[300winmag]

I received this email today from another unit about to head out to the big sandbox:

I handed out the knives & carabineers you sent from the Hobbit Hole to 57 soldiers at Fort McCoy on Saturday.

They were really thrilled! In fact, we got there just in time to attend the after action review for a convoy training event. One of the gigs they received was that a towing strap got wrapped around an axle and no one in the disabled HUMMV or the recovery vehicle had a knife to cut it loose. The OCs had to loan them one.

Thanks again to your organization for your show of support!

I suspect nobody will be forgetting their Hobbit Hole knives after this incident. I also offered a couple of Camillus BK3s for tougher cutting, hacking, and prying jobs.

[SuziQ]

One of the gigs they received was that a towing strap got wrapped around an axle and no one in the disabled HUMMV or the recovery vehicle had a knife to cut it loose. The OCs had to loan them one.

How fortuitous!