1918 Trench Knife - who makes a functional replica?

[J_Curd]

I've done some searching and come up with some cheap $25 models...anyone know of a source?

Just so everyone's clear, Im looking for the double edge dagger with the pointed brass knuckles.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[markksr]

Functional for what?
Stabbing people?
Trench warfare?

I believe Bud K carries them...

 

[sharpguyjp]

mark tyrell does work with them, calls em crowd pleasers. very expensive, just google it.

 

[J_Curd]

Functional for what?
Stabbing people?
Trench warfare?

I believe Bud K carries them...

If you dont have helpful comments, stay out of my thread and quit trying to antagonize me. Bud K and functional are rarely in the same sentence, but you knew that already.

No stabbing, no trench warfare, just a knife that if used, would cut something, and not break were it to be dropped. Ideally a carbon steel historical replica. It's actually a gift.

The "Crowd Pleaser" isnt a 1918 replica trench knife.

 

[Boozoo Chavis]

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[A_Blade_Afficionado]

Those budk ones are garbage, as is almost everything from them...

You could try asking a custom maker to see if they could make one if price isn't too much of a hurdle. Other than that, I've never seen a quality production one. It's sad because if somebody would make a nice one they would have the market to themselves.

 

[markksr]

... Bud K and functional are rarely in the same sentence, but you knew that already.

"1918 Trench Knife Replica" and "functional" are also rarely used in the same sentence. I knew this already as well...

No stabbing, no trench warfare, just a knife that if used, would cut something, and not break were it to be dropped. Ideally a carbon steel historical replica.

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With this liberal definition of "functional", I don't see what's wrong with the BudK model, unless you'd feel better paying more for the same crap somewhere else.

 

[beluga]

Extrema Ratio 39-09

Is that what you were looking for ? Pretty expensive for me, but that's a real beaut.

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

You got Bud K or any other place selling the crap knockoffs, you have the crap knockoffs jerkoffs are selling as the real deal, and you have the real deal.

I suppose it is possible to have someone (custom maker) machine you a brass handle and make a custom blade, but it would probably cost as much as an original (or more.)

 

[Jim Adams Customs]

Go to any gun show, You find dozens of trench knives.

 

[Morrow]

Go to any gun show, You find dozens of trench knives.

This was going to be my suggestion as well. There is a military show that comes here twice a year and there are always trench knives. I never really paid attention to the price though. How soon do you need it? I think the show is coming through again in a month or two. I'd gladly pick one up for you.

 

[Lycosa]

I'd have one made.

 

[tltt]

Google Dale Sandberg EDMF Knives- He makes ands modifies knives to knuckle knife configuration.


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[clearytja]

I know Relentless knives has a knuckle knife but I don't know if it is a true 1918 trench knife?
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[miro44]

I don' t know if this is the thing you are looking for, but maybe it helps...?

http://www.boker.de/us/index.php?c=3000&a=121918&s1=trench&s2=0&s3=9999&p=&pp=0

 

[J_Curd]

I think the show is coming through again in a month or two. I'd gladly pick one up for you.

We shall talk

 

[Phil Elmore]

If you dont have helpful comments, stay out of my thread and quit trying to antagonize me. Bud K and functional are rarely in the same sentence, but you knew that already.

No stabbing, no trench warfare, just a knife that if used, would cut something, and not break were it to be dropped. Ideally a carbon steel historical replica. It's actually a gift.

The "Crowd Pleaser" isnt a 1918 replica trench knife.

Good Lord, calm down.

The 25-dollar-range models of which you are already aware are perfectly functional once they've been sharpened -- they generally ship with a dull edge, but that edge can be honed. Be warned; the finger holes on the brass knuckles are often very small. The ones I've handled did not comfortably accommodate my size-12-ring.

Given that you're not looking to do any trench warfare and you're not using this as a combat piece, I don't see why an uncomfortable, unwieldy, often illegal combination of blade and knuckles is desirable, but that's your business.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Not cool. This is the General Knife Discussion. We have other forums for the regularly scheduled personal back-biting. Comments outside the range of what the original poster clearly asked about are just way out of line. End it now.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

As much as I know you don't like them, the cheapo replicas aren't too terribly far off from the originals...they weren't really the most stellar examples of quality worksmanship on the planet. Oddly, I stumbled across a sword once at a flea market (along with a bunch of old tools and bayonets) that had the trench knife knuckle-grip and a long thin blade. It was all rusted up, though, and the scabbard had a few bad dents in it that had been complicated by some fool trying to fix them. Very bizarre.

 

[J_Curd]

I want a functional one as far as sharpened, and hopefully carbon steel.

My wife really likes the show Carnivale from HBO (the "uber weapon" of the main character is a 1918 Trench Knife) and I was going to get her one for her curio cabinet. Pretty risque, I know. I dont want a piece of junk, because, well, I dont like trash.