAC.
Ft. Knox
Camp Casey
Ft. Bliss
Ft. Irwin
Ft. Carson
Oh yeah, did someone mention concertina wire? Always used to get tangled up in it leaving the AA to take a dump!
Ay-eee-ah!!!!!!!!
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Oderint dum metuant
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Ft. Knox
Camp Casey
Ft. Bliss
Ft. Irwin
Ft. Carson
Oh yeah, did someone mention concertina wire? Always used to get tangled up in it leaving the AA to take a dump!
Ay-eee-ah!!!!!!!!
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Oderint dum metuant
[This message has been edited by D. Epstein (edited 20 November 1999).]
Interested in knives, since, as a toddler, I first picked up that shiny piece of metal and made my finger leak.
Currently I'm a 18D (ask Dogman, he knows). Doing SERE at Bragg and then heading out to Ft Lewis, WA around Christmas 99.
Hooah Dogman, I think I've lost about 2 inches in the last 10 years (or my wife has been growing alot)
Kit Carson, glad to see some Cav here. Was 19D before going SF. 2/11 ACR in Wildflecken Germany and 4th Cav Ft Stewart, GA.
How'd I find this joint, www.hotbot.com
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Dan
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Currently I'm a 18D (ask Dogman, he knows). Doing SERE at Bragg and then heading out to Ft Lewis, WA around Christmas 99.
Hooah Dogman, I think I've lost about 2 inches in the last 10 years (or my wife has been growing alot)
Kit Carson, glad to see some Cav here. Was 19D before going SF. 2/11 ACR in Wildflecken Germany and 4th Cav Ft Stewart, GA.
How'd I find this joint, www.hotbot.com
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Dan
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USAF B-52 STRATOFORTRESS (MUMF) (BUFF) and other names.
Always a knife of some sort.
USAF B-52 STRATOFORTRESS (MUMF) (BUFF) and other names.
Always a knife of some sort.
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I joined the USMC at the age of 23. My DI's took me aside and told me my chances of making it thru Parris Island's boot camp were minimal because of my "advanced age". I made it and did 4+ years. Whew!
My interest in knives started at a very young age and I got my first knife around the age of 5 or 6 yrs. About the same time I started school.
Needless to say, the interest in knives has endured to the present.
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If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there to correct him, is he still wrong?
My interest in knives started at a very young age and I got my first knife around the age of 5 or 6 yrs. About the same time I started school.
Needless to say, the interest in knives has endured to the present.
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If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there to correct him, is he still wrong?
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Dan,
So I guess you cringe when I mention: The Bearded One?
I forgot to add my knife progression:
I started with a Gerber Gator in my naive days. I graduated to my first expensive knife (D/A SOCOM with original hand ground tanto). I couldn't keep my SF general (Blank Frank Toney) from playing with it.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
So I guess you cringe when I mention: The Bearded One?
I forgot to add my knife progression:
I started with a Gerber Gator in my naive days. I graduated to my first expensive knife (D/A SOCOM with original hand ground tanto). I couldn't keep my SF general (Blank Frank Toney) from playing with it.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
2 years active, QOR of C (Queens Own Rifles of Canada), reserve infantry regiment. Never leave home without a knife (or two, or three) on my person. ALWAYS seem to come in handy...
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."
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Shawn
"Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless."