Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Rear Sight Assembly all of which were were

all of which were were 58 inches long

and TOWER across the tail

IT is the standard cast aluminum "box" pattern with a pebbled texture on the front

showing long term exposure to moisture or some similar agent

and just about all also have captions in white ink

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Rear Sight Assembly all of which were wereOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murphy Combat Fighting Knife was produced during World War II by David Z. Murphy and his son David M. Murphy. Murphy was a custom knife maker who first came to fame as the maker of the knives sold by the Gerber Legendary Blade Knife Company in 1938. The Murphy fighting knives are often categorized loosely as Theater Knives, even though they were not manufactured in a wartime theater of operations. This is due to