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Knife trivia- Feel free to answer or post a new challenge--

I'll start with an easy one- You probably all have seen this tang stamp or a variation there of on a Remington knife- What does UMC stand for??

A little tougher one- What famous author mentioned a particular style knife in two of his most famous works and helped make the knife famous ?? Name the author and / or the knife ??

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Permalink Reply by Sue OldsWidow on December 8, 2014 at 19:41

survival knife......bowie

John McCain said:

New trivia challenge-- What knife is often credited with saving the United States of America and who owned it???

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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on December 9, 2014 at 9:21

John, not the Answer you're looking for but I stumbled across this while looking for it and thought other might find it interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Kasal

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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on December 9, 2014 at 9:29

Hmm... Jim Bowie's Iron Maiden?

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on December 9, 2014 at 16:35

Okay, a couple more hints--- Do not focus on the type of knife--Focus on the famous person who owned it, and the sentiments attached to the knife when given to that person--- A reminder of those sentiments in a time of crisis, helped shape USA history !!

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Permalink Reply by Shlomo ben Maved on December 13, 2014 at 0:26

The Bowie knife didn't even save Texas, a Mexican possession, so for sure it didn't save the USA regardless of the "Remember the Alamo" when they charged at San Jacinto. Primarily, no one, repeat no one, knows what either of Jim Bowie's famous knives looked like.

John, your question of What knife is often credited with saving the United States of America and who owned it??? Is unanswerable primarily due to being so vague. I have scoured the Internet, my knife books, my history books and have come up with basically zilch, nada, bupkis, zero. There are knives associated (and displayed in museums) with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, Benedict Arnold, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt but not of any significance and certainly never saved the country. The only other time frames of conflict were WW1 (Wilson), WW2 (FDR & Truman), Cold War/Vietnam (Kennedy/Johnson) and there's no references to knives.

You win!!!!! You get to keep the prize and offer the gazillion points anon.

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Permalink Reply by Shlomo ben Maved on December 13, 2014 at 0:33

I'll offer this in rebuttal:

What gun is responsible for the deaths of millions of people?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on December 13, 2014 at 5:30

AK-47, naturally. :-)

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on December 16, 2014 at 15:34

Shlomo, sorry if I was being obtuse-- The original question came as posted from Bruce Voyle's book "The International Blade Collectors Association Price Guide to Antique Knives" 2nd edition--page 190--I might add, you were correct- It was George Washington and the event was Valley Forge--The story--George's half-brother had arranged a commission for then 11 year old George in the British Navy.George's mother refused her consent and George followed her wishes. Pleased, his mother ordered the finest pen knife she could obtain from Sheffield along with the advice "Always do your duty,and obey your superiors." George always carried the knife and shared the experience with others at Valley Forge.-George became depressed watching his starving troops whose pay was also late and decided the country would be better off with someone else in charge-He called his officers to his cabin,and read his written resignation- Disappointed all the officers left, except General Knox, who reminded him of the words of his mother--He said " You have accepted the trust of the American people and they have not commanded you to give up,until they do it is your duty----Washington said "Enough, recall the council." He retained his command and history was made.The original pearl handled knife now resides at the Arlington, Va. National Masonic Lodge Building where Washington was the first Worshipful Master.