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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
OK, has anyone seen any soldier in the United States Big Army wearing any fixed blade in the field?
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Not "Big Army" but was on the "Big" side of the USMC.
As far as fixed blades for utility, I never chose to carry anything larger then the SOG SEAL pup on the small side and KBar on the large side.
They would cut what and when I needed them to.
Most of the time I carried the SOG.
If for some reason I had to drop or leave it, I wouldn't be heartbroken.
Striders and the like are nice knives, but I would lose my mind if mission dictated that I would have to leave a $300+ knife somewhere on the battlefield.
The newer USMC M8 bayonet is way to big in my opinion.
It focuses to much on the utility side of things making it bigger than it needs to be.