Hello

Many thanks for the reply...

I will try find one with
the black rigid plastic scabbard
and tools...

I still need check what this
with/without bottle opener looks like !

Thanks again

PQT

Carl a écrit :
> The original military ones came with a bottle opener on the cross guard on
> top of the spine, and with both sharpener and saw attachment in the plastic
> scabbard. The bottle opener was first to go. Cadets had one without the saw
> and sharpener. The soft covers are often commercial items and not issue as
> far as I know. No other country as far as I am aware uses the blade as it is
> not the best handling one out there, it has a reputation for breaking and if
> you tried to use it after firing it would be a tad warm to say the least.
> For a military you want the black scabbard with saw and sharpener for the
> early ones at least
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> Carl
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