Why military gear isn't always a good idea...

[mdtaffel]

Military grade: " The cheapest supplier we could find"

[DavyDave]

“Stop. Buying. This. Knife.”

Me who has never bought a knife: “Ok”

[definitelynotakgbagent]

You see this is why I use a bayonet off a carcano rifle because not only is it strong, it’s rusty so it does poison damage and it is basically as small sword

[claytonhusted]

Being in the military has taught me two things about the term "Military Grade.
#1. It is built by the absolute lowest bidder.
#2. It is left over from WWII.

[Woody-ncru]

This is one of Murphey's laws: "Remember your equipment is made by the lowest bidder."

[CrayonEater]

Military Grade just means "These things are cheap enough to pass out to 1, 000, 000 guys."

[EdgyShooter]

Those leather disks also seem like they'd trap moisture, it already appears to be rusting

[TTD]

Returning my gear to supply:
“Yea I can’t find the knife”
Supply-“okay that’ll be $459.98”

[simtexa]

It's worth to remember that a lot of military hardware, especially older stuff, would have been made to be quite cheap, since it was mass-produced to meet minimal requirements.

[cestgum]

yeah my 2 friends in the military told me "military grade" really just means really cheap mass produced items that barely work

[MattSinz]

Full tang just means the tang extends the full length of the grip-portion of a handle, not that it's as wide as the grip. when the tang is as wide as the grip it's called slab construction.

[JustDevon]

Funnily enough my survival instructor was an army veteran and survivalist. And he showed us one knife that you could put your entire body weight on, with it only flexed slightly, and another one that snapped in two instantly. Guess which one was the military knife

[alphinha]

"A knife is something you should be able to trust with your life" Spoken like a true Londoner

[TCG]

"Stop buying THIS knife..."
*Never seen this before*

[alexistaylor]

It is called an "Air Crew Survival Knife" but the word survive here just means, maybe make fire starter or clean some game/cut herbs and roots for food, but its primary purpose was to cut rigging on parachutes and maybe silently kill pursuers.
It is a stabby knife, meant to be light and hopefully never be used, and if used, to kill people and take their stuff.
It is not a heavy duty knife.

[GBullockNC]

Me, who works in a cubicle all day:
🤔✍️

[supimzazz]

*Stares at my fork and knife *
You guys better not be "military grade"

[denimjez]

Mora does an injection molded grip on a rat tail type tang too, and its the gold standard bushcraft knife. A full tang isnt necessary, but it can make a crap knife preform better. I place more blame on the choice of steel, but thats the start of the list of problems for this knife.

[alanrogs]

I have one of these Ontario knives. I bought it from an Army/Navy surplus store back in the late 1970's when I was a kid. The guy made my mom come in to okay it before he'd sell it to me. I still have it but I did break a tiny tip off the end. I think it was $10, maybe $15.
If I want to chop wood I'll bring an axe.

[Judoka]

As someone who had been buying this knife twice a day, every day for the past 10 years,
I want to thank you for the opening line. I knew I should stop buying it, but I just needed to hear someone else say it.