MACV type knives from Blackjack, Bark River and Vehement Knives

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vjb.knife

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I picked up the two with the white / ivory color handles recently, so I am putting up a picture of them all. I have a few Tridents from SOG knives and a couple of customs but , this post is just these related companies. I think they were probably all made at Bark River.

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One small point. MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) was huge organization, and to my knowledge there was not a "MACV" type knife. These are SOG (Studies and Observation Group) type knives, the original was designed by my good friend, the late Conrad "Ben" Baker (RIP). John
 
John A. Larsen said:
One small point. MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) was huge organization, and to my knowledge there was not a "MACV" type knife. These are SOG (Studies and Observation Group) type knives, the original was designed by my good friend, the late Conrad "Ben" Baker (RIP). John
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I see them labeled often as macvsog knives...always thought that was the right name for these blade shapes....

madcap_magician said:
Defiant 7 has a Vehement-designed Mk3-SOG mashup out now that is super nice. If you miraculously ever got a Vehement custom MACV-SOG, that's a thing of beauty as well.
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got one of those, good knife.....

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madcap_magician said:
I got the Elishewitz clip point version and then shortly after that the VK version dropped, but I was broke. 😞
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like that one too.....but reminded me of my Buck 119/120s. I also got the m320g version. also great knife. I just skipped the E.
 
madcap_magician said:
Was that the original bayonet point one?
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think so..also had g10 handles and n690 steel....newer version is 3v and polymer handle deal like others.....

sorry to op for getting off topic.....
 
John A. Larsen said:
One small point. MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) was huge organization, and to my knowledge there was not a "MACV" type knife. These are SOG (Studies and Observation Group) type knives, the original was designed by my good friend, the late Conrad "Ben" Baker (RIP). John
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Made me curious . Found this to be interesting :

grokipedia.com

SOG Knife

The SOG Knife, formally designated as the MACV-SOG Recon Knife, was a specialized combat and survival tool developed in 1964 for the elite covert operatives of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), a highly classified U.S. special operations unit...
grokipedia.com grokipedia.com

"Fact checked " by an AI , so must be true . ;)
 
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