Carlo: I must plead Mea Culpa as I had provided you with erroneous information regarding the "200 off-spec first contract LanCay M9s" incorporated into the second contract. Having only read about them, I was under the impression they were early first contract pieces and bore fullered blades. Thanks to the links you posted, and some additional research, my error became apparent. In several conversations I had about these M9s with fellow collectors, no one ever mentioned them not having a fuller. So, "The 200" are late first contract blades with "LanCay" marking, step in the spine, concave ground blade, black oxide finish, & PI scabbard w/stone. Life was much simpler when only Phrobis/Buck made M9s...
Last edited by pwcosol; 03-26-2011 at 05:27 PM.
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