From: delcecchiofthenorth@gmail.com   
      
   "the wharf rat"  wrote in message   
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   > In article <7jq4euF2q294sU1@mid.individual.net>,   
   > Del Cecchi  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>It's been a long time since I had to open a 55 gallon drum out in   
   >>the   
   >>woods.  :-)   
   >   
   > You never know... Anyway, these knives weren't made for people   
   > out for a hike.   
   >   
   >>Even if you expect to be fighting a Glock is far superior.   
   >   
   > That depends.   
   >   
   >>The kabar is superior as a phallic symbol however.   
   >   
   > Lol.  You reckon they issued 400,000 of the things because they   
   > made the enlisted men feel like they had big dicks?   
      
   I am no longer an enlisted man.  And they didn't issue me one when I   
   was.  They did have a really cute little bayonet for the M16 that we   
   got to play with.  "what is the spirit of the bayonet?  Love, drill   
   sargent"   
      
   If I was engaged in fighting I might want a fighting knife.   
      
   >   
   > Great Ghu.  I wonder how people who love knives can think this way.   
   > A big heavy Bowie has its place.  It's not the best for some things   
   > but   
   > no knife is.  "A saw, an axe, and a 'utility' knife" ?  Heck, I have   
   > more   
   > at hand in the kitchen...  I *can* do everything with the chef's   
   > knife, but   
   > it's easier to do a good job of peeling with a peeling knife, I get   
   > easier   
   > slices with a slicing knife, and yes, the best thing for scoring   
   > chestnuts   
   > is a chestnut knife.   
   >   
   > I do own 4 Kabars.  Two stockmen, one doctor's knife, and the   
   > fourth is one of those Dozier folding hunters in D2.   
      
   So when you go camping you just take a big ass bowie?  Chop the wood,   
   clean the fish, slice the onions, dig the latrine?   
      
   Just because one likes knives doesn't mean some things aren't silly.   
   An I consider the current fad for all these testosterone laden manly   
   fighting knives made out of half inch thick steel bars silly. But to   
   each their own.   
   >   
      
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