Overview
From the excellent resource of militarycarryknives.com:
"These knives were made exclusively for the Cutlery Shoppe. They have the straight profile blade (no wasp shape) and have two inches of 8-teeth-per-inch serrations in the center of both blade cutting edges. The blades are made from 440A stainless steel. In addition most of these blades have a 5-degree cant but others have been observed with no blade cant. The cant or bend is toward the serial number side of the blade.
There is black lettering, electro-etched on the blade on the logo side that reads "MARK II™" on most knives. Others do not have the etch.
These knives can be found with C3 and C3S type Cordura™ sheaths or FT2 leather sheaths in either the Orange Slide or Blue and Black boxes. They were sold under the model #GB5710.
The "Cat's Tongue" handles on these knives have a brighter appearance in contrast with the usually darker gray handles of the original knives. The CT5 knives are found on 1989-1996 knives scattered in batches throughout the serial range of CS0006 - CS1947. The CS prefix on the serial number stands for "Cutlery Shoppe" and was used to indicate that the knife was not an original earlier knife. Note that this is the only Cutlery Shoppe model that is canted as well as having serrations."
This one is mint condition with the sheath (scratches on sheath buttons).
