Just a regular ol' grunt here looking for a knife to keep on my plate carrier. I'm not very fond of folding knives, even though I own a lot of them. I'm looking for a fixed blade. I could just call it a day and use one of my Ka-bars, but I like to look at options. I took at look at the OKC Mk3 Mod 0 and it has an almost perfect form factor in my eyes, but the blade profile and body is too thick. I also don't like stainless steel. Any suggestions? Bonus points if it's coyote brown. I'll also take flashlight suggestions.
Knife for infantryman?
Blake Diaz
Camden Martinez
Benchmade are cucks, but they make a good blade. Have had one of the nimravus fixed blades for awhile, been solid through four years of decently heavy use
Connor Phillips
Damn, I dig it. $200 is a bit pricey, but it has everything I'm looking for. A hard plastic sheath would have been icing on the cake. But that would definitely be more convenient than having a Ka-bar or OKC3S strapped to my chest.
Jack Adams
Kind of old school, but I have a Camillus survival knife from the 60s that's served me well doing general shit with.
Nolan Thomas
Optimum setup is a decent leatherman, 2 energizer headlamps (cheapest that has a red light) and 2 Casio F91w watches.
When the time comes you want to upgrade to a nicer setup odds are you can just pick up all the other idiots misplace.
Landon Hill
Write the knife off on your taxes.
Wyatt Taylor
Why two headlamps? Why two watches?
Carson Wilson
Smart idea. I'll steal this when I get into the military.
Jaxon Hughes
Good call. I just filed my taxes late yesterday, but it's ridiculous how much shit I was able to claim. Something like $3,400 from the last 6 months alone.
I snagged a Leatherman Rev and a Gerber Multi Plier 600 in the field. Just lying in the wet sand.
Jeremiah Brooks
You're going to lose shit and your shit is going to get stolen. Those items are like $10 per and they weigh almost nothing so it's better to have a spare. Take the extras and put them in a ziplock freezer bag and tuck them into your rucksack flap along with a bic lighter and a small makeup mirror.
Charles Thompson
I use a benchmade 860 i got for 120 bucks, they sent me a new clip when the old one broke. Has served me well for 3 years.
Dominic Turner
I'm not a big fan of Casio watches. A lot of us either had Casios or G-Shocks and when we went to the LAW and AT4 range, a bunch of the Casios broke. I guess they couldn't handle the shock from firing rockets.
Robert Lewis
>Advocate buying two cheap watches
>Yeah but they break on rare occasion
Jaxson Lewis
I just don't like buying cheap shit. I'd prefer to just buy a quality item, and have that be the end of it.
Kayden Cook
This, get a G-shock. Way more durable than anything else even if it costs four times as much.
In general, don't ever buy expensive shit. You're not an office worker queer who collects "gear" and jerks off over it, you have to actually use that shit, you can't afford $200 knives and bullshit like that when you can get the same thing but uglier for $15.
Hudson Foster
>knife on plate carrier
Let me guess. Zero deployments junior enlisted.
Go to war and you'll learn a good locking folder clipped in the pocket is better.
Logan Sanders
Value is always the name of the game.
Camden Bennett
I'm a scout with LAR. I can't reach into my pocket to grab my folder when I'm sardine canned in the back of an LAV.
Alexander Williams
They make a plastic one for it, seems kinda hard to find though
Christian Walker
Do you not understand how a clip on a knife works?
Dominic Sanders
Do you not understand that I don't like folding knives? I'm not clipping a folder to my molle.
Daniel Foster
esee izula 2, kabar becker eskabar, mora robust/eldris. also nice to have a leatherman imo.
I will cosign user saying cheap gshock is worth the upgrade from f91w (countdown timer for naps, buttons are harder to press accidentally) and add that mankerlight e03h is probably worth the upgrade from energizer.
Aiden Collins
there's a right price for things to be
> be cheap watch
> break from cheap
> be expensive watch
> i could have bought stock or candy or bullets
> not actually worth $275
you're looking for middle of the road, if you actually plan to use it
Gabriel Martin
You can take a look at the KM2000 if you want, it's the field knife of the German army. Quality knife. But I think you should keep things simple and just take a standard ka bar and call it a day.
Carter Watson
>"Just lying in the wet sand."
sure you did user
This is why we cant have nice things
Ryder Garcia
Eli Ross
That dude is a fuckin liar anyway. My Casio survived 2 big ass IED blasts and then I traded it to some KBS dude as an American made watch. Probably got used in an IED later on down the road. Fucking circle of life.
Henry Anderson
If you don't already have a leatherman on your hip you are fucked up devil. You will use it 10x more often than you will a knife attached to your plate carrier
Matthew Russell
Get an OKC M7B
It goes on the end of your gun if need be and it's stabby
Zachary Phillips
Cold Steel SRK. Great knife, can be found for $50ish
Landon Sullivan
Just buy a fucking ka-bar you retarded boot. They're $70 on Amazon and are easy as hell to maintain. They're also really sturdy.
Jordan Rogers
With enough duct tape any knife can become a bayonet user
Xavier Watson
Also fucking yuhuuge for no reason..
Justin Hughes
Shut the fuck up, never served bitch
Sebastian Sanchez
that's the appeal. boot stuff for boot peeps.
Elijah Stewart
Its yuge because it's both a combat knife and a utility knife. It's long enough that you can stick it through a mans neck and rip it out the front.
Jordan Cook
Stop asking retarded questions boot. You killed a thread with a "I'm too retarded to use Google please coddle me anons" question.
Jason Ward
Seriously, this knife. I know of tons of marines and soldiers who swear by this knife with their life.
Tyler Murphy
What situation would you ever need to use a knife while sitting in an APC? Are you actually rarted?
Isaiah Sanders
Morakniv 511 basic. You won't have to worry about it.
Leo Baker
this
Asher Morales
I've had a ka-bar passed down from my dad, he used it heavily in Afghanistan and I've used it heavily in the woods, I've chopped down trees with it and sharpened sticks etc. Whether you get a ka-bar or not, just remember to get a full tang blade, those "survival knife" types with the hollow blade are shit and will break on you.
Angel Nelson
ESEE 4
Jaxson Watson
Based
Jaxson Jackson
Just get the KM 2000 its a really good knife i had it during my time in the german army and it never dissapointed me there are alot of Review videos about it out there and its pretty good for the buck you pay.
Jace Ramirez
There is also a Pointed tip variant of it but that was never Standard issue for us so i cant give you any opinion on that.
Gavin Morales
Glock brand glock knife
Joseph Gomez
The bayonet for your rifle. The new ones look like KBars.
Easton Bennett
Morakniv companion heavy duty, all the way. It's easy to maintain, takes a razor edge if you know what you're doing with a sharpening stone, and it's virtually indestructible. Also, it's 20 bucks.