Crutch my good friend,

The 16sp #1 was "originally" designed by Doug Kenefick in 1978 as a possible choice for his dealer special.

It was introduced to the public around 1990 for the 1st sand war, because of the GREAT demand for a combat knife that was not as big as the 14, and was yet SS so they would not have to worry too much about the upkeep on the blade since they were not sure how long they would be away from water for clean up. And being the #1 was and still is the top seller, why not make it a full tang and make it the consummate fighting knife.

There ya' go, not a bad story for the "ugly duckling" of the RMK Military Models.

Incidentally, this has been the top seller of any of the knives used during either sand war by the world's soldiers.

---DW---