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veil
29 November 1999, 15:50
...Cold steel Oyabun tanto http://www.specialoperations.com/ubboard/smile.gif This is one sweet piece of steel. 7,5" blade of razor sharp AUS-8A steel and a great handle. I just have to buy yet another eagle sheath to carry it in. The feel is absolutely fabulous, ive never handled such a large knife with so much ease. Definitely my blade of choice...if only it had a black blade...

-Veil

josepy
30 November 1999, 00:44
I have an old Recon Tanto, the one with the sandblasted blade not the black. I love it.

I guess it has become a collectors item because I have been offered more than double what I paid for it.

veil
30 November 1999, 12:49
Yep, that's quite nice indeed. Ive only heard of that kind of model, never seen it http://www.specialoperations.com/ubboard/smile.gif
Im the lucky owner of an early phrobis M9 bayonet system, designated XM-9 (xxx-unreadable).

Bought it at a fleamarket for like 10 bucks http://www.specialoperations.com/ubboard/smile.gif The blade's pretty messed up at the false edge, probably by the wirecutter, but hey, its rare. http://www.specialoperations.com/ubboard/smile.gif

The guy that i bought it from told me it came from a testing run he participated in. Didn't get the chance to ask for/in which country the blade was tested.