[Misfit-45]

Hello folks,
I am trying to be very fair and unbiased in making the determination whether or not this M9 is a shallow fuller M9. I have made arguments against the shallow fuller idea, but they have not stood up to scrutiny. I thought the fuller was milled “short” making the fuller look as though it was a shallow fuller but wasn’t. I was wrong about the milling. The blade was roughly forged which, based on previous posts is not too uncommon among LanCay M9s.

In my last post, I provided a side by side picture which would visually indicate that the fuller on one M9 is significantly narrower than the other one. Why is that?.... if both M9s are of the standard variety? Are there other fullered 1992 M9s that are so narrow that they could be mistaken for a shallow fullered 1993? Maybe, but I have not seen one. By my measurements, the narrow fuller is about 10% narrower than the standard fuller.

Since my only reason to question the reality of this M9 being a shallow fuller was invalidated by the fact that it was forged that way and not milled, then I must therefore conclude that this is indeed a 1993 shallow fuller LanCay M9.

I am not however, concluding that this is absolutely one of the 350 delivered to the Army. What I am alleging is that this M9 was made in 1993 as a shallow fuller M9, but may have been held back and not sent to the Army. It has the early LanCay name, a hollow ground blade and a narrow fuller and none of the PI features of the later M9s.

I invite others to comment one way or the other. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thank you in advance. This forum is indeed a collection of the best minds in the M9 circle of collecting.

Marv