The Holy Grail Fighter

1942 Zacharias Fighter

8-1/4" Blade

Bronze Hilt

Fancy Spacers

Stag, Three Finger Grip

Double Brass Pins

Original Leather Wrist Thong

Moore Sheath

This knife was made in late 1942 and has similarities to the Zackarias Fighters.

6” blade With Step Choil

Double Pinned Crown Whitetail Stag

Fancy Spacer Stack

Red Initials In Butt

Early 1943 8" Fighter

This blade grind was in the progression to the final form just a few months later.  Note the oversize choils top and bottom.

Leather finger grips - RARE for this period.

Early Heiser sheath with the Moore teardrop stone flap which was only present on the first batch of Heiser sheaths.

This is a very early Model #1 Fighter with an 8" blade.

Flat blade grind

Metal center spacer

Thin butt cap

Brass chain link

This is an early 1943 chain link fighter.  

7" carbon steel blade

Brass hilt - aluminum butt.

Early Heiser sheath with the Moore teardrop stone flap which was present on the first batch of Heiser sheaths.

WW2 Model #1 Fighter with a 7" blade.

Chain link thong

Moore sheath

Unusual spacer stack

Early 1943 knife

WW2 Fighter, Model #1 with a 7" Blade

Chain link thong

Beautiful Moore sheath, as nice as I have ever seen

1943 production

Model #1 Fighter

8" blade

Chain link thong

Southern Saddlery Sheath

Model #1 Fighter

7" blade

Chain link thong

Heiser sheath

1943-44 Model #1 Fighter

7" carbon Steel Blade

Double Pinned Stag Handle

Heiser Sheath

6" Chain Link Fighter

Brass hilt - aluminum butt (oddly oxidized)

Heiser sheath with sailor's service number matches name on blade

1943 Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle With Chain Link

V.L.&A. Sheath 

Interesting Leather Lacing 

WW2 Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Blade

Leather Handle

Heiser Sheath

1943 Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle With Chain Link

Heiser Sheath

1943 Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle With Springfield Butt Cap

Southern Saddlery Sheath

1943 Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle With Chain Link Thong

Southern Saddlery Sheath

Featured in Robert Hunt's Book "Rare, Unique & Experimental" Pages 166 and 167

1943-44 Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle With Screw On Butt Cap

One of Two Known Examples

Southern Saddlery Sheath

This old feller started life as a Model #1 Fighter and has been nearly used up.

Plastic theater re-handle and home made sheath.

Pretty cool…….

Late 1940's Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Steel Blade

Pinned Stag Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt

Clarence Moore Sheath With Translucent Buttons

Post War 1940's Model #1 Fighter

7" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle With Rare Peened Tang

Heiser Sheath

Late 1940's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Ivory Handle With Nickel Silver Hilt & Aluminum Butt Cap

Heiser Sheath With Translucent Buttons

Late 1940's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Ivory Handle With Finger Grips

Brass Hilt & Aluminum Butt Cap

Heiser Sheath With Translucent Buttons

Early 50's Model #1 with an 8" blade

Very rare Clarence Moore sheath.  Dyed black by owner

Owner also set a stone in the hilt

Early 1950's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather, Finger Grips Handle

Wide Flap, Heiser Sheath

Early 1950's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle

Wide Flap, Black, Heiser Sheath With Plain Steel Snaps

Early 1950's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Stag Handle With Finger Grips

Nickel Silver Hilt

Wide Flap, Heiser Sheath

While I normally collect Model #1’s, this guy is interesting for it’s sheath. It has a red translucent Randall snap and appears to be made bespoke for the knife. It is stamped - “Custom Made Leather Products By Steidel - Alexandria Virginia”. Was it a sample? Who knows……

The knife is a peened tang Model #3 with a 7” blade. Late 2940’s to early 1950’s.

Mid 1950's Model #1 Fighter

7" Carbon Steel Blade

Ivory Handle With Finger Grips

Nickel Silver Hilt, Aluminum Butt Cap

Heiser Sheath With Mixed Buttons

Mid 1950's Model #1 Fighter

7" Carbon Steel Blade with Brass Back

Leather Handle

Heiser Sheath

Mid 1950's Model #1 APFK with a 7" blade.

Nickel silver hilt, stacked leather handle, with an aluminum butt.

The sheath is a nice Heiser with a horizontal keeper.

The blade on this knife has been verified as stainless steel.  It is the earliest known example of a Model #1 in stainless.

Mid 1950's Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle

Unknown Sheath Maker - Randall Brown Button Snaps - Unusual Rivets On Rear Of Sheath

Mid 1950's Model #1 Fighter

7" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle

Country Leathers Sheath - Randall Brown Button Snaps

Very Early 1960’s

West Facing Stamp

Brown Button HKL Sheath

Nickel Silver Hilt, Walnut Handle

Chrome Plated Blade

Early 1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle

Stockman Sheath

Stockman sheaths were used for a very short time in the early 60's. They were generally of lower quality fit and finish.

Early 1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle

Stockman Sheath

Stockman sheaths were used for a very short time in the early 60's. They were generally of lower quality fit and finish.

Early 1960's Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Steel Blade

Brown Micarta Handle

Nickel Silver Lugged Hilt, Aluminum Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

The lugged nickel silver hilt on this knife is very rare.  They have never been offered as an option in the catalog.

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Double "SS" Stamp

Brown Micarta Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt, Aluminum Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

7" Tool Steel Blade

Brown Micarta Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt

Riveted Johnson Sheath

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Low "S" Stamp

Ivory Handle

Johnson Sheath

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Low "S" Stamp

Leather Handle

Riveted Johnson Model C Sheath

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Low "S" Stamp

Stag Handle With Finger Grips

Johnson Model A Sheath

Model #1 Fighter

8" stainless steel blade

Low S stamp

Sawteeth

Lugged hilt

Rosewood Handle

Flanged butt cap

Johnson rough back sheath

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Low "S" Stamp, Kit Blade

Pinned Brown Micarta Handle With Fancy Spacers

Nickel Silver Hilt

Hilt & Handle By James Behring

Johnson Sheath

Mid 1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Separate "S" Stamp

Unique Row Of Small Sawteeth

Ivory Handle

Lugged Brass Lugged Hilt & Flanged Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Blade

Leather Handle

Riveted Johnson Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Separate "S" Stamp

Black Micarta Handle

Brass Hilt & Butt Cap

Johnson Riveted Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Separate "S" Stamp

Black Micarta Handle

Brass Hilt

Black, High Ride, Johnson Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Delrin Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt & Aluminum Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

5" Stainless Steel Blade With Sawteeth

Separate "S" Stamp

Stag Handle With Finger Grips

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Walnut Handle Upside Down Finger Grips

Name Plate

Lugged Brass Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1960's Model #1 Fighter

5-1/2" Carbon Steel Blade (One OF A Kind?)

Black Micarta

Lugged Brass Hilt

Johnson Sheath

"Start To Finish Board"

1960's Model #1 Fighter

7" Carbon Steel Blade

Leather Handle

Johnson Sheath

1970's Model #1 Fighter

8" Carbon Steel Blade

Black Micarta Handle With Finger Grips

Huge Lugged Nickel Silver Hilt

(Lugged Hilts in Nickel Silver Were Never Offered As A Catalog Option)

Aluminum Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

1970's Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Steel Blade

Black Handle

Nickel Silver "S Shaped" Reverse Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1970's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Separate "S" Stamp

Old Yellow Micarta Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1970's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Separate "S" Stamp

Old Yellow Micarta Handle

Brass Hilt & Butt Capp

Johnson Sheath

1970's Model #1 Fighter

6" Stainless Steel Blade

Old Yellow Micarta Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

4" Stainless Steel Blade

One Of Only A Few Made

Black Micarta Handle

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade With Saw Teeth

Old Yellow Micarta Handle, Finger Grips

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #16 Fighter

Doug Kenefick Dealer Special Before The Sasquatch

7" Stainless Steel Blade

Black Micarta Handle

Brass Hilt

Johnson Sheath Model C Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

6" Carbon Steel Blade - Blued

Stag Handle

Brass Hilt

Johnson Conceilment Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade With Saw Teeth

Old Yellow Micarta Handle, Single Finger Grip

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

7" Carbon Steel Blade

Both Sides Etched & Gold Inlayed (Possible Leibowitz)

Stag Handle With Finger Grips & Name Plate

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

7" Stainless Steel Blade With Sawteeth

Old Yellow Micarta Handle

Brass Hilt, Scalloped Collar, Scalloped Flanged Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Alternate Ivory Handle (A/I Stamp)

Brass Hilt, Brass & Red Spacers, Crows Beak Butt Cap

Johnson Sheath

1980's Model #1 Fighter

6" Stainless Steel Blade With Saw Teeth

Old Yellow Micarta Handle, Single Finger Grip

Nickel Silver Hilt

Johnson Sheath

Early 1990's Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Old Yellow Micarta Handle, Commando Grip

Nickel Silver Hilt With Aluminum Butt Cap

Smooth Back Johnson Sheath

Model #1 Fighter

8" Stainless Steel Blade

Nickel Silver, Forward Curved Hilt

Old Yellow Handle

Aluminum Butt Cap

Johnson Smooth Back Sheath