If I had SOME Peoples money Tom (cough cough) I would also have gotten a coated one alone with my Raw dog. That way I could swap off coated or non coated in my mutant sheath depending on how the mood struck me, or if I needed more light discipline in stealth mode

Said this before, but… read a book once, where if the “Commander” needed straight intel, any scout or scouts sent out were only given a knife for arms. The theory was, armed with ONLY a knife would reinforce the Scout’s need for stealth, to see yet not be seen. Makes some sense to me.