blade recommendations

by **Jeff** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 11:52 am

Damn it! I missed He-Man discussion!? And raptor, I thought all you had left to do was work fast food, be an astronaut, and get old.

by **Valarius** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:49 am

Huh. Found a Japan Forum link about swords and sword quality. Figure everyone should at least glance it over.

http://www.jref.com/culture/japanese_swords.shtml

Hell, there's even a quote worth remembering:

Q: The sword was the soul of the samurai, right?
A: In a sense, yes. There has been plenty written on the relationship between a samurai and his sword. I shall not go into that now. However, we need to keep in mind that a sword is like a pistol to the modern soldier - a weapon of last resort.

by **Jeff** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:45 am

That's something almost no one realizes. Samurai used katanas, yes, but the core of their study, what they evolved from and continued, was bowmanship. The bow was the true weapon of the Samurai. They date back some thirty five hundred years as riders and bowmen.

Edit. As I actually read the article, I see it touched on that a bit.

by **raptorman** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:00 am

Jeff wrote:Damn it! I missed He-Man discussion!? And raptor, I thought all you had left to do was work fast food, be an astronaut, and get old.

I have thirty rotary wing hours. I have flown a helicopter. That's what rotary wing means. I am just not a professional helicopter pilot.

by **ProZombieHunter** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:11 am

Not a professional helicoptery dude, but when we find an abandond chinook on the burning military base we're trying to escape from, guess who I'm lookin' at?

by **will** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:46 pm

not me i hope...at least not yet...

by **raptorman** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:15 pm

will wrote:not me i hope...at least not yet...

Tell you what, I'll control the cyclic if you control the collective.

by **will** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:28 pm

sounds good. just point and tell me what to do.

by **Raccoon City Survivor** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:10 pm

raptorman wrote:That's what rotary wing means.

Can't you just call it a "Whirly-Bird"?

by **DeepSix** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:05 pm

dude my bunk mate from acadamy sent me the little combat folder that i left in my bunk like three years ago i forgot i even had it

by **AirborneChaplain** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:34 pm

What about mounting an M-9 Bayonet on your CAR-15 or M-4? YOu could use it in a slicing motion, and the upside is that you can use the scabbard and blade as a wire cutter.
a lot of my guys in the Airborne swear by their M-9's, what do you all think?

by **jamoni** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:16 pm

I liked them, cause at least you could use them as a field knife. Not a GREAT one, but still. Never tried to cut wire with them.

by **Raccoon City Survivor** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:58 pm

This is my pocket knife:

I once drove it through a piece of leather, like butter, it went straight through it.

PS-I keep it in my pocket at all times.

by **ProZombieHunter** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:49 am

I keep my Winchester folder in my pocket at all times.

It's not black or tactical looking or anything... But it's got your standard tactical folder setup, what with pocket-clip and thumb bars and all.

It's actually about identical to the tactical folders Winchester used to make for SWAT (I think it was for SWAT, anyways).

The only difference: Cherry-wood handle. I'm not a sissy just because I think wood is prettier than hard plastic.

Also, the wooden handle is a LOT heavier than the light plastic one (especially since a lot of plastic handles have air-holes cut in them), and I've thrown this beast a few times (and I mean FEW), and that extra heft makes it cleave through targets up to the hilt!

by **Raccoon City Survivor** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:13 pm

ProZombieHunter wrote:up to the hilt!

Hurrah!

by **DeepSix** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:24 pm

i always keep the combat folder i bought at the surplus with me its great for cutting through ties and fasteners on cables...

P.S.
a fact you probly dont know about me i do technical theater

by **Horatio_Tyllis** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:47 am

Deepsix... please... PLEASE change your signature. Just spell it correctly. This is all i ask.

by **Hound** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:13 am

i used to have a straight razor with me all the time but then the handle broke when i threw it across the room,so now i just have the blade.suck!

by **DeepSix** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:12 am

Horatio_Tyllis wrote:Deepsix... please... PLEASE change your signature. Just spell it correctly. This is all i ask.

oh crap oh well i never look at it any way ill fix it it is a little old i sould change it

by **DIOMID** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:31 pm

how about this?

http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates ... hasJS=true

by **jamoni** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:39 pm

A $90 machette? I don't think so. They look like they'd be a poor compromise between a battle blade and a brush cutter. Interesting idea, though.

by **DIOMID** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:42 pm

they are pretty solid, more than a GI issue machette.

by **jamoni** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:45 pm

A machette isn't supposed to be solid, it's supposed to be light, so you can swing it all day as you cruise through the jungle!

by **kyle** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:50 pm

DIOMID wrote:how about this?

http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates ... hasJS=true

You can get that exact same tool from Bud-K for $25.

blade recommendations

M-9 Bayonet

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