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Topic, too many to list here and too many to keep up with as they come and go. There are many fine websites that have additional information on this Other companies have duplicated the design, such as the Boker M3 Trench Knife

M3 Fighting Knife, available from knife dealers or eBay. Until their 2006 bankruptcy, Camillus Cutlery continued to manufacture the U.S. Within a year, the leather sheath was replaced by the M8 or M8A1 olive drab fiberglass body with steel throat, described on the M-4 Bayonet page of. M6 sheaths were often cut down to eliminate the metal hook at the top which interfered with strapping it to the leg, paratrooper style (photo above, right). The leather is doubled over and riveted at top to hold an M-1910 belt hook. There is a snap loop to hold the knife handle.

The M-6 had a body made of two pieces of leather riveted together, with a metal shield near the bottom. The original scabbard (or sheath) for the M-3 Knife was the leather M6, developed with the knife in 1943.