Veterans, what traditional knife do you carry today in memory of your TIS?

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I'm carrying my well worn well used Case slimline trapper in yellow delrin. I used it everyday for four out of my eight years in the USAF as a missile tech. (It's the one on the bottom) ["ATTACH=CONFIG]391698[/ATTACH]
 
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I can't contribute as I never served, but I thank you for your service and I thank anyone else who posts for their service. I never served myself, but I've had family that served in the past and I couldn't wait for my brother to get back from Afghanistan. Wouldn't even read the news for a whole year. I most definitely appreciate the sacrifices made by any who served. Thank you.
 
I was an ordnance guy so my main carry was not so much a knife as a leatherman multi tool......I've upgraded to a Vic Swisstool and carry it with me every day!! However, I did carry my survival knife in my helmet bag everywhere I went so I've upgraded to Vietnam era Camillus Kabars and other quality edc/survival knives....these now reside in my edc and get home bags that travel with me in my car every single day!!
 
I hadn't thought about pulling an old friend out for Veterans Day carry - good idea. I carried this Kabar medium stockman for the last seven years of my career (98 - 05), to include OIF in 2003, that is me and my CSM cooking our lunch on hot afternoon; I'm holding the Kabar in my left hand (if you want to cut meat from a MRE you better have a sharp knife!) OH

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OH... Thanks for your service and the fotos! When I maintained missiles and silos my last re-enlistment we had instead of MREs, bagged lunches, "bag nasties" we called them, didn't need no knife to cut the meat... Mystery meat sandwiches and a few day old "hostess fruit pie" in 100deg heat in the western plains of SoDak. The brown paper bag also served double duty as a barf bag if needed. :barf: :cool:
 
Wasn't really in to knives during my time in the Army from 99' to 02'. I carried a Gerber Multi tool everyday though and I used it everyday doing maintenance work after the service up until about 3 years ago. I still have it and use it around the house from time to time. Today I will be carrying my Boker Stockman that Duncan gifted me a while back. :)

 
For the last few years of my Air Force service I carried a Buck 303. I know I still have it but don't carry it any more. I have been retired from the Air Force for 30 years.
 
Carried a Black Victorinox Huntsman while serving as a medic with 2/187th Infantry. Scissors were great for all kinds of detail cutting, and the tweezers were outstanding on splinters & ticks. Went with Black because I'd never seen a SAK in anything but Red. A year or so later I set it aside while taping a soldier's ankle out in the field at dusk. When it was time to go I could not see it due to fading light and the Black scales.

So I'll probably carry one of my SAKs today.
 
I am traveling by plane today and after having a nice knife stolen out of my bag, only travel with cheapies. That said when I land I will be carrying 2 rough rider barlows. When I was in the Army I carried a gerber gator and a SAK. I also, like most carried a multi tool.
 
carried a Vic Camper and a Buck 110.
after i got out, I discovered the scissors on the Huntsman and never looked back! :D
 
Carried my 2012 traditional forum knife. That knife rarely leaves my pocket. During my time in the Marines I usually carried a multi tool or a Gerber Gator; although I liked to carry a fixed blade in the field. I did get a nice Ka-Bar on a plaque when I left my first unit.
 
M7 bayonet or leatherman to cut open my ham slice or spaghetti heated on an engine block with the nasty smelling cheese melted in during the 80s/90s and I beat up a SOG ageis in 2009/10 in Taji and Camp Victory
 
Didn't carry it today, but yesterday I took a look at my match striker-pull Old Timer 8OT large stockman that I carried on my last deployment...darn fine knife, takes a great edge.
 
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I carried a Schrade Ulster Old Timer whittler, 580T. My dad gave it to me new new in 1964. I carried it every day for years, including the 4 years, 1971-1974, that I was in the Air Force.
It sits on my desk now, no longer carried. It is to valuable to me, to risk losing it.
 
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