I hear you, Steel Fan. A couple of things to keep in mind.
1) Entire wars in vastly harsher conditions than those presented in the Sandbox were successfully fought using Ka-Bars. What a soldier might like to have and what will work are not necessarily the same thing.
2) Military customers are Jerry's primary customers. While Jerry doesn't post a "knife for a soldier" offer on his website, I doubt anyone in the active military would be refused a Busse knife if they contact Busse Combat directly. And, of course, ASH-1's are still available at factory pricing on the Busse web site. I can't imagine a much better combat knife than an ASH-1.
Just a note per Jerry on Blade forum. ASHIs are history tonight or tommorrow with the exception of some skinnys at the company store. If you want a thick one or an LE brand new from Busse you better hurry. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
