What is your favorite military issued knife

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Not to mention the original swords that inspired the bayonets:

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Is this a Chinese bayonet?

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Is this a Chinese bayonet?

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nope, doesn't attach to nothing.

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Then we have the ever famous German Gravity knife. This is the one they usually think about when passing those prohibitions against switchblades and gravity knives.

Here is the post-war version

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The US Dahlgren Bayonet of 1856. It barely fit on the rifle it was designed for and was more of an excuse for Admiral Dahlgren to supply his men with Bowie knives.

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Then we have the ever famous German Gravity knife. This is the one they usually think about when passing those prohibitions against switchblades and gravity knives.


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Ibberson gravity knife

CONTROL.

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Knife World Article Septembr 2014 The Elusive MI9 Escape Knife

 

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Bon Appétit

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Time to head off to the Indonesia for an introduction to the Kris knife.

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Brunei Armed Forces Kris

Closer view of the Brunei crest on the Kris’s ricasso. When I first heard about the Brunei Armed Forces Knife,

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Then there is the Philippines bolo knife

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It’s amazing that we have gotten this far without mentioning a Civil War Bowie knife.

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Great pictures and history, I was given this knife by a good friend, it was his knife he carried in Vietnam 5 th special forces group Green Beret.

 

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The Katar knife

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And just to the South was Ceylon (Siri Lanka). Home to the Kastane sword and the royal Piha Kaetta knife.

The earlier examples are works of art. They would have been made exclusively in the town of Kandy and produced for the King's couriers as a badge of rank.

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It is often easy to forget that not all military accoutrements are strictly intended for battle. Below would have been a privately purchased 1871 dress bayonet. These were smaller than the issued bayonet and lacked the locking mechanism. They were intended to lighten the weight and bulk of the properly uniformed soldier, when off duty.

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The famous khukuri wasn't the only weapon used in Nepal. This is the Kora sword. The cutting edge is along the inside curve. As you can see here, there is usually an "eye" symbol towards the front of the sword.

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