When Bryan Bates was a US Marine, he and his peers took the “infidel” insult thrown at them and reversed it as a badge of honor:<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the word local extremists used to refer to Bates and his fellow U.S. Marines when he was fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, he said. Many Marines and soldiers adopted the label as their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys who go over pride themselves on being infidels,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now Bates makes knives<\/a> — but not just any knives:\u00a0 <\/p>\n
After forging each blade, he said, he cools it in water or oil mixed with some pig\u2019s blood, which he buys at a local Asian supermarket. The idea is to make the knives\u2019 \u201charam,\u201d or sinful, because Muslims are forbidden to eat pork…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Bates also stamps “infidel” into the base.\u00a0 His\u00a0knives join Jihawg ammo<\/a> as the “infidel” response to Islamic extremism.\u00a0 He indicated that an earlier Marine Corp Times article<\/a> had given him more orders than he could handle.<\/p>\n
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