Yes sir, that's him!  Rev. Piepkorn was a well-loved professor and scholar, his page is quite well maintained.  I think the photo of him in uniform is from his ORC service.

Love these projects.  The Civilian Marksmanship Program confirmed a few weeks ago that they will soon be offering new reproduction Garands.   I have a spare rear hand guard retaining clip you can have if you are still looking for one.    

You never know now a days as the counterfeiters have gotten really good at their craft but this seems to match known examples of the beret size WW2 509th PIR patch.  I have attached photographs I have of supposed original beret size 509th PIR patches and they look identical to your patch.    

Looking at a helmet in the collection it seems to be marked like the one in the photo      

here is an old topic on a M1917 Trench knife I used Evapo Rust on. I didnt use any wire brushes or scotch pads etc.    https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/71118-1917-trench-knife/#comment-516207

Thank you! I greatly appreciate the positive comments from you, and everyone else. This is the third and possibly my last of these demilled restoration projects. The other two were an Enfield No 2 revolver and a Bren gun. I put up threads for both of them on our worldmilitariaforum.com.  I’m having fun with these things but I’m at the point of wanting to wind down my collecting activities. But then I’ve been saying that for about 5 years now. 😁 mikie

Smoke em if you got em ! Nice finds....

Check Find a Grave memorial number 112154314.

Hello all, I have a CUK that I acquired so long ago that I can’t remember where or when I got it.  Anyway, lately, I have been trying to find more information on this.  I bought Homer Brett’s book “The Military Knife & Bayonet” hoping to get a bit more info on this and some other knives I have.  On page 336 of the book there is a picture of one very similar but in OD green color.  The underlying description reads, “This is the prototype model of the Phrobis-designed E & E . .. knife.  It is a scaled – down version of the Phrobis M9 wire – cutting bayonet and was seriously considered for adoption as a pilot’s survival knife by the Israeli armed forces . . .  .”  No where does he call this a Combat Utility Knife (CUK) though.  As you see in the pic the knife came with a tag that refers to a Homer Brett letter which I have been unable to find and which prompted me to buy the book.  I would like help in getting more info on this such as date made, number made, etc.   If anyone out there has additional info I would appreciate it or who can point me to where I can find that Homer Brett letter.  TIA CG

Yes, it is the correct scabbard.  Is there a reason that you would think otherwise? CG