My son and HI in Korea

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btice

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Well, I got an email the other day from my son (the one who just graduated from Ranger School). He is in Korea with the Infantry and says that he really likes the work. He asked at the end of the letter if I could send a khuk for one of his buddies..."nothing too monster; one like mine would be great." He has a beautiful 18" Sirupati by Kumar. I guess the weight adds up when you have to walk all day for a living. ;)

Oh, does anyone know when Uncle Bill is scheduled to return?
 
Wow, I'm amazed he gets to keep it over there. If they had caught me with a khuk in Korea I probably would have lost it and gotten judicial punishment. Glad to hear he's in a better situation! What unit is he in BTW? It might be the tactical section of my old unit, the 102d MI BN. Just curious. Sorry, I'm not sure when Uncle Bill will be back, he's still visiting with his Dad. I'm sure he'll poke his head in sometime soon.
 
Roadrunner, why wouldn't they let you all have "khuk-like" objects? I have his 18" Sirupati here at the house. It hasn't been sent over yet. I don't want him to have it if it's going to be a potential problem.
 
A 3" blade limit, as I understood it for the whole country. I lost a Ka-Bar at customs on the way in :mad: . I think the rules are a little different for infantry, especially Rangers. I was in a Military Intelligence unit, we're the ones everyone else considers wussies.
 
One of the best cadre officers my son had was an MI/Infantry Captain. Really good guy and believe me, he was one tough dude. I guess some people think the way they do because you all's job is sort of quiet and down low.
 
Bill should be back most any time now. ( Give or take a week. ) He was 'sposed to be gone ten days and near's I can figure, he left twelve days back. Anyone heard of something like the Bermuda Triangle in the southern Kansas area?
 
Rusty, do they have crop circles there? Uh oh. Maybe they have crop khuks...you know, crop circles shaped like khuks.
 
Ben,

I have 18” GS and Kobra not currently being used and un-issued. The GS is wood and the Kobra is horn.

I could mail it from Okinawa via MPS and get it there faster. It would leave here either Friday or Saturday and we’d work out the details later.

S/F, Mike
 
Mike, thanks for the great offer. I am running off to work, but I will email you first thing when I get there...only 30 miles through traffic. :D
 
Not being a military guy, I am a little curious about these blade length limits for people in the service who are overseas. Sarge also mentioned a need to conceal his 12" AK while deployed in Iraq recently. My question is: If you are in the service with an enemy (or potential enemy present) and have rifles, pistols, hand grenades, cannons, machine guns, mortars, etc. etc, plus lots of live ammo, what is the problem with a khuk?
 
There will always be warriors ( airborne ) and there will always be the milicrats ( the chairborne, ) the men behind the iron plated desks .
 
Rusty said it best. Korea also is not taken as seriously as other potential combat zones, at least in my experience. Hopefully that has changed recently. Also, the 3" limit was imposed by the Korean government. They seemed to fear that we would be more likely to hurt their own citizens once we got bored :rolleyes: .

Actually, you want to know what the funniest/saddest part about my Ka-Bar was? They took mine at customs, yet sold them and 12" machetes in the PX. Made no sense to me.
 
since he is a ranger(are those guys with orange&brown color beret?), I guess he is not in 503rd infantry.
just tell them that don't bring those knives when they goes out of base, korean cops will freak out and unpredictable can happen. all sort of weapon is totally banned in korea.



Originally posted by Roadrunner
Wow, I'm amazed he gets to keep it over there. If they had caught me with a khuk in Korea I probably would have lost it and gotten judicial punishment. Glad to hear he's in a better situation! What unit is he in BTW? It might be the tactical section of my old unit, the 102d MI BN. Just curious. Sorry, I'm not sure when Uncle Bill will be back, he's still visiting with his Dad. I'm sure he'll poke his head in sometime soon.
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for the historical reasons of military in general,
Historically brass worried about their own soldiers more than enemies, that's why they don't distribute live ammo unless you are actually in combat zone, and only officers have pistol, and military in general they prefer weapon system which can be seen unloaded easily.
I guess because until napoleon era, officers were damned rich family, soldiers were just poor illiterate slave-like state farmers.



Originally posted by cliff355
Not being a military guy, I am a little curious about these blade length limits for people in the service who are overseas. Sarge also mentioned a need to conceal his 12" AK while deployed in Iraq recently. My question is: If you are in the service with an enemy (or potential enemy present) and have rifles, pistols, hand grenades, cannons, machine guns, mortars, etc. etc, plus lots of live ammo, what is the problem with a khuk?
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JohnAK, my son wears a black beret; the standard for all Army units. If he get assigned to a Ranger Battalion he will wear a tan beret. I guess it's tan; could be khaki. He tells me that everyone gets a briefing as to what they can take off base, how to behave, etc. Seems like he likes it so far...says the weather leaves a little to be desired right now, but the scenery is beautiful.
 
you may tell him to wait until winter training, hehe, lol
I thought I was going to be frozen to death,
 
Yeah, I'm sure he's looking forward to it, especially after all the fun he had at Ranger School during the winter.;) He told me that he nevers wants to be that cold again. Old lesson: heat is uncomfortable; cold is painful.
 
Originally posted by Roadrunner
Wow, I'm amazed he gets to keep it over there. If they had caught me with a khuk in Korea I probably would have lost it and gotten judicial punishment. Glad to hear he's in a better situation! What unit is he in BTW? It might be the tactical section of my old unit, the 102d MI BN. Just curious. Sorry, I'm not sure when Uncle Bill will be back, he's still visiting with his Dad. I'm sure he'll poke his head in sometime soon.
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Stranger posts outta nowhere!!

Howdy, I'm new here; got a budding interest in Khukuri (is this the socially accepted spelling convention? I'm used to seeing "Kukri") blades and I'm excited to learn more, so I'll be hanging out and making an obnoxious nuisance of myself.

I was at the 102d MI. I sent an amazingly cheesy, Rambo-esque Valor knife (total length 15 inches) over in my hold baggage rather than carrying it on my flight. Never had any trouble...carried it on my ruck when we went to the field (I was D Co, not LRSD) and no one ever said a word. One of our platoon leaders had a similar blade that he wore on his LBV, and he was never censured.

So...how 'bout them Khukuris? I just got my $800 advanced child tax credit check in the mail, and House Six said I could maybe buy a new toy with some of it. I'd really welcome suggestions as to which Khukuri would be most useful/practical in the field. I'm 6 feet tall and weigh in around 180; I don't mind swinging a heavy blade for an extended period of time, so long as it cuts well and holds an edge. And oh BTW, if it could double as a fighter, so much the better. I'm currently with the 125th MI Bn, 25th ID (Schofield Barracks, HI), and my platoon's slated to go to Afghanistan with the 2d BCT in late January.

anyway...uh, Hi!
 
Welcome to the Cantina Tommy! Don't worry about being a nuisance, I continue to be one to this day and they still put up with me for some reason. Small world, huh? When were you in the 102d? I started out in D Co, but they overstocked the BN on 98Cs and I was put on loan to the S-3 after about 3 months. That lasted until the end of my tour, it wasn't much fun. 'House Six', huh? :D It took me a few minutes to figure that one out, then I had to choke off a laugh to keep from waking up my roommate. Good stuff.

The inevitable 'which khuk' question. The 16.5" WWII is a great all around blade; I have one out on a pass-around right now. If you'd like to try it out for a week send me your address; I'll have the last guy on the list send it to you and you can send it to me. Check out the pass-around forum in the General section for more info. Pass-arounds are cool :cool: . Once Uncle Bill gets back there should be some smokin' deals offered, so hang around and keep your eyes peeled. The BAS is another good all-around blade, just a bit smaller than the WWII, but still huge to the uninitiated. I'm sure others will chime in with their suggestions, in fact you may want to start a new thread or dredge up an old one on the subject in a search. Good luck in Afghanistan, Sarge (Sylvrfalcon) has spent some time over there, maybe he can give you a few pointers. Once again, welcome to the knuttiest place on the net!
 
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