What did you miitary guys carry?

Army National Guard - 40 odd years ago. 76A10 (?) supply clerk. Buck stockman slip joint.
 
7625th Security Forces, Air Force Academy 1980's/90's and carried a butterfly knife I bought at the mall in Colorado Springs for years until my 1st Sgt. decided he liked it and wanted it for himself! LOL

1987 USAFA locking down the South Gate, good memories.
 
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I have always carried a SAK Classic. I was a "behind closed doors in rooms w/no windows" guy in the navy and the only "Action" I ever saw was after picking up women. I'll not say whether or not I saw a lot of "action". :D

When I was a defense contractor, I used my little Gerber multi-tool while in various ships. Amazing how long it can take a sailor to find a screwdriver!

I was a CTR doing HFDF for the majority of my 9 years in the navy.
 
I'm not in the military, but I've worked as a translator for Argentine, Spanish and Israeli troops in UN missions and training exercises.

There's a relatively new brand in Argentina called Yarará (a local poisonous snake) that's quite popular with servicemen. They've made some special models for army units, SWAT teams, etc. A few years ago their knives were, in my opinion, utter rubbish. But they've improved. I still think their tactical line is rather crude, but I was given a couple of their more traditional blades to try out and have to admit they worked quite well. Soldiers like them because they're tough and affordable. Keep in mind our army hasn't been to war since '82, so field testing is limited to training and peace keeping missions. www.cuchillosyarara.com.ar

The Spanish units I worked with had Aitor fixed blades (Oso Negro is the civilian name) and Aitor folding knives, the ones that look like big SAKs. Some of the newer guys got Chinese versions of the Aitor folders and weren't very happy with them. I got one with the army emblem on the handle as a gift.

Zapadores paracaidistas (airborne engineers) had a different knife made at the Toledo weapons factory. Weird double edged knife, they attached a lot of sentimental value to it. They are very sought after by Spanish civilian collectors and a few companies have made civilian reproductions.

The Israelis had a big mixture of knives, nothing seemed to be standard issue other than the bayonets. A captain who is a good friend of mine and a knife guy, bought a number of SAKs with the star of David instead of the Swiss cross (they were Victorinox Tinkers, if my memory isn't tricking me). They did have US made bayonets, but didn't seem to carry them often. This was a reserve unit.

I also met some folks from a couple of the sayerets and they were much more interested in firearms than knives, there were a couple of nice folders (Spyderco and older ats34 Gerbers) and the only guy I met with a large fixed blade carried a Randall 1.

Needless to say, I was soon the official sharpener for whichever unit I was with. Some of those knives needed a bit of time on a belt sander.
 
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...Zapadores paracaidistas (airborne engineers) had a different knife made at the Toledo weapons factory. Weird double edged knife...
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Twenty years USAF, Communications/IT/Security-Emergency Management. Started out with Benchmade 720, moved on to Spyderco Native, and finished my last two years in service with a Large Sebenza. Always had a leatherman multi-tool in my EDC pack.
 
I was a Boatswain Mate and a Corpsman, from 05 to 08. Well, before I was a "knife guy" I carried a SOG trident and a marlin spike. While, I'm not a fan of SOG, I will have to say that it preformed quite well. However, it did over a year or so start to develop minor rust spots. It held up well though and served it's intended purpose. Most Marines and EOD I worked with usually had a multi tool, gerber I believe.
 
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