This is another interesting knife that was just posted for sale on EBAY. I have asked the seller if they can send me larger photos but here is the auction:
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Edit: Final Price was US $380.00
Descriptin:
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Bidding is for one VERY RARE "UNISSUED" and never boxed 1987 1st. Generation Phrobis III M9. The blade is marked on the blood groove side "BUCK 188 U.S.A. >" NOTE: Chevron mark was stamped on only the first 1200 made of the 325,000 issued to Army see www.m9bayonet.com/buck-phrobis-m9.html. The opposite side is marked with the early" M" Flat Top "M9 PHROBIS III U.S.A." with a "S" for ARMY ISSUE stamped on the left of U.S.A. Note also the low sweep dog leg 9 that appears only on earlier models.Both handguard & scabbard with "Dolphin" logo mark.Comes complete with accessory pouch,unused sharpening stone and the well known BIANCHI clip. The blade has never been sharpened, other than as factory issue, no scratches but still retains some of the oil residue as seen in the pics.I left this oil on to keep the protection but isn't very attractive so could be cleaned off.I acquired this specimen in 1990 from a retired tool and die maker that worked in the Custom Knife dept. for BUCK-EL CAHON ,CA.
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NOTE: I have swapped messages with the seller and he is trying to get me better images of this knife. he has also updated his description based on the information here... the new description says:
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Bidding is for one VERY RARE "UNISSUED" and never boxed 1987 2nd Generation Phrobis III M9. The blade is marked on the blood groove side "BUCK 188 U.S.A. > The opposite side is marked with the early" M" Flat Top "M9 PHROBIS III U.S.A." with a "S" stamped on the left of U.S.A. Note also the low sweep dog leg 9 that appears only on earlier models.Both handguard & scabbard with "Dolphin" logo mark.Comes complete with accessory pouch,unused sharpening stone and the well known BIANCHI clip. The blade has never been sharpened, other than as factory issue, no scratches but still retains some of the oil residue as seen in the pics.I left this oil on to keep the protection but isn't very attractive so could be cleaned off.I acquired this specimen in 1990 from a retired tool and die maker that worked in the Custom Knife dept. for BUCK-EL CAHON ,CA.
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I have seen tons of the Duel Buck and Phrobis Marked M9 bayonets but this is the first CRAZY M style due marked M9 I have seen. Now, I also don't know that the sellers claim that this is one of the 1200 as obviously that Chevron was on the Phrobis side of the blade and not the buck side....
Does anybody have more information on this knife?
EDIT: I have uploaded the images from the auction as the photos above will stop working in a few months when ebay deletes them from their system...
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