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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 104928, member: 54&quot;]Those knives in the group photos do appear to be non-production.&nbsp; If a knife in those groups came with credible documentation that it was made by a particular soldier in the field then there you go. </p><p><br /></p><p>However I&#039;m guessing the collector who made up that display had some pretty lax standards for what he accepted as items made by soldiers.&nbsp; For example, the fancy metal handles are made in foundries, not in trenches.&nbsp; But who knows for sure, really?</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically &quot;theater-made&quot; could also mean something bought from a roadside or market-square vendor in a combat theater and I&#039;ve personally bought usable edged weapons from local vendors when I was on duty in Southeast Asia in early 1970&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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