Post your Favorite WWI/WWII blade. Marine Raider,Smachet,OSS/CIA type stuff,etc.

[Eric Draven]

Awesoem stuff loandr. Keep it up. I have a few of them 'handy twine knives' myself bro....theyre nice 'throwaway' knives. Do some quick damage and toss it. Good stuff.

Thanx alwillam...I was wondering.

 

[06]

Never saw an original Ka-Bar with a serrated edge-were they?? wc

 

[hso]

USMC Fighting/Utility and the Navy MkII knives never had serrated edges. The serrated versions are a recent commercial variant that KaBar makes.

 

[Brian Williams]

Here is a bring back of my father's from the pacific theater, He was a Boatswain mate second on a fleet oiler.

US Army Air Corps

 

[nemesis_3003]

thumb knife/dagger

hey guys, im new here n im a knifemaker and i was wondering if someone might be willing to tell me the dimensions of one of those thumb dagers?
thank you.

 

[Eric Draven]

It depends on the thumbdagger....you may want to email or PM alwilliam for that info. IIRC he actually has a few originals from the OSS/CIA stuff.

I currently have 3 books with different kinds of those thumb daggers and none of them have any specs, only one of the books said very vaguely: "Its much like the tip of a Sykes Fairbairn Commando Knife".

Sorry I dont have any better info. If I was making one, I would use a piece of posterboard or cardboard as a model to see what size fits between my index finger and thumb proportionately to the size of what you see in the pics of people holding them.

Just a thought....hope it helps.

 

[nemesis_3003]

thanks eric, i actually havnt seen a picture of someone holding one do you happen to have one??? i have seen them relative to coins however.
thanks

 

[Dr. Snubnose]

All good stuff Eric...Love all the spikes...have a few myself...but I did place my vote for the Smachet.... As far as bladed weapons in the Military goes....Next to some of my Vietnam Tactical Hawks I own (not WWI/WWII) the Smachet is one of my most favorite double edged knives....for more reasons than one could imagine.....Doc

 

[WardenWolf]

The Arisaka 99 bayonet.



Brutal, and still sharp.

 

[ezd]

This is worth registering for...you've missed a winner.

Despite the Everitt/McNary/Clements model knuckle knives/trench knives becoming the classic description for American WWI era weapons, the British did have a jaw-dropping equivalent.



My favourite

 

[Rio Laxas]

When I read the thread title, my first thought was a Randall Model 1. The poll says dagger, so I'll modify that to a Randall Model 2.

 

[clem]

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Great collections of goodies!

 

[JoergS]

I like my Böker Grabendolch (WW1 trench dagger).

http://www.boker.de/fahrtenmesser/boeker/taktische-einsatzmesser/121918.html

 

[Eric Draven]

With all respect to everyone here...I think its cool to post any WWI or WWII blades, not just daggers. Any OSS/CIA/SOE stuff. I titled it "Post your favorite WWI/WWII Blade" becuz I know that there arent just daggers. Now we all know that the daggers were some of the most recognized and prolific bladed items of that period and I did enter 99% of the poll options as daggers, so its easy to see how it could get limited to that category. But lets not forget the last option..."Other".

Either way, I love all of them bladed items from that time period and every other time period...rock and roll.

I attached a pic of one I just finished for a friend who's making an AR-15 forearm grip that needed a knife. It was based on a model from the WWII OSS Blades. Its Cera-Koted in Armor Black and made out of 1/4" thick CPMD2.