BACKUP-BLADE BLISS
Soldiers have carried blades to war throughout recorded history, but the kinds of blades they carried have changed since Herodotus.
Swords have long since fallen into disuse. Even large fixed blades are not as commonly used as they were in World War II and Vietnam.
Like others, I carried a Randall Model 1 with a 7-inch blade when I was in uniform, which was shortly aft er the invention of repeating firearms. And recently we saw a photo of Billy
