Why I don't understand
Aug 26, 2021 09:37:33 #
samantha90 wrote:
Why would a space force member need a knife like this.
Here's an interesting article about the thinking behind the design of the original astronaut knife.
https://www.core77.com/posts/107017/The-Survival-Knife-That-Mercury-Astronauts-Flew-With-in-the-1960s
Marshall
Aug 26, 2021 09:43:13 #
Space Force Special Ops? Whatever they're mission might consist of!!!
As a kid I bought a very similar hunting knife for about $3.50, although I didn't hunt. It was just a bad looking knife.
As a kid I bought a very similar hunting knife for about $3.50, although I didn't hunt. It was just a bad looking knife.
Aug 26, 2021 10:11:24 #
Marines use them for tooth picks. Maybe the space force will too?
Aug 26, 2021 10:14:50 #
Retired CPO wrote:
It's not the space force members who need the knife. It's the knife manufacturer's who need/want the money.
You got that right👍
Aug 26, 2021 10:34:10 #
Back in 1968, I joined the Navy. I attended boot camp in Great Lakes, then became a corpsman and ended up attached with a Marine Unit. I purchased a "KA-BAR" to carry on maneuvers or into combat should I be sent. I still have that same knife and the original sheath for it. It has held a decent edge for years. Of course I have had limited need for its abilities lately.
Aug 26, 2021 10:59:14 #
Retired CPO wrote:
It's not the space force members who need the knife. It's the knife manufacturer's who need/want the money.
AMEN.........that's the truth.
Aug 26, 2021 11:57:56 #
Most of the Space Force won’t actually be in space but ground based performing various space related missions…and those ground bases will need security forces…
Aug 26, 2021 13:07:58 #
samantha90 wrote:
Why would a space force member need a knife like t... (show quote)
The original KA-BAR knife would take a 45 degree bend before it would stay bent or break, they were quite a knife. I have had many variations in my knife collection over the years. One of my first knives of choice if I could have only one. A lot of fake crap ones out there.
Aug 26, 2021 13:14:57 #
One thing to keep in mind about knives. They work wet or dry, underwater, hot or cold, in the sand or mud, day or night, on earth or in space. The same can not be said for a firearm. Think about it.
Aug 26, 2021 13:32:58 #
One Rude Dawg wrote:
The original KA-BAR knife would take a 45 degree b... (show quote)
I wish I still had my dad's old Kbar it served us on many hunting trips over the years.
Aug 26, 2021 14:08:28 #
samantha90 wrote:
Why would a space force member need a knife like t... (show quote)
(Why, OH WHY, did I buy a Boy Scout knife in 1966? Because it had that emblem on it!)
It's an excuse to over-charge the military for another "official" product. They probably charge a $70 premium over the same knife that's "unofficial." Our tax dollars at work...
Ya know, a $400 "flat head impact fastening tool with fastener remover" is just a $20 claw hammer, right?
There is no end to marketing schemes that rip off the government.
Aug 26, 2021 14:31:12 #
I want to see the data that proves it is functional throughout the solar system. Is that a guarantee for eternity??
Aug 26, 2021 14:56:08 #
samantha90 wrote:
Why would a space force member need a knife like t... (show quote)
It's not actually issued to them but rather a design for a civilian model available for sale on the website.
https://www.kabar.com/products/product.jsp?item=1313SF
Aug 26, 2021 14:59:56 #
burkphoto wrote:
(Why, OH WHY, did I buy a Boy Scout knife in 1966? Because it had that emblem on it!)
It's an excuse to over-charge the military for another "official" product. They probably charge a $70 premium over the same knife that's "unofficial." Our tax dollars at work...
Ya know, a $400 "flat head impact fastening tool with fastener remover" is just a $20 claw hammer, right?
There is no end to marketing schemes that rip off the government.
It's an excuse to over-charge the military for another "official" product. They probably charge a $70 premium over the same knife that's "unofficial." Our tax dollars at work...
Ya know, a $400 "flat head impact fastening tool with fastener remover" is just a $20 claw hammer, right?
There is no end to marketing schemes that rip off the government.
According to the Kbar website it's not any more than any of the other Kbar fighting style knives and in fact it's not even being issued to the space force which is why it only has the Kbar name stamped in the blade.
The military version would have the branch stamped in it.
https://www.kabar.com/products/product.jsp?item=1313SF
Aug 26, 2021 15:07:33 #
Perhaps they need them when collecting alien DNA for the covid vaccines. Those aliens sometimes put up quite a struggle. 😜
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