Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Receiver After considerable testing

After considerable testing

Flares not included

based on a series of mental and physical examinations

It still retains the original P

No issue markings are present

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Receiver After considerable testingOriginal 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