Original U.S. WWII Named Murphy “Jr” Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard - Fred Ream Headgear First Boer War (December 1880

First Boer War (December 1880 to March 1881) are collectively known as the Boer Wars

There is some additional wire in the burlap pouch on the top of the carrier

and the edge is still nice

US T17 was a derivative of the German WWII MG 151

Original U.S. WWII Named Murphy “Jr” Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard - Fred Ream Headgear First Boer War (December 1880Original 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