Mick, I want to say I'm sorry if I offended you. I do appreciate the work you do with your products and the need you fill with them. I remember that on my last pass in 1971, prior to disembarking from Oakland, I went to Abercrombie and Fitch in S.F. and bought what I thought was a tough lockback folder for $50.00. At that time, as I recall, my E-5 (non combat bonus) pay was about $165.00 a month. I clearly remember, some six weeks later, throwing that rusted out, no longer locking kinfe into a 55 gal trash container at our B compound in Tay Ninh. I later knew that Randalls and SOGs were available but I never saw one let alone knew how to get one. In fact, what attracted me to the Buck/Strider I bought was not so much the knife, sturdy and cool as it may be, but that little insignia of yours on the blade that so much reminds me of my unit's Combat Arms Badge: MACV. Very similar and I had to have it. Your knife led me to this forum and your lead post on this thread did miff me off a bit and I probably was out of line. Sorry again, and someday I hope to be able to buy a "real" Strider, Joe.
