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Morning all!
I want to start off my saying that it has been eons since I have been on this side of the forums...it's good to be back. I figured I would post a quick thread before I ship out on Tuesday.
This past Friday, I marched across the parade deck at MCRD San Diego for the final time...it was one of the most bittersweet moments of my life. I left this place as a 19 year old kid...I came back with a high and tight and dog tags.
Last night, a good friend of the family called to see if he and his wife could visit us after supper. Upon their arrival, we shared and compared our stories from boot and crammed three months of quality time together in a few hours. Before they left, he presented a bag and placed it on the table in front of me.
"I wanted to get you something that you could use out there. No one out there will have one, I guarantee it."
Confused, I pulled out a large and familiar box. Upon opening the lid, I found this:
He chuckled at my reaction, "There, now you have one of your own. Let me go to the car and get mine, I'll teach you how to use it."
This blade is incredible to say the least. After learning a little on how to properly use a khukri, I don't really think I want to bring anything else with me on/in my pack. It is great for light chopping/limbing, fuzzies, chopping smaller amounts of wood and is capable of massive amounts of trauma using push and pull cut techniques...It cuts deep. Not only this, but it's length and light weight allows me to have maximum control of it and can easily add it to my kit without adding very much weight. The handle feels rubbery in it's texture; a feature that I am more than pleased to find. It gives me that much more confidence that I will keep my grip when doing any sort of cuts or chopping (the hand guard is a nice touch too). I can't wait to put it to actual testing out in the field.
This could be a pointless thread, but I thought I would share with you my special gift and symbolic token to commemorate becoming a member of the armed forces. Being handed this khukri, to me, was like passing the torch; passing down the traditions from the old, to the new. It means the world to me
Semper Fidelis gentlemen,
Have a wonderful day, and thank you for reading.
-Deadfall
I want to start off my saying that it has been eons since I have been on this side of the forums...it's good to be back. I figured I would post a quick thread before I ship out on Tuesday.
This past Friday, I marched across the parade deck at MCRD San Diego for the final time...it was one of the most bittersweet moments of my life. I left this place as a 19 year old kid...I came back with a high and tight and dog tags.
Last night, a good friend of the family called to see if he and his wife could visit us after supper. Upon their arrival, we shared and compared our stories from boot and crammed three months of quality time together in a few hours. Before they left, he presented a bag and placed it on the table in front of me.
"I wanted to get you something that you could use out there. No one out there will have one, I guarantee it."
Confused, I pulled out a large and familiar box. Upon opening the lid, I found this:
He chuckled at my reaction, "There, now you have one of your own. Let me go to the car and get mine, I'll teach you how to use it."
This blade is incredible to say the least. After learning a little on how to properly use a khukri, I don't really think I want to bring anything else with me on/in my pack. It is great for light chopping/limbing, fuzzies, chopping smaller amounts of wood and is capable of massive amounts of trauma using push and pull cut techniques...It cuts deep. Not only this, but it's length and light weight allows me to have maximum control of it and can easily add it to my kit without adding very much weight. The handle feels rubbery in it's texture; a feature that I am more than pleased to find. It gives me that much more confidence that I will keep my grip when doing any sort of cuts or chopping (the hand guard is a nice touch too). I can't wait to put it to actual testing out in the field.
This could be a pointless thread, but I thought I would share with you my special gift and symbolic token to commemorate becoming a member of the armed forces. Being handed this khukri, to me, was like passing the torch; passing down the traditions from the old, to the new. It means the world to me
Semper Fidelis gentlemen,
Have a wonderful day, and thank you for reading.
-Deadfall
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I probably would have gone overboard and had them add a small globe/anchor to the left of your name.