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Originally Posted by Pete

I guess my K-Bar (Navy Mk2 with fiberglass sheath) is so "Old School".

I've found that I used that sucker for years to whack chunky stuff, open boxes, force open closed things and clear underbrush. Never felt the need to sink too much money into a tool.

Now leatherman, swiss army knife or any other good steel multi-tool belt knife was always in it's nylon sheath on my pants belt. I had/have both a leatherman and swiss army, depending on what I was up to determined what I carried.

I have both an M7 and an M9 for my M16. The M9 appears to be made out of harder steel than the M7. Looks like it would do a good job in the knock-about of day-to-day activities of active service.

Side note for the younger guys. In the "Big IG" days it was rare for bayonets to come out of the arms room. It was something else that had to be cleaned and accounted for. For the most part everybody carried K-Bars of one kind or another. A few young guys would go out and get those 2 pound "Barbarian mini sword stainless steel looking cool" kinda' blades but after lugging them around for a few times in the field they were quickly retired to a car trunk because of the weight.

Pete

Dam, the exact samething I carried from the early 70s(about 71) through the mid 80s, along with the Swiss Army knife I aquired in 73 or 74. Could do anything with those two items and not spend a mint.