Gary Clinton was kind enough to accept an offer from me for his two Delrin knives. And they are unique enough that I thought additional pictures would be of interest.
Here is a m1-8
(a model-1 with Delrin is itself rather unique because of anecdodal information about a later proscription by Mr. Randall against using Delrin on model 1 combat knives... ). This one is unique to my knowledge because it has a Delrin handle and a recurved hilt...fortunately still paired with the matched original sheath. I've regressed the date about a year to between late 1970-early 72 based on information that the model 1 sheaths were being marked in this manner at that time. The exposed tang nut also speaks to that time period. This places this knife inside my personal objective of
"could have been carried in Vietnam."
I am really pleased with this knife. I know of four model 1s
(edit: five) with Delrin handles and I now have three of them. Cool, thanks Gary.