SOG KNIFE, 2ND MODLE FAT GUARD ENGRAVED (APK-2009)

Wartime, Counter Insurgency Support Office (CISO) manufactured, 2nd Model Fat Guard SOG Knife. The knife measures about 10 1/2 inches overall, stacked leather washer handle, brass cross guard and pommel cap with a 6 inch dark blued blade. The blade is engraved: COLONEL THOMAS G. ROSELL, IN APPRECIATION, FROM MACSOG-40, 1971. This knife is featured in the book: US ARMY SPECIAL FORCES FIGHTING KNIVES OF THE VIETNAM WAR, Vol 1, THE SOG KNIFE, page 284.