Unusual knife!!!

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Alan oliver

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Hi there, completely new here but trying to find out some information about my grandads knife, it’s been passed through our family but we’ve never been able to find out any information about it. We believe he served in the royal fusileers in Egypt but that’s about as far as our knowledge goes. There’s an old story floating around that it was designed to bend through the ribs in order to snap them? Thanks in advance.

Alan








 
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Your link MUST have an included .jpg something similar in order to work here.
 
Alan oliver said:
Hi there, completely new here but trying to find out some information about my grandads knife, it’s been passed through our family but we’ve never been able to find out any information about it. We believe he served in the royal fusileers in Egypt but that’s about as far as our knowledge goes. There’s an old story floating around that it was designed to bend through the ribs in order to snap them? Thanks in advance.

Alan



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Welcome
As others have stated, use for example the photo host 'imgur.' Its quick and easy.
In the meantime; Royal Fusiliers serving in Egypt were issued a bayonet but not a fixed blade knife AFAIK. This is the type of bayonet to have been issued to the Royal Fusiliers, when they were present in Egypt. Its the bayonet for the standard British SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) rifle. It was designed to be able to reach vitals without snapping (the blade). To the best of my knowledge, no bayonet has ever been designed to 'bend through ribs in order to snap them.'


Royal Fusiliers.
The 2nd Battalion landed at Galiipoli as part of the 86th Brigade in the 29th Division in April 1915; after being evacuated in December 1915, it moved to Egypt in March 1916 and then landed in Marseille in March 1916 for service on the Western Front;[54] major engagements involving the battalion included the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916 and the Battle of Arras in spring 1917.[55]

The 3rd Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 85th Brigade in the 28th Division in January 1915; major engagements involving the battalion included the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915 and the Battle of Loos in September 1915.[55] The battalion moved to Egypt in October 1915 and then to Salonika in July 1918,[54] before returning to the Western Front. The 3rd Battalion was disbanded in 1922.[56]
-Wiki
 
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Few unusual ones..
 

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Lol yeah that knife just got bent, it was not designed that way. Your grandfather most likely kept it as a souvenir and had a funny or interesting story to go along with it.

Also, do you have any idea how hard it would be to try and stab a knife like that in exactly the right place inside a man who was actively trying to kill you at the time?
 
A straight blade can slide between the ribs just fine...it does make a difference just WHERE the point of the blade makes contact...
I don't see that your crooked-blade pic would enable any thing in particular.
Funny shot, though.
 
Alan oliver said:
Hi there, completely new here but trying to find out some information about my grandads knife, it’s been passed through our family but we’ve never been able to find out any information about it. We believe he served in the royal fusileers in Egypt but that’s about as far as our knowledge goes. There’s an old story floating around that it was designed to bend through the ribs in order to snap them? Thanks in advance.

Alan








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:) Welcome !

The family heirloom bayonet is very cool and should be treasured . :cool::thumbsup:

But , just "NO" about that shape being better in any way as a weapon . :(

Probably got run over by a tank or something ? :confused:
 
Thankyou All for taking the time to reply! Your views have been very helpful, I guess that the knife getting driven over does seem like the most logical explanation and I guess that’s what prompted the story of it being designed to go through ribs if that’s the case it’s comforting to think that even at war he still managed to have a laugh and a joke with he’s friends and kept the story going when he brought it home.
 
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