Military Marbles?

During WWII, they made no military models, although a lot of privately owned hunting knives made it to war, especially larger Ideal models. In 1957, they had the contract to make the 6" Jet Pilot Survival knife -

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They also made a civilian model of the same type on and off through the years.
 
The reason I ask is because I recently came into possession of a Marbles knife (marked: Blackstone, Mich USA) with an approximately 9-inch blade x 3/16-1/4-inch thick, large fuller/blood groove, stacked leather washer grip w/stag pommel (it has a large, recessed brass spanner-type nut holding it together). The accompanying leather sheath is marked either 'F2072' or 'FZ07Z'. The lady I bought it from said her husband used in WWII. I'll try to get some pics ASAP.
 
That is a cool knife to own for sure. It's a small piece of history, no telling where or what that knife went and lived through.
 
Here it is. The numbers seen on the sheath are printed 2X on the back and 1X on the front. I have no idea as to 'why'. This knife is EXTREMELY sharp, yet doesn't appear to have been sharpened recently. Comments are welcomed.

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The numbers remind me of what we do in the military these days; mark our issue items with the first initial of your last name, and the last four of your SSN#. Unknown if that is actually what it is, but it reminds me of that.
 
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