That's scissors

This is OP. I found what I'm looking for, so I'm going to sage this (no password to delete).

Leatherman TTi (wave but better knife steel and comfier grips).

>>16696
>hole made to open and close fire hydrants or gas valves

neat I guess

>>16696
Yeah I have one. Its.... Scary sharp, beefy and chops through every fucking thing. Feel like I might fuck myself up to the bone bad with this thing. So on the wall it goes and stays most of the time.

>>16699

Well now we know what it takes to make Stoplossed pause...

>>16700

>>16699
>Feel like I might fuck myself up to the bone bad with this thing.

Just put some copper tape on it and you'll be fine!

  >>16615

It'd certainly have you seeing stars, probably knock you on your ass, but better that than a hole in the head. A BLSS kit would probably help soften the blow a bit. As that adds the MICH/ACH style foam pads.

>>16611
I'd take into account if you want to put in after-market pads and go a size up from there.

There's nothing worse than a helmet that's tight on the forehead instead of resting nice atop.

>>16620

Hey, if I had the money to fight alongside those awesome Kurdish women...

>>16616
>>16617

VelSys makes an applique for the Ops Core helmets.
http://www.velsyst.com/store/0/112/7.62x39-MSC-SLAAP™.html
Crye also offers a similar setup for their Airframe lids

The latter is not currently being marketed to commercial/civilian buyers.

Both would likely way more than a New MICH/ACH.

>>16643
Old...

Here's a Yugoslavian M92 sidefolder conversion.

>>16636

Yeah, I'd probably have to get a drum at that point for the luls. Functionally I usually just run 20-rounders; the 30 round magazines tend to poke the back of my coat out if it's under my arm.

>and have a lifetime warranty that covers anything.

...like getting shot in the face..?

>>16594
No, unfortunately they aren't even ANSI rated.

However, they have amazing polarization for the price with no QC issues. They're a subsidiary of Polaroid and Smith Optics.

Great customer service aside, the fact that they're only "impact rated" whatever that fucking means, means I won't be wearing them.

I'm thinking about just getting some polarized Edge sunglasses, I just need to figure out a model that'll fit in my helmet.

>>16597
>they aren't even ANSI rated

>>16598
Somebody help that man, a ghost is trying to aphyxiate him with saran wrap!

YES. Bought a pair of Edge Kazbek sunglasses and they fit perfectly in the helmet.

No more blindly going around corners facing the sun.

I need to see if they have a polarized yellow lens and use those at night, because this frame is perfect for my helmet.

They look damn good too, they fit my face.

in Generation Kill the book the marines would give IR glowsticks to their interpreter to mark known safehouses and cache houses for insurgents for air strikes at night. toss one up on the roof and the gun cameras on helos and tv guidance on certain smart bombs could find the houses easier.

Israelis apparently do the same thing too, to known anti-government targets. usually in conjunction with their roof knocking tactic.

>>16530
I thought they used these IR led strobes for assets to mark houses. They probably last a lot long and allow informants to GTFO (or debtors who want the US to knock off their lender).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0048JGGBQ

>>16533
IR glowsticks are the workhorse of the military. They use them to mark where they've cleared, mark dangers, given to locals to subtly mark places of interest and IEDs.

I think those strobes are more to identify friendlies.

>>16533
gen kill the original book was published in 2004, so most of the book took place during the earliest days of OIF. The book specifically describes they marines as going in with Desert BDUs and a supply screwup leading to them having woodland LBE gear and flak vests.

Since MARPAT was adopted corps-wide by the middle of 2004, that'd mean most of Gen Kill took place in the first half of 2003, and only covered 2 months of the war.

I'm not in the military, and most of my friends who were involved in the Marines during OIF are career enlisteds living nowhere near me, so, take it as it is. Words in a book, from a reporter who never saw any of the combat in the book and reported second hand.

>>16541

I'm not sure how anyone could read/watch Generation Kill and still have to use the uniforms as their primary indicator to figure out it took place during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

An old MSA Phlanx I bought at a gunshow when I was 13.

The filter is long outdated and is only good for riot control agents.

As you can probably tell, the filter is not your standard 40mm NATO...it is 20 or 30mm.

My South Korean K2 that I got several years ago back when SG had them for a steal.

Came with the mask, the hood, lens cleaner cloth, drinking tube, some sort of clear plastic sheet, one 40mm filter, a bag, and a manual in Korean.


This one I would trust for CBRN usage.

I've carried a Boker Kalashnikov 74 for about a decade, though this one is my second.

First got stolen by a drunken college "friend" at a party I hosted. Fucker must have lifted it out of my dresser. Glad he didn't get my Springfield.

It keeps a nice edge and has a pretty thick blade. With a little oil on the pivot point and some practice, I can open it as fast as my OTF.

>>16236
pretty much, id like to pick a 940 or a few at some point but other than, i am buying a 485 valet soon. and i would want the emmisary if it wasnt assisted. oh well

>>16222
torture tests are pretty much entertainment. for anything. Typically using "tests" that the only way you will see those conditions is to perform the tests. excelling at those tests is neat and all but i want knives that are slicers and thats what i get.

>>13118
i am around! i ended up selling the crk which i have mixed feelings for doing. It was real nice but thats a lot of change in one knife, traded it off for something else and a good bit of ammo money

That said i would like to buy the same model again, and keep it. So i guess that means i wish i had not sold it! Its not a big deal i lost almost nothing like i said i would, and i can always buy it again. Though spydercos taichung's plant calls my name. Not as good but taichung is very impressive.

As far as the edge goes, i was still fairly new to nice knives and knew fuck all about sharpening and still do though i do quite bit better. looking to expand that.

for that though i really cant answer other than it was s35v and it cut

For now i have a string of knives on a list, Spyderco DF2 for a gift, Firefly for me, BM 485 valet, DF2/or/delica Kahr, some different sharppening supplies and i recently bought a nilakka and SB stretch pictured above.

Ill probably buy a CRK again as a celebration of something in general. LIKE BUYING A CRK