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This is a John Ek Commando knife model No. 2-C. The blade is 6" long and 7/8" wide; the knife is 10-1/2" overall. The scales are black micarta, slab style with brass rivets. The pommel is the extended tang and it is drilled for a cord and extended for use as a prying tool. The entire knife has been bead blasted to the non-reflective commando finish. On one side is the standard Ek logo of crossed knives and: "Ek/ Commando", with "1941" (when the company was founded) and, in a riband: "Korea", "World War II" and "Vietnam" (w the knives were used). The opposite side has "John Ek" with "Commando Knife No. 2, Bark River, Mich. U.S.A." The sheath is black leather with dual keepers. This is a rather scarce Ek variation; it was made by Mike Stewart at Bark River Knife & Tool, Mike was President of Blackjack/Ek, when they were in Effingham, Illinois. is Mike's description of the knife: "The No. 2 is an interesting John Ek variation. It was made, ostensibly, during World War II and the Korean War. The No. 2 was always guardless. The last Model 2 Ek knife that I am aware of made by the Ek family was made around 1982 or 1983, by Gary Ek. It had micarta handles and no guard. The C on the model number No. 2-C is because these are a little more compact; the blade is about 1/2" shorter, and the handle is about 1/2" shorter than the traditional Ek Model 2. They are slimmer, easier to carry, but just as effective. .... When we make the Model 2 again, as the Model 2-C, we will go with the thinner handles... the prying piece on the back is shorter. That piece was originally designed ,during World War II, for prying open wood crates. But today, most packages that a GI will encounter are ziplocks or things with big, sturdy latches that don't need prying open. T are no more wooden ammo crates or grenade boxes that have to be pried open. The old time Eks were made of 1095 steel. The ones made in Virginia and Effingham were either 440-C, Sandvik 12C27, or AUS 8A. The Virginia ones were made from Japanese steel. These...were made from D-2. It is a much tougher steel. These were cryogenically treated, and the tangs were drawn, from the midpoint of the ricasso, all the way to the pommel, to Rockwell 40C. The blades are 58 to 60C Rockwell. The handles were drawn to 40C so that if you were to pry with the tang, the likelihood of its breaking would go way down. It made it a sturdier knife... " When the Ek Model 2-C knife was started in production, a trademark dispute ensued; Mike ceased all production of Ek knives. Very few, a couple of hundred, were made. No reserve.

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