Why military gear isn't always a good idea...
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Published 2022-03-01
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Military grade: " The cheapest supplier we could find"
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“Stop. Buying. This. Knife.” Me who has never bought a knife: “Ok”
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Military Grade just means "These things are cheap enough to pass out to 1,000,000 guys."
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You see this is why I use a bayonet off a carcano rifle because not only is it strong, it’s rusty so it does poison damage and it is basically as small sword
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This is one of Murphey's laws: "Remember your equipment is made by the lowest bidder."
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It's worth to remember that a lot of military hardware, especially older stuff, would have been made to be quite cheap, since it was mass-produced to meet minimal requirements.
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Returning my gear to supply: “Yea I can’t find the knife” Supply-“okay that’ll be $459.98”
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Those leather disks also seem like they'd trap moisture, it already appears to be rusting
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"A knife is something you should be able to trust with your life" Spoken like a true Londoner
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yeah my 2 friends in the military told me "military grade" really just means really cheap mass produced items that barely work
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Full tang just means the tang extends the full length of the grip-portion of a handle, not that it's as wide as the grip. when the tang is as wide as the grip it's called slab construction.
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Funnily enough my survival instructor was an army veteran and survivalist. And he showed us one knife that you could put your entire body weight on, with it only flexed slightly, and another one that snapped in two instantly. Guess which one was the military knife
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"Military grade" really just means "As cheap as possible."
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If you ever see "military grade" or "mil spec", all that means is it is easily produced, has enough rigidity to hold up frequent use, FOR THE CHEAPEST PRICE. Military grade doesn't mean super tough and strong, it means "good enough."
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It is called an "Air Crew Survival Knife" but the word survive here just means, maybe make fire starter or clean some game/cut herbs and roots for food, but its primary purpose was to cut rigging on parachutes and maybe silently kill pursuers. It is a stabby knife, meant to be light and hopefully never be used, and if used, to kill people and take their stuff. It is not a heavy duty knife.
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Used one for years. First issued in AF SERE school. Never broke, nor bent. Still using it for camp/woodsmanship/bushcrafty chores . Works like a champ.
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*Stares at my fork and knife * You guys better not be "military grade"
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As someone who had been buying this knife twice a day, every day for the past 10 years, I want to thank you for the opening line. I knew I should stop buying it, but I just needed to hear someone else say it.
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Being in the military has taught me two things about the term "Military Grade. #1. It is built by the absolute lowest bidder. #2. It is left over from WWII.
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It was built for airman to use during WW2 to cut themselves out of the canopy and wasn't made for stupid use.
