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Comment by Mario on September 4, 2015 at 12:51

One of my favorite Case knives.

This is general known as the V-44 Survival Knife that was originally developed in 1934 for and issued to flying personnel to carry in a jungle bail-out kit attached to the seat pack and later to the parachute harness. The original knives were manufactured through 1942. It is also sometimes more correctly referred to as the Model 18. It was most famously utilized by US jungle fighters in the Pacific theater of operations; most notably by the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion. Several companied made this knife. This example is manufactured by Case and carries the CASE XX logo. It has the rarer and highly sought-after brass cross guard. The handle is of the black molded variety. The knife is large, heavy and has a very intimidating look and feel; a factor that helped to make it popular with the troops who were fortunate enough to carry one. It shows slight sharpening and is in VG+ condition. The sheath is brown leather, stitched in the rear with a small tear at the throat where the owner made a rawhide keeper for it. It has the following hand-written inscription inked on the rear of the sheath: "USMC 4 Bgt 2By/ Canal, Bouganville” with a hand drawn Raider insignia. It is readable, however too light to photo well. For references please see Coles III Pages 136-137 and Silvey Page 77. 

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Comment by Ralph Bishop on September 2, 2015 at 23:11
I catch myself spending way too much money on the SMKW eBay page MVP Knife. They are very good to the buyers and I trust them completely. Sometimes I can find some real good bargains.

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Comment by Craig Henry on August 25, 2015 at 23:26

Great looking knife Timothy!  

Comment by Timothy Morris on August 25, 2015 at 10:33

Another Rat to add to my Rat collection... Something special about these knives, for me, love em'! 


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Comment by Jan Carter on July 14, 2015 at 13:23

Jim and Tobias,

No offense taken Jim.

Although I know a number of pattern collectors that do collect toothpicks, they are one of those patterns that are collector specific.  

No offense meant, in my eyes some of the pattern specific collections are awesome.  I happen to think the sowbelly is one very unique and lovely pattern but it tends to only sell to those specific collectors unless you happen to match it with a handle material that people just cannot resist.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on July 14, 2015 at 13:06

I think Jim is correct.  I'm pretty sure the three inch toothpicks is the top selling small pattern, if not it is right behind the Peanut. The teardrop runs hot and cold but some patterns such as the small toothpick is timeless.

Comment by jim buda on July 14, 2015 at 11:37

REALLY YOU GUYS REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COLLECT "TEXAS" TOOTHPICKS AMAZING ONE OF THE FIRST PATTERNS THIS IS HOW I WRITE SO TAKE NO OFFENSE

 
 
 

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