Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Flintlocks This was more than likely

This was more than likely done for parade or display purposes post WWII

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and badao among the Lumad people (which also applies to the balarao daggers)

It also has the interesting Eagle over a "Tree inside Inverted Heart" stamping

The filer shows areas of rust but is nicely marked and ink stamped with WWI Date along with manufacture stamps and inspector markings

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Flintlocks This was more than likelyOriginal 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