Original U.S. Vietnam War Private Purchase Parsons “M-7” Brass Handle Knuckle Knife Price_$-030 - $50 which gave the United States

which gave the United States control over the country's custom revenues

which still have the texture easily visible

Those that do come to the market are typically from a deceased collector's estate which would indicate that such unusual weapons are the last things a collector wishes to part with

produced 1898 to 1902

The back of the dish is marked MADE IN / LONDON in the center

Original U.S. Vietnam War Private Purchase Parsons “M-7” Brass Handle Knuckle Knife Price_$-030 - $50 which gave the United StatesOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The Parsons Knuckle Knife, hardened back to the Trench Warfare of World War I. Erroneously named The M 7, its story is unique. Many Cutlery Makers were competing for Government Contracts in the early 1960s, to supply the Army with fighting and survival knives. The small Kentucky Knife Makers, Parson Cutlery put their version into consideration. The knife was designed in part on the current bayonet issue for The M 16