Indian In The Wheat And A Visit From The King

[F350Platinum]

12 hours ago, Dig It said:

Nice knife, had one of those back in the 60's, lost it on my grandparents farm, wish I still had it ... Nice coins as well, Good hunt !!!!!!

Sorry about that, it's sad to lose a favorite.

Even if I bought the Buck it wouldn't be my favorite, I much prefer this one that thankfully I didn't have to use in Operation Desert Storm, as they took a unit from another state although we were asked to do our wills. I did take it to the Middle East though, it was a riot coming back when they wanted us to go through metal detectors in Maine coming back ? me and my M16, and this strapped to my web gear.

John Ek Commando knife, aptly named "WAR" for warrior knife. It was made as a cheaper knife for troops in the 80s and early 90s. It was made in Richmond VA, but for a short time I worked in the original EK factory in CT where we found knife blanks from the 40s. Ek would only sell his handmade knives to soldiers, I have an original 1940s one that was ground short, it was a gift from a military collector in my unit. The 40's knives are very valuable now, this one may be as it was a very short production run.

11" double sided blade guaranteed to be able to cut through the side of a UH-1D helo. ? I have shaved with it a couple of times in the field. ? Still as sharp as the day I got it.

I think Ka-Bar owns them now.

Ordered some black JB weld, I'm going to fill the chips in the Buck handle, wrap it with wax paper and then duct tape to form fit it, and then sand it and polish it up. That's really all it needs!

[rvpopeye]

I'm sure it will give you good service whatever you do with it , except lose it......?

Were the volunteer military greeters there when you came through ?

Bangah is a city but it ain't the big city . Up country where hunters are common AND a steady stream of returning troops.  Probably many thousand such items before your passage.

I was in a band up there 'bout that time.........

 

[F350Platinum]

47 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

I'm sure it will give you good service whatever you do with it , except lose it......?

Were the volunteer military greeters there when you came through ?

Bangah is a city but it ain't the big city . Up country where hunters are common AND a steady stream of returning troops.  Probably many thousand such items before your passage.

I was in a band up there 'bout that time.........

 

RvP,

It was a long time ago. We came back from Turkey in an Air America Lockheed L1011 that sucked in a blast door when it landed on the runway. ? We had to get out kinda fast, when they rushed us into the terminal someone decided we needed to go through customs and the metal detectors. We were laughing as we walked through them with our rifles. We were greeted alright! ?

This was a big military exercise shortly before all $#&+ broke loose over there. I think the Iran/Iraq war was going on, we were guarded by Turkish military the whole time. My unit "won" the exercise so we got a better plane home (except for the scare) Good times!

I've had a "colorful" life myself, metal detecting and RV'ing is a great finish. ?

[Cal_Cobra]

Touching some early U.S. history!

Nice hunt ?