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No. I enlisted in 1986. Most of our senior NCO’s were Vietnam era vets with quite a few having been draftees. My first 2 Platoon Sergeants and my first two 1SG were draftees who made a career of it. They had nothing good to say about a draft Army. From what they told me nobody wanted to be there, di...

All the knives I used in the military were basically used as Utility knives. They were misused and abused. For fixed blade, I used an AF survival knife (for sale in all Army PXs) but the blades weren’t that great, and an old USMC K-Bar my father’s best friend used in Vietnam (I was Army in late ‘80s...

Chuck Yeager was my hero as a kid. My father had me read The Right Stuff when it was released in ‘79 (and took me to see it in a theater when the movie was released a couple of years later). My father was a big history buff and for some reason had latched on to Chuck Yeager as well, so I knew who he...

I’m very appreciative of the Spyderco sale. I’ve been wanting a Spyderco for years but couldn’t get past the cost. I picked up a PM2 in the sale. Wow, I’m impressed. It’s lightweight and very ergonomic. It just feels natural in my hand. I’m sold and have been looking at some of their other knives. T...