Original U.S. WWII Western L77 Single Edged Combat Stiletto with Original Scabbard Gift Card for manufacture by Gustloff Co

for manufacture by Gustloff Co

with a lot of the original blue still present on the barrel

Another excellent and rarely seen feature on this example is the butt stock tool compartment

On landing

The “Murphy” fighting knives are often categorized loosely as “Theater Knives”

Original U.S. WWII Western L77 Single Edged Combat Stiletto with Original Scabbard Gift Card for manufacture by Gustloff CoOriginal Item: Only One Available. Western was known to have made some of the finest fighting knives of WW2. Although they never had any major government contracts they sold thousands of knives through private and unit purchases. One of the best was this example here, the L77. There is speculation that this knife was designed as an improvement to what is now known as the L76 in order to secure a contract with the Marine Corps. The L76 was the same