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Approximately 12 prototype models were produced with an "XM" preceding the serial number. Military issued knives had no letter in the serial number, whereas the civilian counterpart was preceded by a "C" in the serial number. There are several small differences between the military and civilian versions of this knife. 150 for the men in the unit and 150 similarly marked knives for collectors whose purchase offset the cost of the knives for the military.
The initial run of this model consisted of 300 knives. In addition, the military version bears the insignia of the Marine Raiders. The SMF knife is marked with the date of the Marine unit's activation (030620 or 20 June 2003) as well as "DET-1" on the frame. Instead they chose Strider's SMF folding knife as their issued blade. When Det One was formed and their equipment being chosen, they decided not to use the traditional Marine Ka-Bar nor did they go with a dagger design as the Marine Raiders had been issued 60 years previously. That knife was called the United States Marine Raider stiletto and was issued to Marine Raiders until the unit was disbanded in 1944. Shuey and produced by the Camillus Cutlery Company of Camillus, New York. The last time the Marine Corps issued a knife to an individual unit was in 1942, when a variation of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife was redesigned by Lieutenant Colonel Clifford H. The original knives designed for the Marines' SOCOM unit in 2003 do not include this feature, but subsequent versions do. The lockbar stabilizer is a metal disc contained in the titanium lockbar which is designed to preserve the life of the framelock by preventing overtravel and flex. The latest version of this knife (generation 2 and above) includes the Hinderer Lockbar Stabilizer, a mechanism designed by custom knifemaker Rick Hinderer and licensed for use by Strider. The NATO Stock Number for the SMF knife is 1095-0. The handle is composed of a fire anodized titanium frame, oil impregnated bronze bushings, an oversized pivot screw 0.19 in (0.48 cm) in diameter, and a textured G10 glass-reinforced plastic scale with an incorporated backspacer. The knife features a 4 in (10 cm) drop point flat ground tiger striped blade of CPM S30V steel. The SMF knife is manufactured by Strider Knives of Escondido, California.
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