DRE66 Posted September 20, 2020 Share #1 Posted September 20, 2020 This one is currently swimming in the bay at over 400.00. I sent the seller a picture of the Museum Replicas add from 1986 But he chose to believe the owner he got it from. Caveat emptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRE66 Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted September 20, 2020 Here’s the description: This auction is for a premium quality very rare Vietnam War fighting knife combat weapon with the original leather sheath and whetstone, marked on the knife: VIETNAM - 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (ABN) - and with a S.F. crest: DE OPPRESSO LIBRA - This Airborne high end fighting knife has a tight stacked leather ring finger grip handle with white spacers, steel blade guard and lanyard hole pommel, and a very sharp clip point Bowie encapsulated full tang high carbon steel blade with a dark blue/black gun barrel finish. This knife is in excellent condition and appears barely used if at all just showing a few scratches presumably just from storage. The sheath is also in excellent condition with just very minor storage wear. Please zoom in on all pictures for details. The knife measures 10 1/4" with a 6 1/8" blade and in the sheath the weight is 14.5 oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRE66 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted September 21, 2020 Doing a little research it sure looks like the same knife by MRL that Doyler posted some years ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRE66 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted September 21, 2020 Looks like The only difference is they added the inscription and white spacers to an MRL repro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf son Posted April 29, 2023 Share #5 Posted April 29, 2023 these are dads vietnam knifes carried in 60s ,had sheath made for missing one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opseccc Posted April 29, 2023 Share #6 Posted April 29, 2023 Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf son Posted April 29, 2023 Share #7 Posted April 29, 2023 both documented in the sog knife , jason hardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf son Posted April 29, 2023 Share #8 Posted April 29, 2023 https://www.militaryfightingknives.com/collection.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRE66 Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share #9 Posted May 1, 2023 SF Son, You have some nice examples there. Highly desirable “recons”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf son Posted May 1, 2023 Share #10 Posted May 1, 2023 thank you ,dads ,hope my kids know the real value , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf son Posted May 6, 2023 Share #11 Posted May 6, 2023 father 3rd from left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcollector Posted May 7, 2023 Share #12 Posted May 7, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 4:33 PM, sf son said: thank you ,dads ,hope my kids know the real value , Your dad's knives deserve their own thread. How awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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