you can get good hunting knives for a heck of a lot cheaper than a k-bar. I believe I paid about $40 for mine. Looks, weighs and feels like a k-bar, but has a stainless steel blade. Only downside is that it doesn‘t have a rubber handle.
I bring my gordini gloves with me on winter ex. Only gloves I‘ve ever seen that work as advertised (i.e. 100% waterproof)
Never could justify spending the money for a cadpat valise. But I did buy the polarfleece sleeping bag liner from them. Best investment I‘ve ever made. Keeps you a **** of alot warmer during the winter that the standard liner and can be used as a stand-alone sleeping bag in the summer (+ ranger blanket).
I also bring an LED flashlight (just gotta find one in red) just in case, a lighter, hexamine tabs, bungee cords + tent pegs, my orders format aide de memoir, china markers, permanent markers, dry erase markers, map kit & EXTRA TOILET PAPER!