I don't know about French issue, but I have one that looks identical except made in china. identical to yours the sheath and all. it is very well made, and distributed by fury knives. I bought it for $5 at an A&N store.

Yes there are a lot of knock offs around.

i might be interested if it were good quality, but i'll stick with my SAK and spork.

If by quality you mean fit and finish like SAK no it's not, but if you want something that simply works it fit pretty well.

French military gear? Is this really a sound idea? A friend purchased an egyptian mil surplus handgun, which launched the slide and barrel assembly down range in his first visit to the range. It did this without benefit of a cartridge. Wasn't sure if it was a bug or a feature, sort of 'what to do with your handgun if we forget to give you ammunition'. Rangemaster suggested that one should avoid surplus equipment from nations that lost their most recent war. Just sayin'...

I knew it had a corkscrew before clicking on the thread.

I'm beginning to suspect that there are things you can do with a corkscrew besides opening wine bottles, and only Europeans know what they are.

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I'm beginning to suspect that there are things you can do with a corkscrew besides opening wine bottles, and only Europeans know what they are. [/quote]

True. So true.

True. So true. [/quote]


Alas, my colonial friend's, there are things that you are not yet ready for..... :whistle

Growing up we used a corkscrew all the time to remove Styrofoam from strange places....