Welcome Home...THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

iKnife Collector

The online community of knife collectors, A Knife Family Forged in Steel

US M3 RCCO fixed blade~Any ideas on it-any value to it?

Hello to all~

Recently found a fixed blade marked "US M3 RCCO" that is about 11 1/2"L, the spear point blade is 6 3/4"L blade that has a sharpened 3 1/2" false edge and handle is 4 3/4"L. Stamped under the guard is the crossed cannon ordinance mark.

I would appreciate any help on learning more about it and also, if possible, finding out an approximate value.

Thanks everyone!

2 members like this

Attachments:

m3knife6.jpg, 135 KB
m3knife7.jpg, 47 KB
m3knife8.jpg, 46 KB

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on September 16, 2014 at 21:47

Some very good pictures Thomas and there are several knives out there on the internet that kind of match up. So we'll see if we can get a pretty close match or two with value.

▶ Reply

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on September 16, 2014 at 22:13

Thomas, the RCCO stands for Robeson Cutlery Co.-- The 2nd rarest knife made in WWII- Only made 36,000. The only rarer WWII issued knife was the Boker, who made 31.000- The crossed cannons on the cross guard is also a big plus--- Most WWII collectors would consider this a center piece for their collections due to its rarity-- I have seen minty versions with sheath sell for $1000- to the unbelivable price of $3000-- Yours is not exactly minty, and minus the sheath, but I guarantee most militaria collectors would drool over owning it-- Definitely, a HUGE price increase from the $1 you paid for it---WOW!!!

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Thomas Leone on September 18, 2014 at 14:24

John~Needless to say that you may have possibly made my years(s) LOL!!!! Thanks so much for the info-I did a search for this to see if I can come up with a price to sell it for. I really want it to go to someone who is going to appreciate it, not that I don't~but a collector of military blades. Need to check out the rules for selling it on here.

Thank you again and I really enjoyed our convo.