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He insisted on one with the fid. Good thing to have on a boat.
Knife For A Sailor
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He insisted on one with the fid. Good thing to have on a boat.
charlie sherrill
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I bought a Buck 110 at the Naval Exchange in Norfolk, Va. while stationed there in 1967. I think I paid around $10.00 for it. I still have it and use it. I have skinned a lot of wild game with it in the last 50+ years. If your sailor is going to be at sea and if he has to work with any rope I would suggest the knife have a marlin spike. If not, it doesn't really matter.
Check his state's laws on EDC blade lengths, my state limits me to 3.5 inches. I have recently purchased 2 knives listed as 3.5 in, and the blades actually measured longer, so no EDC. I usually look at something listed as 3.2.
Texas Star
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Is there a Navy rule about what he can carry? His ship captain's dictates?
A SEAL or aviator can carry more knife than an average sailor can, I bet.
A SEAL or aviator can carry more knife than an average sailor can, I bet.
Serrated vs straight may not be quite as entertaining as "what caliber for a bear", but it can be popcorn worthy.
A half serrated blade save my bacon one time when a line got wrapped around a propeller shaft. Used someone else's knife that time. I had a half serrated blade knife in my pocket shortly after that.
When I was in a construction battalion, so many of us had Buck 110s that a sailer on base asked me how he could get one of those Sea Bee knives. I told him to go to the Navy exchange and buy one.......
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BearBio
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The summer after I graduated from college, the head of the science department asked me to accompany him to Belize and Guatemala to help teach a course in "Jungle Ecology". I learned from an ex-SAS soldier that the serrations are for cutting cordage or webbing. All my EDC pocket knives have it now for cutting old paracord or seat belts==haven't needed it for the latter, thank the Almighty!
carpriver
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I was gifted a Buck 110 just before my deployment to Viet Nam. When I arrived there was a package from my uncle who was in the Army. it was a K-Bar. I carried both every day they saw a lot of work. I still have my buck someone liked the K-Bar and lifted it my truck.
squidsix
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After 23 years in the Navy, one knife is in my pocket every single day. My brother gave me a Chris Reeves Small Sebenza for my return from my second (of eleven) deployment. It had my initials tastefully engraved on the spine of the blade.
I have dozens of knives. The Sebenza is in my pocket now.
Get him a knife that he would not buy himself, because it is an indulgence. He would see it and think: I want that, but is it two hundred dollars better than my Spyderco?
Buy a knife like that. He will have it forever.
I have dozens of knives. The Sebenza is in my pocket now.
Get him a knife that he would not buy himself, because it is an indulgence. He would see it and think: I want that, but is it two hundred dollars better than my Spyderco?
Buy a knife like that. He will have it forever.
squidsix
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This isnt a thing. We carry whatever knife we want, but NOBODY carries a big fixed blade in uniform on a ship. EVERYONE had a folding knife in their pocket and most have a leatherman multitool on their belt. Leatherman, not gerber, since the gerber ones break before they bend, and we all know that now.
But a good folding knife in the pocket is a guarantee.
Boatswain's Mates carry a Buck 110 and marlinspike in a home-made sheath for them. Its a BM must-have.
In the sandbox, most guys have a fixed blade on their kit, but a folder is always in the pocket of every single person. Some are really nice, but most are whatever was at the PX and looked cool.
I have a prototype Mad Dog fixed blade, and the Sebenza is always in my pocket. Always.
CASE has military commemorative knives and offer engraving . Check Shepard Hills Cutlery .
Jlpgumbo
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Any sailors knife MUST include a marlin spike! It is required at any maritime school or college. Thanks
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Frank46
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Spyderco used to make a knife called the Mariner. All stainless steel. Front part is a blade then you have the serrations. Mine is close to 40 years old. When I was on the emergency oil spill response team, I cut a huge amount of rope tying oil booms, towing small boats (my boat was a 25 footer with twin 300hp engines and had a stern post to tie off lines. yeah it got used a lot.The mariner would be a nice choice for him. A marlin spike would be cool as we used them to make mooring lines with them. Would probably a separate purchase. Frank
AGREED! My son is a cheap son of a gun. He would never buy a custom knife. But he carries the one he has with pride.
Was in line to go on a flight with his wife, and forgot he had his knife in his pocket. Told his wife he would miss the flight before parting with his knife. Fortunately he was able to mail it to himself at the airport.
jringo8769
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Zero Tolerance...
u can not do better and it will last a lifetime
They are my favorite and way overbuilt and lifetime warranty
God Bless,John
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u can not do better and it will last a lifetime
They are my favorite and way overbuilt and lifetime warranty
God Bless,John
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Partially serrated if needed to cut line, I really miss my Buck Tool I foolishly lost to TSA recently.
Some of the ones pictured look like a nightmare to handle with wet hands.
Some of the ones pictured look like a nightmare to handle with wet hands.
Never in the navy and never ran a boat in salt water.
But when I was boating whitewater with my long gone jet boats I carried an assisted open half serrated blade all the time.
Several times I found myself needing one hand to hold a line while the other was needed to deploy the knife to cut it.
The assisted open allowed one handed operation and the serrations cut rope fast.
Other than cutting rope or some other type of line I would have no use for a serrated blade.
But when I was boating whitewater with my long gone jet boats I carried an assisted open half serrated blade all the time.
Several times I found myself needing one hand to hold a line while the other was needed to deploy the knife to cut it.
The assisted open allowed one handed operation and the serrations cut rope fast.
Other than cutting rope or some other type of line I would have no use for a serrated blade.
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IMHO and 60 years of owning /carrying a knife; One hand/assisted opening knives are right up there with sliced bread!
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