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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 18, 2012 at 5:57

The knife is called the 2 piece clasp knife. (the 3 piece has the marlin spike, the one piece lacks the can opener.)  There are two possibiliities, iot could be a "commie" knock-of as they really don't pay attention to trademarks or trade agreements or it could have been made in the British Crown colony of Hong Kong.

Permalink Reply by ken benson on July 18, 2012 at 12:03

 Lee you have found a Very interesting knife.  I like the entire concept, economic to produce,maintenance free, simple to operate,  rugged enough to

withstand being used by knuckleheads  for purposes no knife should  have to endure, when it is borrowed and lost you are not out a bunch of hard earned Army pay.

Seems familiar. British Army knife makes sense. I have seen a bunch of items

called paratroopers knife and have never seen paratroooper

carry any of them, instead of his Ka-Bar or other fixed blade.

  I don't know if I have seen one or if I    only

imagined  a good military pocket knife would keep it simple, just a Sheeps foot and a opener-utility blade for doing things that might

mess up the sheeps foot. No screw drivers,awls, toothpicks, nose hair scissors or tiny saw/files or littlepliers

, . If you need a wrench in the Army they will issue one to a spec five and you find something to do to

 look busy until he fixes it right. Cork screw on a military knife? What ? We drink canned beer and  once you open the bottle of whisky you toss the cap because you pass it around until gone.

 I wonder if they let the French keep their knives to open wine bottles.

Please post any more history you may learn.

 

I think the history might be  the part of

 

  knife collecting I enjoy most..

  My recollections about the time period political bed partners, including

about who suppied what to whom are clouded both

by time and the difficulting of unravelling all the misinformation that was shoveled by every source,  worst of all by our own media and  leftist political elites. Myown observations and the stories relayed to me by VietNamese refugee friends

  makle me suspect thart knife would be more likely to be found  anywhere but

  North Viet Nam

, because Viet Nam and China hate each other

and the vast majority o material supplied North Viet Nam came from

the USSR

It makes sense for it to be made in China for the Brits even

back then. Our Cousins on that island of shop keepers seem to be able to continue to have  favorable commerce

with their former colonies. Except for us. Were we the only colony tosuccessfully

wage war to get rid of

their tea drinking behinds ? We are lucky we got them out before they messed us up with driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

Permalink Reply by Lee Saunders on July 20, 2012 at 19:57

Terry I still come bavk and look at this display case.

It is put together with great care and with a real "eye" .  This is the kind of thing we usually see only in magaines or antique houses.  It is damn near perfect my man!

Terry Waldele said:

I have a fair sized collection of military knives, bayonets and memorabilia that I've assembled over the years.  My favorites are from Great Britain and its former colonies.  One day I was feeling especially creative and artsy, so I assembled a display case of British memorabilia including military knives and revolvers. This display case contains (from top left corner clockwise) a current issue British RAF pilots survival knife, a combat knife from New Zealand, an Australian L1A1 bayonet, a WWII British spike bayonet, a British "puppy gun" (not military issue), a WWII British sailor's knife (1943), a 50's British army clasp knife, a British WWII era Southern & Richardson combat dagger, a WWII Fairbairn-Sykes commando dagger, and a WWII Webley Mark IV .38/200 cal. "war finish" military issue revolver with correct "web" holster.

Permalink Reply by Lee Saunders on July 20, 2012 at 20:07

All of SE Asia hated the Chinese (for many reasons) and probably still do as China hurtles headlong into a new kind of power over the other Asian countries.  But this is funny.....

Cork screw on a military knife? What ? We drink canned beer and  once you open the bottle of whisky you toss the cap because you pass it around until gone.

I wonder if they let the French keep their knives to open wine bottles.

I am still laughing at the fundamental truth of it.

ken benson said:

 Lee you have found a Very interesting knife.  I like the entire concept, economic to produce,maintenance free, simple to operate,  rugged enough to

withstand being used by knuckleheads  for purposes no knife should  have to endure, when it is borrowed and lost you are not out a bunch of hard earned Army pay.

Seems familiar. British Army knife makes sense. I have seen a bunch of items

called paratroopers knife and have never seen paratroooper

carry any of them, instead of his Ka-Bar or other fixed blade.

  I don't know if I have seen one or if I    only

imagined  a good military pocket knife would keep it simple, just a Sheeps foot and a opener-utility blade for doing things that might

mess up the sheeps foot. No screw drivers,awls, toothpicks, nose hair scissors or tiny saw/files or littlepliers

, . If you need a wrench in the Army they will issue one to a spec five and you find something to do to

 look busy until he fixes it right. Cork screw on a military knife? What ? We drink canned beer and  once you open the bottle of whisky you toss the cap because you pass it around until gone.

 I wonder if they let the French keep their knives to open wine bottles.

Please post any more history you may learn.

 

I think the history might be  the part of

 

  knife collecting I enjoy most..

  My recollections about the time period political bed partners, including

about who suppied what to whom are clouded both

by time and the difficulting of unravelling all the misinformation that was shoveled by every source,  worst of all by our own media and  leftist political elites. Myown observations and the stories relayed to me by VietNamese refugee friends

  makle me suspect thart knife would be more likely to be found  anywhere but

  North Viet Nam

, because Viet Nam and China hate each other

and the vast majority o material supplied North Viet Nam came from

the USSR

It makes sense for it to be made in China for the Brits even

back then. Our Cousins on that island of shop keepers seem to be able to continue to have  favorable commerce

with their former colonies. Except for us. Were we the only colony tosuccessfully

wage war to get rid of

their tea drinking behinds ? We are lucky we got them out before they messed us up with driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on July 20, 2012 at 23:48

Hi Lee,

Thanks so much for the kind words.  I have other British militaria that I would have liked to include in this display, but the display box would have been too big to hang easily.

Thanks again,

Terry

Lee Saunders said:

Terry I still come bavk and look at this display case.

It is put together with great care and with a real "eye" .  This is the kind of thing we usually see only in magaines or antique houses.  It is damn near perfect my man!

Terry Waldele said:

I have a fair sized collection of military knives, bayonets and memorabilia that I've assembled over the years.  My favorites are from Great Britain and its former colonies.  One day I was feeling especially creative and artsy, so I assembled a display case of British memorabilia including military knives and revolvers. This display case contains (from top left corner clockwise) a current issue British RAF pilots survival knife, a combat knife from New Zealand, an Australian L1A1 bayonet, a WWII British spike bayonet, a British "puppy gun" (not military issue), a WWII British sailor's knife (1943), a 50's British army clasp knife, a British WWII era Southern & Richardson combat dagger, a WWII Fairbairn-Sykes commando dagger, and a WWII Webley Mark IV .38/200 cal. "war finish" military issue revolver with correct "web" holster.

Permalink Reply by Michael Squier on June 14, 2015 at 10:54

Here is my WWII USMC Fighting Knife, made by Ka-Bar of course.

Permalink Reply by John w schmidt on June 15, 2015 at 11:11

Those S.A.S Daggers really turn me on Terry! I bought a pair from a Monestary with SAS Brass pins attached. That was a while back.still have one but it isn't period. Pretty though!

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on June 15, 2015 at 20:01

Here are a couple of WWII knives gifted to me from an old employee of mine

Top-WWII Cattaraugus 225Q-Quartermaster style knife

Middle- WWII Kinfolk's combat / utility knife with etched Kinfolk's sheath

Bottom- 

-Cattaragaus (top) & Kinfolk's (bottom) actually although the picture doesn't adequately reflect this- they are almost identical in length and the Cattaraugus is the much more hefty knife

Permalink Reply by John w schmidt on June 15, 2015 at 20:06

Nice John! Love the Kinfolks

Permalink Reply by Michael Squier on June 15, 2015 at 21:09

WWI German Trench lnife

Permalink Reply by Michael D. on June 16, 2015 at 8:17

Lee Saunders said:

I am always surprised when I start pulling out my knives.  I like Military knives a lot because they are made for work, fit to a task.  And they last!

I do often get confused between some of the Navy type of knives and some of the pruners and Hawkbills especially when the blades get worn down and reworked.  In fact, I think I have a pruner in this mix now that I look....oooops.

The Group:

I only have one Marline Spike, I have to start buying some more if I can find some nice knives.

A few Non-spike Navy and Coast Guard (approved) knives:

Below are U.S. Coast Guard approved knives:

The last ones are U.S. and U.K. Navy or rope knives.  Both with real nice stag.

The U.K. knife is larger and heavier.  The U.S. knife is a Civil War era knife from Russell and has what is left of an etched blade.  It use to say Navy Knife.

Absolutely fantastic collection!!! Congratulations.

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