Military dive knife or?
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Topic: Military dive knife or?
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Subject: Military dive knife or?
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 11:47am
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Military dive knife or? I found this knife in one of my Father's boxes. My Father was a Corpsman from 1937 to 1957 and he never shared anything about it. Never spoke about his time in the military. I do not see any markings. Any ideas? http://s1043.photobucket.com/user/Paddyofurniture_photo/media/IMG_0240.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s1043.photobucket.com/user/Paddyofurniture_photo/media/IMG_0241.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s1043.photobucket.com/user/Paddyofurniture_photo/media/IMG_0239.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  http://s1043.photobucket.com/user/Paddyofurniture_photo/media/IMG_0242.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  Over all length: 13 inches, Blade length: 7-3/16 inches Blade width (at widest) 1-3/8 inches Grip length: 4-1/2 inches ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 1:36pm
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First impression, it looks more like a fighting knife than a diver's knife to me. Diving knives tend to be big & clumsy-looking because they also double up as a hammer/prybar underwater. Not betting money on it though! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 1:51pm
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Interesting to be sure! I vote for it being a fighting knife, origin to be determined at a later date. There could possibly be markings under the corrosion though. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 3:20pm
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I will check and see what I can find. The handle is made up of stacked leather washers. I am thinking more on military knife as well. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 3:30pm
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Like the stacked leather washers on a KABAR military knife. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 3:43pm
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Since it is steel sometime after 1000 AD, beyond that any ones guess. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 3:44pm
Found something quite similar to your knife. Here is a picture I gleaned from the internet. "WWII Fighting Knife made by Leo F. Baker. The double edge blade is 7 3/4" long and made from a file. The scabbard is original to the knife. This exact knife is pictured on page 79 of Mike Silvey's WWII Book.."------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Tony
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 4:03pm
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Looks like a prototype Fairburn Sykes. ------------- Rottie (PitBulls dad.) “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons Born free taxed to death!!! |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 4:04pm
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Without the thick Ricasso part, hhmmm maybe? ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: May 23 2015 at 5:57pm
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The memeory bank in my noggin seems to say "U.S. fighting knife" Now I may be off base here (cuz I'm old as dirt), but I THINK it was called the M1 fighting knife...Again - its from a memory that has a tendency to fade. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: May 26 2015 at 3:20pm
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