Bill--

Your Marine with his own SF detachnment was not the only Marine with the SF.

I worked over the years with Al DeProspero who started out as a Marine, worked with Bull Simon in Laos, etc.

He yanked over to Army and was a Major when I first met him, went to Ft. Bragg when he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and got a new command. He eventually retired as a Colonel.

I was in a meeting with him and other former SOF when Al noticed a book I brought along, said book being about SOG in Vietnam--Al then commenting to one of his cohorts across the table about having a trunkful of knives at home, with all the SOG knives having the points broken off. [Al "borrowed" my book,...wonder where it is today!]

Al always celebrated the Marine Corps' birthday with a cake whenever there was a get-together that coincided with that date.

Cross-overs between services make for better performance--something learned along the way.

Larry

I have no idea how many "crossover" men there were, but these articles from 1966 say that he was the first. Obviously, I never met the gentleman who owned this knife, and I was not the author of any of the provenance provided. But I believe it to all be true.

Thanks,
TB

#14 with Alternate Ivory. I really like that the forward curved hilt is longer on the blade edge end. After looking at the handle coloring, I know why RMK marked these blades with an A/I.

This is my oldest and I do not known exactly how old #14. Am having trouble matching spacers to date it. Not that it matters a lot but curious

There was a time when the shop had some bad spacers....they faded. This appears to be one of those knives. I think that this happened in the 80’s sometime. This sheath looks like a late Johnny Johnson sheath so I’m guessing late 80’s or very early 90’s.

Thank you Ronnie for the info. This knife went to the SHOP before it came to Australia. It was a bit rough

Hi, considering purchasing a #14 s/s with Border patrol handle. Did have a #14 30 yrs ago with finger grooves, but didn't fit my small hands well)
Q, do they have a full tang exposed on top, or are they a cut down concealed tang hidden in handle?
Thanks Wayne

By default they have the exposed tang.

You can get 14 in CDT (hidden in handle), but it's a chargeable option.

Here's a post with pic of someone's 14CDT: http://www.knifetalkforums.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=20048#Post20048

Hi Rob, thanks for that clarification.
Exposed tang is what I'm after.
Cheers Wayne

Here is two versions of the Model #14

The top is the full tang (exposed tang) version with Border Patrol handle. The bottom one is the CDT version with a Model #22 style handle.