Hunting, Camping, anything NOT just Military applications..
Besides Military applications are far more brutal Than most people would do. I have a friend who LOVES his BuckMaster to gut an elk as it cuts the breast bone like a charm...
The 425m steel was and is a BAD ass steel......
I have 5 detailed reports from Green Beret's that I will share in my BuckMaster book to be released later this year. THEY took this knife to the extreme in the 80's... It kicked the crud out of everything in that time for what it was.
If you have reservations buy a 185 ...Stong as hell
Just my 2 cents as I read this post was about survival knifes from the 80's...
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