Some WWII US knife pics

[hso]

I pulled some pics from a Blade Magazine piece that I thought might be of interest.


Note the use of wood for pommels in the Pal (top) and Robeson (bottom) USN Mk1s. Brass, aluminum and even steel were in demand for firearms and equipment so materials like plastic and wood were used at times.


These are both Union Cutlery "KaBar" USN Mk2s. We've had lots of discussions on the USMC Fighting Utility Knife/USN Mk2. Camillus, Union Cutlery, Robeson, Pal, Utica, Ontario and even a few rare Marbles were made for the Pacific theater.


The M3 was made by Camillus, Boker, Kinfolks, Robeson, Utica, Imperial, Case, Aerial and Pal.


Western "Sharks". Note their use of plastic for guards and pommels.


Western 46-8 fighters had variations like steel, aluminum and plastic pommels.


The Cattaraugus 225Q Quartermaster. Be careful about copies.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Very nice, my buddy has a couple of nice USN Mk1 and 2 Cammilus I'm thinking about buying from him. He wants $75 each for them with sheaths.....I'm not enough of an expert to know if that's a fair price?

 

[hso]

fair price

It's all about condition, numbers issued, and provenance.

Can you post pictures of them?

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

It's all about condition, numbers issued, and provenance.

Can you post pictures of them?

Not unless I buy them, lol.

If they were guns, I would call them "shooter" grade, rather than "collector." No rust, but the stacked leather is pretty dark and the blades have been repeatedly sharpened.

 

[Speedo66]

Here’s my PAL Mk. 1 bring back with aluminum pommel.

Interesting that the first knife in the top picture, also a PAL Mk. 1, appears to have a polished finish while mine is Parkerized.

 

[Speedo66]

And from the other side, a bring back German WWII paratrooper OTF gravity knife with rigging spike. All metal with the exception of the "rostfrei" blade and spike is chrome plated.

Manufactured by Paul Weyersberg & Co., Solingen.

 

[CapnMac]

Sound fun.
Here is my extremely lucky eBay find from about '96

in larger context:

I'll see about sorting out photos of the blade.

I have a couple of beater Mk II (aka "Kabar") along with a nice USN utility knife.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

When I was in the Navy our issue dive knife was the good old MK2 "Kabar". A steady diet of tropical heat/humidity and salt water sure did take it's toll on that carbon steel but, with grease in the sheath and regular wire brushing, it did the job. We'd sharpen them with a file since that's what we had.
The stacked leather handle suffered the worst I think plus that slender tang didn't always hold up to the rough use.