I've done 3 tours and the knives I most commonly see carried are teh CRKT POSs that they sell in teh PX, the occasional Cold Steel(again sold in the PX) a few gerbers(PX). After that it's Strider, see alot of guys carry these, usually the larger fixed blade tantos.

Pocket knives is the same as above with the issued Benchmades and Gerbers thrown in there.

I only ever saw one, ONE other Marine carrying a Busse and it was a Mudrazor on his shoulder.

Saw a few guys carrying TOPS.

The LMF II was the first fixed blade I saw that I really wanted (this is a fairly new hobby) and I became fixated on it but never pulled the trigger. I finally settled on the RD7 as my first and it has gone down hill ever since. I am still considering picking one up, they have them here new for dirt cheap
http://www.lapolicegear.com/lmfiiasek.html I have ordered things from Lapolicegear before and the service was good. One of these days I will pick one up cause they are kind of cool

Well, here goes for my first post of a picture of one of my knives. This is the Benchmade Walter Brend purchased in the early 80's and must now be 20 years or more old......

Well, that did'nt go quite right! (Edited to add - finally getting the hang of it and managed to post this.)

I cut and pasted the "Image" details from photobucket as suggested by Andy into the post.....so I am not sure what I am doing wrong here?

Any help very welcome!

Of the 3 or 4 links on photobucket, under your image, select the last one, and paste it in your post, that should work.

Hi Shaolin,

Got it to work on the third attempt at editting. Thanks for the help!

Is there any way to reduce the size of the photo so that it does not go too wide?

Cool. Not sure, could have something to do with the original size of the image before you bring it into photobucket. I use the highest resolution on my camera, so all my pics have a little of oversize.

Yes, you are right.....got the photo to reduce on photobucket and it posts much better.

Many thanks.

Your welcome, anytime.

Over the years I have had a number of larger knives on my webbing...here is a very rare one....bought in the early 90's it is a Frank Vought Amazon from his Outfitter line....Rynite handle and supplied with a Kydex sheath and with a huge 8" x 1/4" ATS 34 hand forged blade and one of the best heat treatments from a premier custom maker. This knife is very close to the Busse Kin style and has served me really well.

A superb chopper and holds a razor edge at 25 degrees....my only criticism is that the Kydex sheath does not have rivet holes down the sides and an angled rear carry which I prefer is not easily achieved using paracord and threading it through the holes. You need to carry this knife vertically in a standard fashion and at 8" the sheath can "bounce" a bit when running....I have put a bit of rubber carefully cut into the sheath to sit on the bottom...this stopped any "banging" from the blade and no sound comes from this blade in its sheath when moving. As of now my favouite webbing knife and the one I use the most. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Nice knife, It would be interesting to see a comparison of that with one the Busse Knives.

An CT or YG would an interesting test.

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