Case dagger knife

[espn77]

Rock Island has this knife offered in there December auction. By there estimated value I assume its fairly rare, especially with the sheath.

[gsmith7158]

Keith there was one that sold at auction for more than $10,000a few years back. It included a lot of provenance with it so it's history was traceable to a specific WWII Sargeant.

[Gunsil]

Yep, that knife is a holy grail of American military knife collectors. With either the short sheath shown in the ad or the FSSF long sheath. Knife was designed for the FSSF (First Special Service Forces) a joint WW2 US/Canada fighting group and the forerunner of today's special forces. FSSF troops were called "black devils" by the Germans because they were so adept at creeping behind lines and killing Germans in the night.

[Mumbleypeg]

Case has released one or two commemorative reproductions of the V-42. The most recent was 2015. Here's a thread about it.viewtopic.php?f=44&t=49686 If you read down several posts into the thread there's some good info on the history.

Ken

[Gunsil]

There are several other companies besides Case making repros of the V42, but even the Case made ones cannot hold a candle to the originals. I only have one original, they are just too pricey for me to have several. I would love to have the one at RIA auction, but in retirement it is just too much of a layout unless I want to get on the cat food regimen and walk rather than drive. Just the sheaths for these babies go for over five hundred if one can be found.