Tobias, I just have a blank black screen on your post.

Not sure what it could be, Ken.  Try the direct link to YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqdXS3k32ss

Yet another video review of a Camp knife.  This time the Sporting Titan by Boker-Magnum.

The Titan - looks like a very useful knife Tobias.

I was truly amazed by it.  The Magnum knives are proof you don't need to spend a lot to get a great knife.  They may not be what collector are looking for but if you're looking for an excellent affordable user, they are really worth trying!  I've got a couple more Magnums I need to review.

Tobias, I know that KaBar and Camillus made fighting knives for the Marines and the Navy but my question is: did they make one for the Army to?? I thought you would know the answer to this Q. Thanks. 

The answer is yes.   The M3 Trench knife was made by the following companies with Camillus making the bulk of them:

    Aerial (Aerial Cutlery Mfg. Co.)

    Boker (H. Boker & Co.)

    Camillus (Camillus Cutlery Co.)

    Case (W.R. Case & Sons)

    Imperial (Imperial Knife Co.)

    Kinfolks (Kinfolks Inc.)

    Pal (Pal Blade & Tool Co.)

    Robeson (Robeson Cutlery Co.)

    Utica (Utica Cutlery Co.)

From what I understand case made only a small number of them and the cross bar was not bent on the Case models. 

The Mk 2 Fighting knife, commonly called the Marine Corp Fighting knife was also by the  Navyl. 

My father also said he carried it in WWII as an US Army  BAR gunner serving with Third Infantry in WWII.  He was very clear on the which knife he carried telling me the M3 was the knife given to officers and paratroopers. It i only his personal recollection i have to go by.   I know production of the M3 stopped in 1944.  My guess is a shortage of the M3 led to the Army contract being filled with substitute  M2 fighting knives.   Ka Bar produced over a million Mk 2 during WWII and they came in second!   Camillus produced close to 1.5 million.

Only about  600,000  M3 were made and many of these were recalled before being issued and converted to  M4 bayonets.

Camillus also made the M4 bayonets used by all services that used the  M1 Carbine

Thanks Tobias, that helps alot. On the tang of the Marine Knife it says USMC, and the Navy knife says USN - does the Army knife then say USA??? You wouldn't happen to have a pic of the Army Knife, would you? Thanks again. A guy in Church was asking me and I didn't know about the Army one.

No pictures, Ken.  All I have is my father's recollection.  

As for the USMC stamping,It is my understanding that Union Cutlery Co  made the 1219C2 fighting/utility knives that were stamped KA BAR/USMC  and KA BAR USN.  From what I understand, the million plus made by Camillus were just stamped Camillus NY.  

Thanks Tobias, that clears up my question. I didn't think I had ever seen one with USA on it. USMC and USN yes, but not USA.

Awesome Buck Fish knife Tobias.

Nice review Tobias.

I have one of the fish knives but I sent it back to SMKW for examination.  I think it has one of the gold shields.  The box was opened before it left SMKW. I think the winner's certificate was removed at that time.  I called SMKW customer service and was told to send it back and they would check it out and if it is a winner make it right.

Good Luck, Charles.  I hope it was a winner! 

Good luck. It sure did look like a winner to me.

When the bait and hook fail, grab a bow, be a hunter and have fun. I do!

I'm guessing bowfishing isn't much of a "catch and release" type of sport!  LOL

Rick, that looks like fun. They do a lot of Bow Fishing around here.

Bowfishing has made a comeback in the southeast, Robert. In the 70's and 80's , aligator gar were considered a nusiance and was the most likely target group. It is banned now and endangered, but longnose, shortnose , and spotted gar are legal. As are bowfin, drum,buffalo, all carp, paddlefish/shovelbill catfish and all other catfish! We find locals who eat such delicasies, otherwise, we feed the raccoons, coyotes and martins. Shoreline release is legal, Tobias, I hunt for catfish, and the buffalo is excellent eating And like knives we collect many different arrow tips and heads for different types of fish. Although some are general purpose for all.

The arrow points are mechanical wonders of their own.

The bowfin is a local favorite for some,but  it has a mushy texture to me.

The cajuns and river people love the gar filets or made into a patty or gar ball, I like them on occasion, just the filet along the back. Would trade any ten rough fish for a crappie filet anyday, My filet knife and fish cropper collection is quite impressive! Seriously, a folding Chicago Knife and  full tang Cutco filet knife are no#1 and two, with my dad's old Swede Rapala a close third! but everyone has different taste.

Rick, I am a Bow Hunter and a Fisherman but I have never combined the two. Looks like fun.

I'm a Cajun and we do eat Gar fish. The fish balls are called Boulets [ boo-lets]. They are good but we make them out of several different species Blue Buffalo, Bowfin [Shoe pic] even Catfish.

  I don't Bow fish but I have several friends that do. They have platforms rigged on the front of their boats. Some even have large fans to direct the boat instead of a trolling motor, that might disturb the water. Bow fish is a real sport and I support it whole heatedly. They don't disturb my Pan fishing and they help reduce Pan fish predators.

  Good luck with your hunting. Please join us in the Outdoor Group.

Rick, there is a few tricks in cleaning a Bowfin. If you want to eat them, let me know and I'll explain it to you. Although there's nothing I can tell you that will make it as good as Crappie filets....lol

Ha ha! Robert. I hope I can supply the locals with all the bowfins,/grinnel they can handle. I saw dad steak'em about a quarter inch thick , and with batter, fry them in extra hot oil in the deep fryer. He would sock the smothering filet on the nearest plate with a: "Eat up, before it gets cold!" remark. LOL,he never served those on foam plates! Our water was murky, Saturday and rod fishing for pan fish was poor. But at mid-morning, with the sun up , the fish, we bow hunt were in the shallows and near the bank! we swapped the rods for bows and did well! I watched the cajun woman , on a U-tube video make those Boulets. It was a thirty to forty minute preparation job, before the balls were placed in the grease! Then, they make gravy to cover. Now a Tennessee woman wouldn't spend that much time on a birthday cake, much less something she wouldn't eat! Thanks, Robert

That's cool, it's all for fun. That's what it's all about, having fun. We have to change plans sometimes on our fishing adventures. Last weekend, the Panfish weren't biting good, so we switched to Catfish. We managed a few. It's all for fun and take that kid Fishing with you.

The fixed blade, I'll be carrying this Summer:

Looks like a great knife Tobias

Good choice, I have a vintage Case of that model. Real sweet.

It's been in my collection for over a year and I've not done anything with it. I'm sure I'll enjoy carrying and using it more than just looking at it.

It is still not to late to WIN THIS KNIFE.  but it will be too late on Saturday, May 10, 2014

Enter to win it today!  http://www.iknifecollector.com/group/knives-of-the-great-outdoors-f...

Sagebrush Trail Scout Knife by Cattleman's Cutlery.

Great looking knife Tobias

Great review Tobias really enjoyed it.

This has been a knife I've been using off and on for about 4 years: 

Thanks for the Rough Rider 844 review, Tobias.

If you've never heard of R. Murphy Knives, then maybe it is time to give them a look.  It is an American Company making a variety of fixed blades knives for all sorts of uses.   Their products are made in the USA, Massachusetts to be exact.  Below is my review of their Skinner, basically a Canadian Belt Knife.

A A few quality control issues in the finish but it still works okay.

Thanks for the reviews, Tobias.

Yep, Tobias adds a lot to our club with his Reviews.

Another review of a camp/scout knife.  This time the Sarge BSA camp knife.

An overview of the 4 blade Camp/Scout pattern:

Excellent videos

Great information on the history of the Camp Knife, Tobias.  You showed a variety of can openers, the old original SAK can opener (same as the Remington Camp Knife/Scout knife, the half moon, the "modern" long hook, as pictured on the first knife, and the old style Rough Rider punch-type.  The only one missing, that I can think of, is the new or modern SAK can opener with a foreshortened "hook" or blade.  I would love to know which of the different types of can openers work the best.  In reality, maybe none of them work well - as well as a dedicated can opener (e.g. Swing-A-Way) or P-38, but if you could test them out and show us a video, I think there are thousands of us out here wanting to know which style camp knife can opener works best - just in case we are stranded in the wilderness and don't have any pop-top soup or bean cans, and come upon an old miner's cabin stocked in the '30s with cans of goodies; most certainly inedible, but we have to open the cans to see.

Howard, I will see what I can do with the Can openers as I have all of them on some variety of knife.  I can tell you the easiest to use is indeed the safety can-opener (the one found on most modern camp knives.  The runner up would be the modern can opener on the Victorinox Swiss Army Knives.

I think about the only can opener I'm lacking is the strange one found on early Wenger Swiss Army Knives.

I will tell you this much they all become easier to use with practice but none of them are as good as a P-38.

Also, some of the early can openers are down-right dangerous if you don't know how to use them but if you do know how they can actually be quite versatile.

Hahahahaha.  P-38 wins!  Have you ever tried the "civilian" P-38 knockoffs?  They are a longer version.  Seems like you could get some mechanical (leverage) advantage, but I never owned one.

I think the larger P-38 is a P-58. It does work better.

Actually the larger on is known as the P-51. I have no idea why the P-38 got the name P-38 but I'm almost certain the the P-51 is named after the P-51 Mustang.

If you recall the P-38 was a famous fighter aircraft from WWII.  It was armed with four 50 caliber machine guns and 1 20mm cannon.

I've heard one story that claims airmen called the P-38  a Can-opener because the way it would cut a Japanese airplane in half.  And when GIs started getting the Can-opener in K-Rations they called it a P-38 because it made quick work of the Cans in the rations.  There are about a half dozen other stories about how the P-38 got its name but no one really know the real answer.  That said, I'm about 99.9% sure the P-51 was called the P--51 because the P-38 was called the P-38.

And the other thing I'm sure of if that the reason these planes were designated with a "P" instead of an "F" is because they were "Pursuit" Aircraft.  This was the Term used by U.S. Army Air Corps for Fighter aircraft.  When the U.S Air Force bacame its own military Branch, they dropped the "P" for Pursuit and switched to F for Fighter.  Thus the Mustangs that fought in the Korean War were F-51s.

The other major still in use today:

A= Attack (ground attack planes such as the A-10 Warthog

B =  Bomber (bombers)C = Cargo

F = Fighter

E = Electronic Warfare 

(E is usually in conjunction with another letter (EA, EF, EC)

O = Observation

Q = Unmanned but is used in combination with another letter

RQ = Unmanned recon

MQ = Multi-role Unmanned (meaning it can look for and Kill!)

And Now I've gone way off topic!

What a fellow or gal can learn here on iKC!