A friend of mine served as an Air Force mechanic during the Viet Nam War. While he was stationed in Viet Nam, he purchased a knife at a little shop (I forgot what he said the town was). He liked the knife but didn't think much of it. In fact, after the war, it sat in his desk drawer at work for about 22yrs. He showed me the knife on more than one occasion, and one day while looking through a book on Viet Nam era military knives, I saw several knives that looked very much like the one my friend owns. The knives were made by someone named
Nguyen Dan. The knives in the book are so similar that I believe my friend's knife was also made by Nguyen Dan.
My friend has no interest in selling the knife, but he is curious as to what it's worth. If anyone could offer even a ball park figure, such as "less than one hundred dollars", "over two hundred", etc., we would greatly appreciate it. I tried checking the web, but I didn't find any info on potential values.
Here are a few images of the knife. It was never really abused, but as you can tell from the condition of the horn handle, it was never really taken care of either.