From: wrat@panix.com   
      
   In article <7jvb1jF3761kfU1@mid.individual.net>,   
   Del Cecchi  wrote:   
   >   
   >was.  They did have a really cute little bayonet for the M16 that we   
      
   	Well if you havce a perfectly good rifle why are you bothering with   
   that stupid Glock? :-)   
      
   >So when you go camping you just take a big ass bowie?   
      
   	Actually I use a stove for cooking and a tent for shelter.  I carry   
   a small fixed blade knife, formerly a Gerver A400 that got lost then   
   a Schrade now a Bark River TUSK.  I use an entrenching tool for the latrine.   
      
   >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   
      
   	The Bowie isn't a current fad.  They've been around for hmmmm   
   150 years?  It's a classic American design.   
      
   	As far as thickness goes I really like a blade that's thick (more   
   than 1/4") at the hilt but that has a lot of taper towards the point.  It   
   seems to put heft where I want it and balance the knife perfectly.   
      
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