What's the most carried blade among "Operators"?

Back in the day it was the Buck 110 and Ka-Bar. Then Leatherman 'cool tools'.

Now? As varied as choice of deodorant.

BTW - I think there has been at least one enemy KIA from a folder.

JO
 
I"m amazed at how many times GERBER came up as a listed choice considering how often it seems to be trashed as a brand here on Bladeforums.
 
Military personnel are not often knife knuts, and they buy what's affordable and available in the PX. Gerber, Cold Steel ... funtional, if not our first choices.
 
Small in size - light in weight - and costing less than $75.00:
Gerber / Leatherman multi tool
Cold Steel 4" Voyager / SRK
small SAK
Casio G shock / Timex Ironman
8" mini prybar
Mini mag Light (AA)
 
I see alot of CRKT M16 folders in pics from iraq. You can't go wrong with a Buck 110. If I was looking for a knife for overseas I would want a smaller fixed blade like the scrapper street4 I just ordered although it is a bit more money than what would be ideal. At the other end of the spectrum a Frost Mora Clipper in laminated steel with one of normarks sheaths would be the hot ticket.
Other good choices wouls be a smaller CS knife in carbon V(if you can find one). A small axe or hatchet would probably be far more use than a K Bar for opening locked doors or chipping snipping holes in walls. If I was going to send someone I cared for who was in the service a folder I would send a Byrd cara cara and one of the cool 2 gig memroy cards I got myself for xmas instead of an expensive folder.
+ 1 on the casio G shock, that is what real "operators" wear not rolex's.
The one I have the 1298 is even availabe in camo but the black one is cheaper so I got it.
 
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