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I was told ( :) ) that the early acquired PAL RH-36's were bright finished and the parkerized blades came later. A lot of people pass up genuine WW2 knives on the assumption that they need to be more tacticool.

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I know there are a lot of people who get excited about spacers on different knives. In some cases it seems to mean more than others. I haven't seen anything about spacers regarding PAL.

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FWIW ... I read through most of the RH-36 material here before posting and didn't see anything to indicate spacer color means much. Also couldn't establish if bright blades were made post war or not.

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Gary Cunningham's (RIP) comment in the linked thread ". . . as far as I know, there is no way to tell post war from wartime." says it all. The spacers give no clues, the sheath gives no clues, and the bright vs parkerization gives no clues as to war time vs peace time use. They were bought by the military, issued by the military, and then surplussed by the military; they were were also sold post war for some time. Without provenance, we can assume but not prove wartime use.

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Honestly this is often the case with many items. IMHO, unless there is indisputable provenance with the individual item, in so many cases if the item checks off as being correct for the time period than it is good enough for most.

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