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Buying a US Marine Corps NCO sword for my son - question

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February 27, 2018, 07:22 PM
Micropterus
Buying a US Marine Corps NCO sword for my son - question
My USMC son was just promoted to Corporal, the most junior NCO rank. I told him when he joined the Corps that when he made NCO I would buy him an NCO sword. I plan on doing that and having it engraved. I want to get the right length. They range from 26" to 36" inches. How does one know which length to get? Presumably its based on his trowsers length but I'm not sure.


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February 27, 2018, 07:23 PM
signewt
I had to solve the same questions years ago. To make sure what was right, I asked the Marine involved.

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February 27, 2018, 07:34 PM
Gibb
Have your son get fitted for it. If I remember right it is based on the arm length vs the pant length. You can still pay for it and the engraving, but that's the best way to ensure it's correct.



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February 27, 2018, 07:35 PM
medic451
https://www.marlowwhite.com/mi...ng-sword-length.html


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February 27, 2018, 07:57 PM
Micropterus
quote:
Originally posted by medic451:
https://www.marlowwhite.com/mi...ng-sword-length.html


Perfect, thank you.


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"I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau