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Originally Posted by ColinG
Sir,
I have seen this knife with the words PHROBIS III underneath the M9A1 designation in addition to PROBIS INT'L. Do you know if they are both part of the less than 800 group? Also, who commissioned these knives for sale in the U.S. I heard that it might have been the Franklin Mint but not sure. TIA
CG
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I have one Desert Storm commemorative marked Phrobis International, but have seen, also, the Phrobis III marking.
In the Homer Brett book, there are pictures of both markings, one is in a small addendum at the end of the book, the other on the back of the dust jacket.
About the Franklin Mint I have read a note by the above author (Brett), where he says that Phrobis allowed Marto and Franklin Mint to deal with each other to make a Desert Storm Commemorative "
and then market it with a plaque", but then, as far as I understood reading that note, the project ended with something different.
A balde marked with only "M9" on one side, and the patent number on the other
See here
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1239, for the blade description, where there is also an interesting note about the American Historical Foundation (instead of Franklin Mint).
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