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Originally Posted by Oldsmithy
if it was poisinous they would not put it on the blade, can you imagine the press if our troops put poison on the knives they were going to poke someone with. Look it up on the web. If you want to tart the M9 up there are a lot of after market scabbard with multiple tie downs, pouches and every thing else but for me if you were going to spend that sort of money tarting up an M9 i woudl go and put ti towards a Strider ZT or a the Italian Xtrema Ratio blades, considerably better than the M9 - which was made down to price.
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Fair point, just wasn't sure since it has some kind of phosphate finish and I've heard of tiny amounts of phosphate (not sure what other element is required in combination) poisoning.
I have plenty of knives for actual use, but rather than buy more, I'd rather try and wear out the ones I currently have, so I'm investing time, effort and money into making them as useful as possible. Adding new custom items to scabbards, custom sheaths, etc, and having this boring M9 on its' own, I figured, why not turn it into the "best" M9 I can possibly make of it? I've attached the stone to the scabbard and sharpened the blade to the extent where it could perform surgery on a flea, next step is to pick which pouch to attach to the front; may build one myself out of nylon and cotton that can house a smaller
Ontario Knife Co Camp knife for use with eating when out in the bush, as well as a side-slot that can hold onto a Maglite Mini or small flashlight. I was contemplating attaching a Fulton GI angle flashlight pouch to it but it would make it ridiculously heavy and bulky.
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Originally Posted by Mister Moon
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Thanks for the options! Will try the Loctite!
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