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RARE—US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife -Military/Dagger Collection
RARE—US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife -Military/Dagger Collection
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1 exceedingly rare U.S. Vietnam War private purchase fighting knife made by Nguyen Dan available. This desirable knife would make an important addition to any U.S. fighting knife, military, or world militaria collection.
Nguyen Dan knives are hard to find. This is rare example–what every Vietnam knives collector is looking for in a rare Dan knife.
This Nguyen Dan is unique–John Gibson mentions on his site:
Vietnam Dan Knife. So, what was he looking at here—-my thinking is a Randall Model 2. The blade is 7 1/2″ long and 1 3/4″ wide. It has the regular brass guard. The handle was made with no finger grooves. The scabbard is original to the knife. Another Neat One!
This Nguyen Dan knife measures 11 7/8″ overall. The blade itself measures 7 3/16″.
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Rare! US Vietnam SEVEN INCH RECON-JAPAN SWORD-SOG Fighting Knife/Vtg Collection
Rare! US Vietnam SEVEN INCH RECON-JAPAN SWORD-SOG Fighting Knife/Vtg Collection
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1 vintage U.S. Vietnam War Seven Inch Recon combat knife by Japan Sword. This is one of the rarest SOG knives–arguably the rarest, as only 3 or 4 are known to exist. This fine vintage SOG fighting knife would make an exceptional addition to any collection.
John Gibson comments on his site about this model:
“Seven Inch Recon made by Japan Sword and so marked on the ricasso. It has a blue blade and comes with the original scabbard. Only a couple of these are know to exist.”The knife blade measures 7″. This knife measures 11 3/4″ overall. The blade is blued. The ricasso is stamped ‘JAPAN SWORD’.
The sheath, of course, is original to the knife.
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RARE VARIATION—US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife -Antique Collection
RARE VARIATION—US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife -Antique Collection
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1 exceedingly rare U.S. Vietnam War private purchase fighting knife made by Nguyen Dan available. This desirable knife would make an important addition to any U.S. fighting knife, military, or world militaria collection.
Nguyen Dan knives are hard to find. This is rare example–what every Vietnam knives collector is looking for in a rare Dan knife.
This Nguyen Dan variation appears in Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military in Vietnam. See pages 110 and 111. Mike writes: “Nguyen Dan was a village craftsman who made outstanding knives by hand using the most primitive tools. Every one of his knives is unique but this large knife has a most unusual blade shape.”
This Nguyen Dan knife measures a large 13 7/8″ overall. The blade itself measures 9″. The original Dan sheath has two keeper straps.
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RARE—SOG RECON—VARIATION US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife
RARE—SOG RECON—VARIATION US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife
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1 exceedingly rare U.S. Vietnam War in-country private purchase fighting knife made by Nguyen Dan available. This desirable knife would make an important addition to any U.S. fighting knife, military, or world militaria collection.
Nguyen Dan knives are hard to find. This is rare example–what every Vietnam collector is looking for in a rare Dan knife. Dan was looking at a SOG Recon knife when he made this knife–awesome.
This Nguyen Dan knife measures 11 3/16″ overall. The blade itself measures 6 11/16″. The original Dan sheath has two keeper straps, and a leather thong leg tie-down.
This knife was in a noted collection of Vietnam SOG knives. There are Nguyen Dan knives…and then there are one-of-a-kind Nguyen Dan knives. This is one of them.
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Rare US Vietnam War Montagnard Kon Tum Tribal Fighting Knife/Military Collection
Rare US Vietnam War Montagnard Kon Tum Tribal Fighting Knife/Military Collection
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1 vintage U.S. Vietnam War private purchase Kon Tum tribal fighting knife. This fine Vietnam fighting knife would make an exceptional addition to any collection.
The blade is engraved on each side. One side is marked ‘K.T’ for Kon Tum. The other side of the blade is marked ‘V.N’ for Vietnam.
The knife blade measures 8 1/16″. This knife measures 12 15/16″ overall. The sheath leather is perhaps hide from a water buffalo.
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US Vietnam War MACV-SOG Iron Guard Recon Fighting Knife -Vtg Military Collection
US Vietnam War MACV-SOG Iron Guard Recon Fighting Knife -Vtg Military Collection
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1 U.S. Vietnam War MACV-SOG Iron Guard Recon fighting knife. This desirable knife would make an important addition to any U.S. or world militaria collection.
See page 16 of Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military in Vietnam for some information on this SOG model. The blued blade measures 6 1/4″. This knife measures 10 13/16″ overall. This knife has a type #3 sheath. The missing sharpening stone was replaced with a plain grey stone.
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RARE—US Vietnam War Randall BC Fighting Knife -British Commando/F-S Fairbairn
RARE—US Vietnam War Randall BC Fighting Knife -British Commando/F-S Fairbairn
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1 very rare Randall BC Vietnam fighting knife available. This fine private purchase U.S. fighting knife would make an exceedingly rare addition to any collection.
This knife can be see on page 91 of Mike Silvey’s Knives of the United States Military in Vietnam. Randall could not fill all of the orders for fighting knives during the Vietnam War, so they offered this knife Fairbairn-Sykes British commando knife. Randall discarded the F-S sheath, and put these knives in a Johnson roughback Randall sheath with the back stamp ‘B C’.
The blade measures 6 7/8″. The guard is marked ‘ENGLAND’. The handle has the ‘1’ mold mark.
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US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife -Old Military/Collection -Army
US Vietnam War NGUYEN DAN Fighting Knife -Old Military/Collection -Army
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1 rare U.S. Vietnam War private purchase fighting knife made by Nguyen Dan available. This desirable knife would make an important addition to any U.S. fighting knife, military, or world militaria collection.
Nguyen Dan knives are hard to find. This is a fine example.
There is no sheath with this knife. This Nguyen Dan knife measures 11 5/16″ overall. The blade itself measures 7″.
