Yes but the blade will be marked with the Western trademark stamp. But the blades do look an awful lot alike.

Ronnie,

Seems to me that many knives back in that day had similar influence. Marbles Ideal is one example.

Yes they did Warren.....many knives.

Here is a Rarer Marbles Mark 2 Bowie 7" Blade. They didn't make to many of these. It has a similar wide blood groove.

Eric,

Thanks for posting this. I collected Marbles knives before I got into Randle and others. This is exactly what I commented on earlier. Many of the knives have similar lines and features. IMO the Marbles knives were more refined and overall better qualiy.
In the near future I'll start a new thread on Marbles knives which I collected for years.

Warren, I collected only the Military related Marbles. I would love to see a thread on Marbles, especially the older MSA marked examples.

Here is a Marbles Pilot Knife circa 1958. It also has the wide blood groove.

I never had the military knives just field knives. I'll put something together soon.

The blade looks a lot like an Ontario made AF Crewmans.

Cliff Lacey
RKCC CM-26

my guess is a WWII knife, made local for a departing GI or a theater made knife by a rear echelon shop, based on the immensely popular Marbles Ideal. The knife seems to predate the Jet Pilot knife given that owner died in the 1950s when the 6" Jet Pilot a very new thing and hardly in need of a rehandle. The Mk2 and Jet pilot both based on the Ideal pattern. Whether an original blade or rework of existing blade might be observed by ricasso symmetry or any sign an original mark ground away and replaced by Mr Most's stamp.

Eric,

that is a very nice 58 model Marbles. they only made 500 for the Navy and Marbles never did get a government contact. they had a bid in for 5000 units, but it was for small business only and they were deemed large business sooooo. No contract. the 7" Marbles is a civilian model to resemble the Camillus Pilot knife. It was a shame that Marbles could never receive a government contact, but that is the government. both are very nice knives. I've been a Marbles collector for 50 years and I love these knives.