. hi earlymb,   Thanks,  It was good to see the wider spaced holes on my friends wing.     All pillars match identical in the way they are formed and the central holes in them, all except the size, length and depth of this scallop or curve in the side wall, as they are all different sizes I can't see it was formed by anything mechanical, I feel the size and depth of the scallops were created by hand on a grinding wheel or such.  I see no reason for this small scallop on the side wall it doesn't affect or interfere or connect with anything else on the Jeep, and in no-way could it be considered a weight saving idea, a bizarre mystery each Jeep is different.  It's so insignificant really that most people don't even notice it.   I feel that since all the wartime builders are no longer with us that we will never find out the reason for it, but for me I have to ask the question    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 29 March  2O26.   …

A late congrats. With prices on milsurp rifles these days, you got a great deal!

Thank you!  The work continues!

That fits in with his Instructor service dates at AU & USAC&GSC or his Korean war commands.  He was a CAC officer with AAA expertise during his career.   Thanks Ski

Good afternoon I was in the 14th Cav. from 65-67. I was one of many border photographers. I am deeply honored to see one of my photo's on your site, page 4 posted September 13, 2013. This photo was taken June 26,1966. As you know, General Creighton W> Abrams  Jr. was vice Chief of Staff, accompanied by General George R. Mather of V Corps. I have the original negative, and photo. I am hoping you get this message, I have more to share  Thank you for your time  PAUL KATZMAN mrpix120@aol.com  

Thanks for the quick response! Makes sense to me and I still like the way it looks. Luckily it was part of a group of insignia and not why I purchased them in the first place. Thanks again!

Yeah I was thinking that

The 2nd 225Q and to me it’s a keeper.    The blade and guard remain unchanged as does most of the tang. The pommel was replaced with an almost trapezoid shaped piece.  The handle has clear Lucite spacers along with thin coloured pieces between them.  The coloured red yellow and black pieces appear to have a marbled effect to them, and all seem to be of the same thickness. I get the idea that these may of originally started life as gaming counters of some kind due to their uniformity.   Overall, the handle is profiled with a rather blocky (not a word I know) shape that is surprisingly comfortable, it is rather neat too.  

From the way it buttons, it must have belonged to a woman.

Next up and my no1 favourite blade type, the Cattaraugus 225Q       The entire blade looks to be unchanged, keeping all of its original parts apart from the stacked leather handle. Red Lucite spacers used and that is it. The sheath it came to me in is obviously from another knife. I had to carefully remove a lot of rust from this one to prevent it going any further, I can imagine this one was modified post war but I could be wrong.