The boxes presented here are organized into groups by location and then into what I believe is their rough order of introduction. However, there is some uncertainty in a few of my placements.

For each box, a small thumbnail picture is shown. By clicking on the thumbnail, you can access a high-resolution picture of the box.

Listed below are all the boxes used for EK Knives that I am aware of.

Since the box end flap has a line where the Style and Serial Number could be entered, the boxes were made up sometime after the start of the knives being serial numbered.

From the price of $15. I would guess the Miami box was probably a wooden display box.

I suspect the Miami boxes may be rarer than the Hamden boxes.

The top has a circular black adhesive sticker with the Ek logo in white on it. One end of the box has a white knife/sheath identity sticker. Early boxes have the knife wrapped in brown waxed paper. Depending on the year, the box also contained various catalogs, letters and cards.

The box is constructed of thin white non-corrugated cardboard covered with black paper and measures 15 X 3-1/8 X 2-1/8 inches (LxWxH). The top has a circular black adhesive sticker with the Ek logo in white on it. One end of the box has a white knife/sheath identity sticker.

Most of these boxes do not have the brown waxed paper wrap. Depending on the year, the box also contained various catalogs, letters and/or cards. This box was used as early as 1988.

There is no black sticker with the Ek logo in white on it. One end of the box has a white knife/sheath identity sticker. None of these boxes have the brown waxed paper wrap.

Some of the boxes contained a cloth patch. They were used mostly for the Desert Patrol model knives. Also some early BlackJack WAR models from stock transferred from Richmond when Blackjack took over manufacture of "production knives" in 1993 while Richmond continued custom Ek Commando knife-making.

There is a tan sticker with the Ek logo in light green on some of them. Some boxes have a white knife/sheath identity sticker on one end of the box. Some boxes have neither the logo sticker or the identity sticker. Some of the boxes contained a cloth patch. They were used mostly for the Desert Patrol model knives.

There is a mailing label and a small "Signature Required" sticker on the box. Both ends are sealed with reinforced paper packing tape.

The box is constructed of a heavy corrugated cardboard with the outside printed with a pattern of the Ek Logo in yellow on a black background. The box measures 14-1/2 X 3-1/4 X 2-1/8 inches (LxWxH).

One end of the box has a white knife/sheath identity sticker. Some of the boxes had white tissue wrapping paper and brown or white thin cardboard slip-on blade guards. Some contained a small paper inspection tag. Most did not contain any paperwork or patches.

The box is constructed of a heavy corrugated cardboard with the outside printed with a pattern of the Ek Logo in yellow on a black background. The small box measures 12 X 3-1/4 X 2-1/8 inches (LxWxH) which is 2-1/2 inches shorter in lenth than the large box.

One of the box end flaps has a white knife/sheath identity sticker. None seemed to have a paper inspection tag or any other paperwork or patches.

They could also be ordered as a separate item and one of 4 types of velvet lining could be specified: black, maroon, olive drab or camouflage. The majority of the boxes issued with knives have no lining as shown in the image.

The boxes measure 15 x 4 x 2 inches. They are of a clam-shell design, have 2 button type brass release catches on the front face, are covered with green velvet and have a camouflage lining.

The plaque has a painted wood frame with black velvet covering in the knife area. The face has 6 L-hooks and 6 posts covered with soft tubing. The hole in the extended tang of the knife is placed over the L-hook and the tip of the knife rests on the associated post. There is a brass plate with the words"AMERICAN ELITE FORCES / FIGHTING KNIFE COLLECTION / ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION / LIMITED EDITION" mounted in the center near the top

The plaques measure approximately 30 x 17 inches. It is believed that only about 50 of these displays were made.

The first picture shows the plaque alone and the second with mounted knives.

The Richmond II Black Telescope Box is a two piece telescope box constructed of thin white non-corrugated cardboard with the outside of both sections covered with black paper. It measures 14 x 3-1/4 x 2-5/8 inches (LxWxH). Although the top section of the box has the same dimensions as the original Richmond Black Telescope Box, the bottom (inner) section is 1/4 inch taller. This makes the box a bit easier to open as you can grip the extended portion.

Initially, the box top had the familiar black adhesive sticker with the Ek logo in white on it but with a new end label with the Forest Hill address. Later a larger rectangular adhesive label sticker was used and placed on the box top. It has the American Flag in color and the 5 Wars Ek logo in black & white on it. It also has a location for the model as well as the shipping date Month and Year to be hand written.

Some boxes have the knife in a white cloth bag. Depending on the year, the box also contained various catalogs, letters and cards.

I have a set of 4 Ek knives, models PL/M1 through PL/M4 that I ordered and were shipped March 2006 that used these boxes but I don't know for how long a period they were used. Later knives reverted back to using the Richmond II Black Telescope boxes.

It is a Roll End Tuck Top Box. These boxes are die cut in a single flat piece and assembled by rolling tabbed extended bottom pieces over the side flaps at each end into slots in the box bottom. The top has an extended flap which tucks inside the box.

But while the ordinary Roll End Tuck Top Box has openings in the bottom, this box has an extra length of tab that folds inside the box and contains the slots that the side flaps go into. As a result there are no openings in the box bottom. The box is constructed of corrugated cardboard covered with white paper. It measures 12-5/8 x 4 x 3-1/4 inches (LxWxH).

Two labels can be found on these boxes. One, a small white sticker is fond on an outside end. The second label is larger and pasted on the box side.

The box contains the sheath and the knife. The knife is wrapped in several layers of tissue paper held closed with a plain small white sticker. To my knowledge, no paperwork was included in the box.

The printing on the box is close to that of the original Hamden box but the dimensions differ. One end of the top section has the words STYLE over NO. Both are over a line on which the Style (HE1 or HE2) and the Serial Number (Ennn) are hand written.

The HE1 and HE2 knives were some of the last knives produced by Richmond II before Ek Knives was sold to KA-BAR.

The KA-BAR Box is used for the EK43 and EK44 model knives, whose blade styles correspond to the Richmond and Richmond II era's Model 3 and Model 4 knives.

It is a Two Piece Telescope Box constructed of a tan non-corrugated cardboard with the outside of both sections covered with light brown speckled paper. Also printed on the paper is a white square label that covers most of the top and front side of the upper section and most of the front and bottom of the bottom section. The box measures 15-1/4 X 3 -3/8 X 2-1/2 inches (LxWxH).

The box contains the sheath and the knife with a white cardboard blade guard. Also included is a Limited Warranty paper.

Listed below are all the labels used for Ek knives that I am aware of:

The box end labels are 3 x 2 inches (W x H) and are individual items with a paper peel-off backing. An unused sticker and blank label are shown below.