hey lostfish do you mean the British (ministry of defence) knife..it's issued to British royal marines and is carried in many British military survival kits..it's a big heavy,husky knife with a thick steel blade and thick wood grips and has a somewhat cheap leather sheath...i bought my M.O.D knife at the P.X. about twenty years ago ,any ARMY P.X./clothing sales at the time used to carry alot of Brigade Quartermaster catalog items..i carried it all the time when i was in the field...if i remember right i paided about $50 to $6o dollars for it...i still have and use it to this day...vince g. 11b inf...