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Old 02-19-2012, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AutoMag View Post
My newest acquisition!!

This is what is called a "sterile" Benchmade AFO 9050 auto knife. It is an older Government contract knife made with no marking at all!!!

The story I have on these sterile versions is they were intended for covert Special Ops missions where the nationality of the operators would be best left unknown.





I have one of those, (not sterile) that I carried when I was on the job. Very handy knife. Mine has been through the mud, the blood, the guts and the beer and it's still a worthy tool.
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