robinb Posted December 22, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 22, 2014 Just thought I'd show some variations of the Murphy Combat knife scabbards. This one is named in Navy fashion. It's the back of the center scabbard of the 3 tooled styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted December 22, 2014 This one is decorated with what I believe to be Italian rank insignia. Plus it's had a wire hook added to the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted December 22, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 22, 2014 Interesting one with the Italian insignia, in Bill Mauldin's "a sort of a memoir" he says he came across a group of GI's who had taken these stars and put them on their collars to make them appear like they were generals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted December 23, 2014 Share #4 Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks for posting those sheaths. It's interesting to me to see another example of a carved/tooled sheath. Now I'm wondering how common they may have been. I always assumed mine was done at sometime by a previous owner. I did run across a reference that Dave Murphy got at least some of his sheaths from a maker around the Pendleton Oregon area. While our two sheaths are definitely different I'm starting to wonder if some of them had been hand tooled from the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Trzaska Posted December 24, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 24, 2014 Murphy used W H McMonies Leather in Portland Oregon as a sheath maker. Occasionally you will find one stamped with the McMonies logo in the leather. All the best Frank Trzaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted December 24, 2014 Share #6 Posted December 24, 2014 Excellent info for reference, gentlemen. Is the kind of information you can only get here! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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