M3 and M6 combo

[jeremy69]

Yes I know the hanger has been cut off :icon_scratch:, but budget dictated a sacrafice.

[SKIPH]

jeremy69-Nice! Nice! Nice! I have yet to get my hands on a dated Utica. You have an excellent example plus a great M6. Don't worry about the belt hook being removed, very common. Thanks for showing! SKIP

[kurtflys]

you have to love the blade dated M3's.. I wish I had kept mine.

[SKIPH]

I'm with Kurtflys. Any dated is great! A Utica in that condition is about as rare as you can get. I have a dated, Imperial, Case, and RCC. All used, but not abused. It took me about 3 years to get a dealer friend to come down on the RCC to a point I could afford. SKIP

[jeremy69]

The grip looks very nice to me, any thought as to it being replaced? how about the scabbard? legit?

[SKIPH]

jeremy69-Handle and scabbard are legit. Scabbard is a rarer version. You have a great knife. SKIP

[jeremy69]

Thanks for all of the input..

[jimb]

Very nice example.
http://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o463/jimb16/006-1.jpg

[DRB]

The cutt off top was a common field modiifcation so you could strap the knife to your ankle or calf. Rumor has it that it indicates paratrooper use. I have had one cut the same way and value it less then uncut but still think it is worth a lot more then an M8 scabbard.

[SKIPH]

DRB is correct about the modification. If you ever tried to carry a knife or bayonet w/ belt hooks strapped to your leg you'd see why. The hook snags on every stick, small branch or brush your leg gets near. Very aggravating. I don't blame the guys for cutting them off. SKIP

[Nick Riviezzo]

I carried a "bent blade" Gerber through two tours in Viet Nam[that knife wasn't made during my first tour].Those tours I were as an aviator but I spent enough time on the ground[not always by choice!] to know that the belt bail was a problem. Fortunately a new invention allowed a fix without removing the bail. It was called" hundred mile an hour green tape".I still have that Gerber and will never part with it.I know little about collecting knives but I would love to find a nice dated 1943 M-3 in a leather sheath to go with my all 1943 1911A1 collection.[I was born in '43]BTW, my first tour was on the ground and I used a carbine bayo with the barrel band ground down.I was med evaced out an my knife didn't come home with me. Interestingly enough,my Colt Python did! Go figure. Nick

[reuter2332]

If ur still looking for a dated m3 I have a dated 1943 utica paratrooper knife with original m6 leather shealth I am selling it was my great uncles from when he was in ww2. If im going to sell it I would prefer it to go to a veteran that would appreciate its sentimental value as much as I do.

27054
27060

[reuter2332]

Let me kno if ur interested

[phil evans]

On the front of the choil -
facing towards the point.
on the bottom of a bent choil
is : Inscribed with
US
M3
Utica
No scabbard.
Is it collectable?