15 Forgotten Military Pocket Knifes That Beat Modern ones!
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Published Oct 12, 2026, 6:00 PM · 1d ago
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I spent thirty-five years as a scoutmaster, and some of the best camp knives I know were never sold as camp knives at all: they were handed out by armies. A $425 premium folder's warranty calls screwdriver and pry-bar work misuse; the Army's stainless demo knife had the screwdriver built in, and used ones still sell for roughly $40 to $60.
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15 military pocket knives, from the Signal Corps TL-29 and the Civil War knife-fork-spoon to the Swiss Soldier Knife of 1961 and the U.S. demo knife
Which ones you can still buy new, and roughly what they cost
The famous "army knife" the army never ordered
Where a modern knife really is better: one-hand opening, a lock and a pocket clip
The old knives work because they were built for hard jobs with simple parts, and most of them can be cleaned, oiled and fixed by hand.
Safety: most of these knives do not lock. Cut with pressure on the edge, never on the back of the blade, and close a pocket knife with two hands.
Which knife did they hand you your first week in uniform? Tell me below, I read every comment.
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