Mannlincher and Hard Ball, I am with you. Randall all the way. I have a #14(?) "Special Fighter." 7" stainless blade (#1 profile), double nickel thumb guard, black linen micarta finger grooves, lanyard hole, and (of course) leather sheath with sharpening stone.
Interesting, in Andy McNabb's "Bravo Two Zero" he mentions the guys in his SAS patrol (on the run) carried their knives in leather sheaths, because they could be drawn very quietly compared to the 'scrape" of Kydex. But many 'name' makers now offer fitted Kydex for their blades.
Interesting, in Andy McNabb's "Bravo Two Zero" he mentions the guys in his SAS patrol (on the run) carried their knives in leather sheaths, because they could be drawn very quietly compared to the 'scrape" of Kydex. But many 'name' makers now offer fitted Kydex for their blades.