Nice. That sheath came with it?

I believe it is now.

No longer Blackhawk, but Spec Ops.

TR

Correct, all sheaths for our knives are now from Spec Ops Brand in Texas.

100% Made In USA (if Texas recognizes the rest of the United States :D ).

We don't, unless you count all those backwards annexationists.

Affirmative. I like it alot, always liked Spec Ops gear anyway.

Mike (half Texan, by the way....:cool: )

Did I help?:lifter

Yes.

Sheeeeeeesh...... I told you guys months ago that the blade came in a Spec Ops sheath. :rolleyes:

Yep, and I have been telling them for years that it shouldn't come in a BH sheath.

Glad that they found another maker who could supply the qunatity and quality that was needed.

Big improvement.

TR

TR,
time for my ignorance to show up....what are the differences in the sheaths. Mine (green beret, NOT Yarborough) came in the BH sheath....? need to change out?

ss

I would say that you need to change it only if you are unhappy with the current one. I like the Spec Ops sheaths, but like so many other things, it is a matter of taste. Of course you can never have too many lying around in drawers and it doesn't cost all that much to find out which one you like best...

A footnote to this sheath business:

Blackhawk Industries saved our ass in order to launch the Yarborough knife project by being willing, able and the only manufacturer at that time who could provide a jump qualified sheath in the amounts and at the cost needed to get the project in under the wire. Thank you Blackhawk.

For this I will always be grateful to them.

Things change, Blackhawk got very busy with other stuff and now Spec- OPs Brand from Texas makes our sheaths.

Bill:

Thanks for sharing the inside skinny, sometimes I forget that not everyone has the full story on why things were done a particular way.

Nevertheless, I feel that the Spec Ops sheath is a better product, indisputably made in the USA by a company with a great rep for customer service and support.

I prefer the Spec Ops sheath for moral and physical reasons, but YMMV. As NDD said, try them both and use the one you prefer.

TR

A friend recently graduated from Q, his knife serial number is 4437, and it came black hawk sheath. I PMed Bill to find out a good supplier for a leather sheath.

He will be staying with us for a few days.

Thanks

Hollis

The only leather sheath that is available, unless you go custom, is from Chris Reeve Knives. Be careful though, I don't know if the Leather one is cleared for jumping. Their latest Sheath comes from Spec Ops Brand.

Later
Martin

Ambush Master,

Thank you for the reply

Hollis

Unless something has changed, to the best of my knowledge leather sheaths are NOT cleared for jumping.


Maybe CRK could sell you a Spec-Ops sheath as an addition. I don't have any in stock now.
Bill

Bill,

Again thank you for the information.

H.

Here is #0167 along side of my faithful companion who spent a year with me in scenic southeast asia.

As I told 12B4S a while ago, I had my Yarborough turned into a 1/10 commemorative knife to honor the Groups presence in Bad Tölz when I worked with them back in the old days.

edit: photos of unauthorized item removed

Yarborough?
 

I notice you do not currently have the QP title assigned-is your knife a Yarborough or is it a Green Beret?

Eagle

Eagle,

it´s a Green Beret. I would love a serialed one, but do not qualify for it. Hence the "commemorative version".

This is the one that was presented to me by the team along with a Green Beret at Flint Kaserne when 1st Bn. left for Panzer:

Mike

Mike, I hate to say it, but I find your copy of a Yarborough knife way too close to an attempt to counterfeit the real thing.

This is disappointing to me. I am sure that LTG Yarborough would NOT be impressed.

TR

Mike-munich, As per orders from United States Army Special Operations Command written to govern the Yarborough Knife Project, the ONLY knives that can be marked "Yarborough" are to be sold or issued to United States Army Special Forces personnel approved by United States Army Special Operations Command, in Ft. Bragg NC.

The engraved name "Yarborough" will remain unique to these knives issued or sold by USASOC to the vetted members of Army Special Forces that have earned the right to wear the Green Beret.

Edited to add: I have to strongly protest the engraving of the name Yarborough on this knife. We would NEVER engrave any knife with that name that wasn't ordered from us by USASOC. That engraving needs to be removed or the knife destroyed.

William W. Harsey, Designer of the Yarborough knife.

Mike-
I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Harsey remove the engraving or destroy the knife. I am a QP, I missed my chance at a Yarborough, I bought a GB, and would never think of engraving it, I had Mr. Harsey sign the blade instead.

Should I get another chance at procuring a Yarborough, I will take it, but I would never 'embellish' a knife with an unauthorized imprint that so closely resembled an earned item.

Mike-

I can appreciate your service to 1/10. Though your intention may have been good, what you have done instead is both very wrong and quite disrespectful. The knife should be indeed either be destroyed or the engraving completely removed.

Eagle

Gentlemen,

I´m sorry that my idea of having a commemorative blade seems disrespectful to you. I didn´t mean to produce a counterfeit copy (I would have put on a serial number then. Instead I just marked it with the Groups designation).

I did not mean to insult neither any of the QP´s, nor Mr. Harsey. I would have loved his signatur on the knife instead too.

Unfortunately the piece is too expensive to be destroyed. I will have the lettering removed instead and put a new coating on it.

Again, please accept my apologies. I will make sure the engraving is removed a.s.a.p.


Good man. Everyone can make a mistake, real men own up to them.

TS

Good plan Mike, and good response.

Thanks Mike, knew you were a good man.

Thank you for your understanding and accepting my apology Gentlemen. And for your trust and support. This is exactely how I remember the QP´s in Tölz.

Mike-munich,
Thank you. I've been thinking how to help carefully change the engraving, let me run this by you:
Try getting a machinist or perhaps even the engraver to use a square bottom carbide cutter and lightly mill the smallest possible rectangle at the least amount of depth that just takes away the lettering in question.
Do not remove the other mark, if you want.

In this new field, use it to place another engraving that would be appropriate to your experience with these men, perhaps using two lines of text like this,

"United States Army Special Forces"
"date, place etc."

Now whatever is engraved in that place will be framed and look right.

Feel free to show us when it's done.
Thanks,
Bill

Mr. Harsey, Sir,

thank you very much for the input. I´m sure the guy that helped me with the current unauthorized engraving will have the tool you mentioned.

If this is approved by the QP´s on this board, as well as by you, I´d like to put the following on there:

"US Special Forces Support 1/10 SFG"

I´d be happy to post the photos of the changed blade.

Thank you again Sir,

Mike

Mike,
Sounds good to me and I'm pretty sure the QP's will agree. That would be a unique and classy engraving on your knife.

If this is the case, you might want to consider moving the rectangle out to re-do the entire field "new".

I'm also guessing this might take a couple carbide cutters as the CPM S-30V contains enough vanadium carbides to be kinda difficult to machine easily but your not removing very much material.

Hey Mike-
Your response was quite refreshing. Thank you.
Please accept my wish for the absolute best of luck with your revision. If you would be kind enough to post what your "new" blade looks like on completion, I would certainly be interested in seeing it.

v/r
Eagle

This conundrum with Mike has brought me to ask a question of my own. I am a support guy in 3rd Group, and own a "Green Beret" knife that my wife bought for me at Christmas a few years ago. When I go to Afghanistan, will it be wrong to take my Green Beret knife (everybody wants a "cool knife", whether or not it is used)? I just want to avoid any questions.

Not unless you are planning to mark it with LTG Yarborough's name or your CoC orders you not to bring any knives.

TR

Mike,
Please post pictures of the new engraving - sounds like it's going to be something to see!

No Sir, I do not plan to do any engraving. I like the knife just the way it is.

Your good to go.

Thank you all. I will get in touch with the engraving guy this week and have him work on the blade. I´d be happy to post the outcome here right after it´s done.