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knife engraving for a basic training graduate
Colt45
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So my brother joined the Marines, and he's graduating basic in early January. My family decided to do something cool so we bought him a custom knife from a local blacksmith. The question is this though, should we engrave it? What should the engraving say? I've been looking for quotes online a lot and nothing seems to jump out at me except for a quote from David Bowie but I feel like that might be in poor taste. We've never had a family member in the service so I don't really know what the protocol is for this, and my parents have already said I can't put "+1 Intellect" on it, even though I told them it wouldn't deal damage to ghosts if we didn't. Any suggestions?
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this is perfect.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
"Requiescat in pace"
I like the Cask of Amontillado but I don't think he liked it all that much. He's more into Kerouac, books about codes and zombie movies/anime.
My father is a Marine.
Congratulations to your brother!
Alternatively, maybe the eagle, globe and anchor, if using a picture for the engraving is an option.