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Hi Bill. You are as good at this as me. But I'd say that the earliest date for this sheath is mid-late 1963 based on Johnson-made, baby dot, harness rivet, front stamp, on C model split-back sheath. The latest would be about late 1966 to early 1967 when the leather ties were THOUGHT to have been superseded, and when the split back tack harness rivets were replaced by the small rivet sheaths. This date has not been pinned down absolutely to my knowledge...
In fact leather ties continued to be shipped until mid 1968 with C model sheaths... but paracords were also being introduced and becoming more prevalent. My brother received his Solingen in early 1968 with leather ties on the sheath, and a paracord on the knife. I think considerable overlap apparently occurred with leather and two types of paracord tie downs.
Last edited by Jacknola; 03-10-2016 at 05:02 PM.
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