jim_mi Posted November 22, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 22, 2017 Well... This one is interesting... eBay item number:15279751083 Happy Thanksgiving to all Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 22, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 22, 2017 number isn't working for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mi Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted November 22, 2017 Doyler - looks like my copy/paste truncated one digit. Try 152797510834 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted November 22, 2017 Share #4 Posted November 22, 2017 Links are worthless anyway...please add images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mi Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted November 22, 2017 I was more referring to the description which is "Polish Commando Diver's Knife." That, to me sounded like a turkey... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted November 22, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 22, 2017 Seriously I wonder if they meant to say polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted November 22, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 22, 2017 That was my first thought too. Seriously I wonder if they meant to say polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mi Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted November 23, 2017 You may be right. However, I see that the error, if it is that, is repeated in the body of the listing. Seller also mentions that the blade is chromium in the listing. It was the combination of the Polish, and "divers" description that I found amusing for a relatively common U. S. knife. Happy Thanksgiving anyway. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted November 23, 2017 Share #9 Posted November 23, 2017 Actually years back when I would occasionally display or sell a few knives at my local gun show. I had a duplicate bright KABAR commando on the table. On two separate times I had different people declare to me that Commando was the vary knife they were issued while attending dive school in North Carolina, (also years apart during the 60's). One of the guys told me that they were taught to apply a coat of grease to the leather to help resist the effects of salt water. Can't vet any of the story, although when I hear the same thing and it appears to originate from different sources it does become more interesting for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mi Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted November 25, 2017 Yes, I've heard of that practice. They had to do something to preserve the sheaths since leather would deteriorate very quickly in saltwater. Bottom line is, I already have several Ka-Bar hunting knives of the style but it brings to mind the old saying "buy the knife, not the story" - or in this case, the description. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted November 25, 2017 Share #11 Posted November 25, 2017 Yes for sure stories at the end of the day remain stories, until and only until the stores lead to actual evidence. But than that's one of the reasons why some love collecting, the chance of finding a flake of gold on a muddy bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mi Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted November 25, 2017 Absolutely. I did find a flake of gold recently in the form of a near mint Herder Commando knife with correct Herder-marked sheath. That's what keeps me digging... Good hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stucky151 Posted November 25, 2017 Share #13 Posted November 25, 2017 The paper tag attached to the knife says Polished Commando divers knife heavy? Waxed sheath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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