My new military

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Just some thoughts on my new Military.

I have had a Military for a month now, and have a few observations. I purchased my Military at the outlet, and when I handled the Military from the display case I was sold. When they brought one out of the the back it had chips all along the edge. The unchipped edge at the tip and near the chiol were scary sharp. Several cuts while playing with it that I never felt. Other than that the blade was so highly polished that I could blind people whom I shined it at.

The Military is my work knife. The AFCK is still my primary defensive knife. The Military is light and cuts very well. While the handle is comfortable and destrous, in my hands it is not as secure as I would like in a defensive blade. I tested the knife on my Sharpmaker 204 and found that the 440v sharpend more easily (by far) than Benchmade ATS 34. The knife will fillet a piece of paper, but will not get as sharp as the tip was from the factory. The edge does last a long time.

My only decent gripe about the knife is one of rust. This thing rusts while I look at it. I live in the High Desert, and we rely on swamp coolers. My SKS and carbon steel Sig magazines will rust in about 4 days after being treated with Tetragun or Marine Tuff cloth. The blade of the Military rusts about that fast. This is faster than my Hobbit Fang (1095 carbon steel, 60 rc) and my AFCK in M-2. Both of the competing knives are not treated, and take more than 3 times as long to show any surface rust. On the plus side, the Military rust is only surface, with no pitting, and does not come near the edge, it appears only just under the scales on the tang, and near, but not on, the lettering. The only edge type rust is on the chiol at 90 degrees to the cutting edge. Rust usually wipes off.

thoughts?

thanks

pat
 
re: What's a swamp cooler?

I assume he is talking about an evaporative cooler. In places with low humidity and high temps you see them around people's houses. They work by circulating air through a box where water is flowing. As the water evaporates it cools the air. This also raises the humidity of the indoor area which is why he is having problems with rust. An evaporative cooler only works with high temps and very low humidity (desert in AZ etc.). I used to see them in Oklahoma when I was a kid but we have artificially raised our humidity in the state significantly and now we have to use Air Conditioning like everybody else.

[This message has been edited by tulsamal (edited 23 September 1999).]
 
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