Anyone Want to Talk Traditional Fixed Blades?

Bowie by A. Wright & Son, Sheffield. I bought this from a cutlery magazine for $19.95 on a close out sale about twenty five years ago. It's been a great knife!

 
Just what I (didn't) need, another Effingham Blackjack. This is the smaller fighter pattern, the 1-5.
Got it from the original owner, who bought it in 1991!
Also have a custom 1-7 sheath on order from Harry Savage.

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I saw that Blackjack as well and fought hard not to grab it.

More pics please when it arrives. :D
 
My V-42 arrived today . I finally went with Hanwei version after reading reviews and watching youtube vids on the Boker version . the Boker seamed to have f&f issues . but I am really happy with this one .:).
 
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i believe the staples were to protect the lip of the sheath from being cut when putting the knife into the sheath. John
 
Picked up this M-4 bayonet this week. An Imperial from 1944 or 1945. For the M1 carbine. Basically the M3 as a bayonet.

I great shape for a 70 year old issue bayonet/knife.

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R.c.s said:
Thanks SAK . dose any body know what the staples at the top of the sheath where for ? As there on the M3 aswell ?
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U.S. Army got rid of the leather scabbard for the M3 quickly and went with the M8 Scabbard, a cotton duck body impregnated with the thermoplastic resin. The leather M3 scabbard just didn't hold up. Because of the scarcity of original manufacture and their inability to hold up, original leather M3 scabbards go for a pretty penny.
 
I was trying to explain the size of the LT Wright Patriot (I hope that qualifies as "traditional" to somebody, and took a newly acquired GEC 15 out of my pocket for a size comparison picture.
It was rather striking to me, as - after years of carrying moderns with 3.5 (+/-) inch blades - I'm still getting used to the small size of the traditionals I've been carrying recently.
 
leghog said:
Picked up this M-4 bayonet this week. An Imperial from 1944 or 1945. For the M1 carbine. Basically the M3 as a bayonet.

I great shape for a 70 year old issue bayonet/knife.

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Nice find leghog :thumbup: and thanks for the info :)
 
To the detriment of my wallet I am on a roll. Finally got one of my favorite military knives, the L6 Gerber MkII.
 
hhmoore said:
I was trying to explain the size of the LT Wright Patriot (I hope that qualifies as "traditional" to somebody, and took a newly acquired GEC 15 out of my pocket for a size comparison picture.
It was rather striking to me, as - after years of carrying moderns with 3.5 (+/-) inch blades - I'm still getting used to the small size of the traditionals I've been carrying recently.
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It's hard to fathom how small the Patriot really, truly is, ain't it?! Pictures such as yours help, to that end.

... I love my Patriot, more than I expected to given my experiences with BHK's Frontier First Patch Knife of similar length. The Patriot's ergonomics somehow make much more "sense" in-hand, especially important given the handle's relatively scant real estate.

~ P.
 
Leghog, that is a very nice M-4 you bought. I have one that my Dad brought home from his time in Japan and Korea in the Army in 1954/55, he carried it for years after that as his camping/outdoor knife. He gave it to me in 1990, I carried it during OIF in 2003, it rests in my footlocker now. This one is also from WW-II manufacture. OH

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I have an Imperial M-5 as well, not a family knife, but from an ARNG supply room long after the M-1 Garand era was over. OH

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