Contents.Materials and construction The SMF knife is manufactured by of. The knife features a 4 in (10 cm) flat ground tiger striped blade of. The handle is composed of a fire frame, oil impregnated, an oversized pivot screw 0.19 in (0.48 cm) in diameter, and a textured G10 scale with an incorporated backspacer. The NATO Stock Number for the SMF knife is 1095-01-531-5015.The latest version of this knife (generation 2 and above) includes the Hinderer Lockbar Stabilizer, a mechanism designed by custom knifemaker Rick Hinderer and licensed for use by Strider. The lockbar stabilizer is a metal disc contained in the lockbar which is designed to preserve the life of the framelock by preventing overtravel and flex.

Specifications: Overall Length: 9.0'; Blade Length: 4.0'; Blade Material: CPM-20CV; Non-Lock Side: Black Hard Anodized Machined Aluminum; Lockside.

The original knives designed for the Marines' SOCOM unit in 2003 do not include this feature, but subsequent versions do. MARSOC version The last time the issued a to an individual unit was in 1942, when a variation of the was redesigned by Lieutenant Colonel Clifford H.

Shuey and produced by the of. That knife was called the and was issued to until the unit was disbanded in 1944.When DET-1 was formed and their equipment being chosen, they decided not to use the traditional Marine nor did they go with a dagger design as the Marine Raiders had been issued 60 years previously.

Instead they chose Strider's SMF folding knife as their issued blade.The MARSOC SMF knife is marked with the date of the Marine unit's activation (030620 or 20 June 2003) as well as 'DET-1' on the frame. In addition, the Military version bears the insignia of the.The initial run of this model consisted of 300 knives. 150 for the men in the unit and 150 similarly marked knives for collectors whose purchase offset the cost of the knives for the military. There are several small differences between the military and civilian versions of this knife. Military issued knives had no letter in the serial number, whereas the civilian counterpart was preceded by a 'C' in the serial number. Approximately 12 prototype models were produced with an “XM” preceding the serial number. The Marine version also features a Coyote Brown colored G-10 scale whereas the Civilian version's scale is made of black G-10.

The Civilian version also lacks the Marine Raider Insignia which is stamped on the blade of the Marine version.After rigorous field testing, including parachute jumps, the unit's Commanding Officer, Colonel Robert Coates remarked that the knife was 'selected by, built for, and issued to the Marine Corps SOCOM Detachment.' Users.: of theSee also Lists:.References. ^ Piedmont, John P.; Neimeyer, Charles P. Military Studies Press. P. 27.

^ Larsen, John A (September 2003). 'Strider Marine Special Ops Folder'. Tactical Knives Magazine. Gardner, James (June 2005). 'Duel of the Titans: two exceptional folders exemplify state-of-the-art'. Guns Magazine. ^ Cascio, Pat (June 2007).

'The Strider Folder'. Knives Illustrated. 21 (3): 47–51. Rogers, Patrick A (December 2003). 'Marines New SOCOM Pistol'. SWAT Magazine.

P. 52. 'Raiding the Past: New spec-ops unit harks back to WWII Raider battalions'.

Marine Corps Times. October 2003.

'Model #SMF: Strider Knives'. American Handgunner Magazine.

March 2004. Haskew, Mike (2006). 'At the Heart of the World Class'. Blade Magazine. Vol. 31 no. 5. Haskew, Mike (2006).

'The Big Uglies'. Blade Magazine. Vol. 31 no. 9. P. 25.Footnotes. According to Pat Rogers: 'An example of this is the fact that for only the second time in Marine Corps history, a knife was selected by, built for and issued to a specific Marine Corps unit—the Strider MCSOCCOM. The Marine Raiders of the Second World War, from which the Det has traced its lineage, were the first to have a knife made for them.

This was the USMC Stiletto, made by Camillus Cutlery, a copy of the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, with 14,370 made. (The second Raider Bn adopted the Collins #18 Bowie knife—a commercial knife not made especially for them. Commonly called the “Gung Ho' knife, less than one thousand were issued.' External links.

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