Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 1 PAL RH-35 Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard Books & Films No pitting

No pitting

terminating in a large knob to the tip

This example has a full length long 7 1/2 inch barrel

for manufacture by the legendary ERMA-Erfurter Maschinenfabrik B

It is clear throughout the blade

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 1 PAL RH-35 Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard Books & Films No pittingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent, field used example of the U. S. Navy Mark 1 fighting knife, manufactured by the PAL Cutlery Company, complete with a U. S. Navy Issue leather scabbard. According to The Official Price Guide of Collector Knives by C Houston Price & Mark D Zaleysky, PAL was originally used as a trademark by the Utica Knife & Razor Company of Utica, NY from about 1924 1939. PAL marked knives of that era used blades