MOD Survival knife sheath mods

[Smudge]

Inspired by Wessexblade on Youtube I fixed a new securing strap and a loop for a ferro rod:

http://blackthorn-bushcraft.blogspot.co ... -mods.html
http://blackthorn-bushcraft.blogspot.co ... s-pt2.html

[DarkArcher777]

Great mods I like it. I'm looking to make a sheath, for a bushcraft knife I'm workng on has definitely given me some idea's thanks.

D.A

[munchh]

Im pretty confussed about these knives, where did you get yours?

ive seen them for sale and as I was at War and Peace this year I thought I would look out for one, but every vendor I asked said the same thing, "they dont exist and as they have never been taken into combat, nobody here will have the ones you are told do"?

So are they a real MOD/NATO item?

nice bit of kit though, like what you have done.

[poppypiesdad]

Yes they do exist

NSN 4240-99-127-8214


http://www.kitmonster.co.uk/product_inf ... cts_id/906


http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/acatalog/2-88.html

Just because they have a stall at war and peace , doesnt always make them an expert

[Hamradioop]

Im pretty confussed about these knives, where did you get yours?

ive seen them for sale and as I was at War and Peace this year I thought I would look out for one, but every vendor I asked said the same thing, "they dont exist and as they have never been taken into combat, nobody here will have the ones you are told do"?

So are they a real MOD/NATO item?

nice bit of kit though, like what you have done.

Hi Munch This is a survival Knife so not issued to everyone. Have found it listed here:

http://www.iso-parts.com/Public/Search_ ... 9-127-8214

and here

http://www.nsncenter.co.uk/NSNSearch?q=4240-99-127-8214

The markings conform to the MOD markings.

So I would say it is genuine Military Issue.

[munchh]

cool, thanks, i did wonder?

[Hamradioop]

Springfields sell them at 27.99

http://www.springfields.co.uk/british-army-knife.html

[munchh]

"British Army style"

Thats what bothers me, nice price though if its a good one?

[Smudge]

"British Army style"

Thats what bothers me, nice price though if its a good one?

The knock off's don't have the NSN, as for the quality of the knock off, I have no idea. Mine had the NSN was an OK knife and a fun project for the few little mods I did, I sold it at a carboot sale not long after posting OP.

[Hamradioop]

"British Army style"

Thats what bothers me, nice price though if its a good one?

I bought one out of curiosity and it has no MOD markings and appears to be a copy. No Makers markings. Seems well made and finished to me (I am not without some experience of knives having trained as a butcher back in the day).