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Looking through my bag of old knives, I have carried the following in the time frame you are looking for, in about this order:
Fixed blade:
Issued Pilot's Survival Knife
KaBar
Kukri
Machete
Gerber Mk. II
Gerber Boot Knife
Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie
Al Mar Fixed blade SERE
Al Mar Kukri
Brend #2
On the folder side, I always had a Swiss Army Knife, usually a Champion, and at least one of these, usually a couple:
Buck 110
Gerber FS IID (IIRC)
AF issue Camillus auto-opener
Al Mar Eagle
Spyderco (usually one of several Enduras, also have an Aluminum Police and a Harpy)
Gerber Multi-tool
Kershaw Multi-tool
Leatherman Multi-tool
Note that as salary increases, so does the quality of the gear.
After that period, but currently on my gear, in my bag, or on my person:
Leatherman Charge XTi
Chris Reeve Large Sebenza
Lone Wolf Harsey D2
Harsey Tactical Folder
Benchmade AFCK Axis Lock D2
Harsey-Reeve Yarborough Knife
Harsey Reaper
Strider ED
Brend #2
Machete
Harsey Boy's Axe
Hope that helps. Please tell the History Channel to try and get it right this time. Lots of technical errors in previous efforts.
TR
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