Army Signal Corp "Mystery Knife"

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I've spoken separately with more than one guy who was in the Army Signal Corp who described being issued an unusual knife that would cut through relatively thick cable with virtual ease and still be razor sharp (the Ginzu effect?). One described it as having a "bronze-like" finish. All of them said that when they were given discharge orders that they tried to make off with the knives, but that the Army kept careful watch over them. Can anyone corroborate this story? Better still, does anyone know what type of metal this may be?
 
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The color may have been an early Titanium Nitride coating.

That would reduce friction between knife and cutting surface, as well as protecting a tool steel from the elements.

Beyond that little bit of speculation, I have nothing factual to add, so I'll shut my mouth (before my foot ends up in it...).
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mission-Mpk...370?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item3ce2643b5a

Well, I was sort of leaning toward titanium myself, only I was wondering whether perhaps the entire blade was made of it. The link above is for an all titanium blade knife, advertised as being extremely wear resistant. Can anyone who owns a titanium blade knife (and I'm obviously not talking about folders with a titanium frame/scales) attest to this sort of performance?
 
Was there WW2 somewhere in this thread...?

Anyway, I have such an army issued utilitarian knife for fine cutting of soft metal wiring. TiN-coated. My instructor said not to twist the edge but to do a straight slice. Of course it was hopeless, it was just too fragile for any human use.

It's a "gadget", i.e. nice try in uncontrolled human interface applications like cutting tools. Like with ceramic knives and scissors. We people just simply bend and abuse them.

Then again, TiN-coated "golden" machining bits are common in metals working industry. Check out SECO, ISCAR etc quality tooling bits for milling and machining.

...Do not buy those chinese golden Coloured drill bits. Please.
 
From what i've seen, they were issued linemans pliers and a standard 2 blade pocketknife with a screwdriver and a spear point blade. No magical knives that I can think of.
 
Super-duper ultra SECRET drawing of the alleged "Mystery Knife" from 1943. Code name TL-29.

As to the bronze appearance, I am clueless. Perhaps accidental ingestion of a mushroom-like substance by the observer?
Klein Tools still makes them (#1550-42, stainless). Much discussion in the "Traditional" sub-forum.
 
I guess this was a bit intellectual for a bunch of douches such as yourselves. From what I can tell about this website, it's that it is a bunch of "hill-people" trading silly-ass opinions and "Hey! Do you wanna see my new 'nife pi'ture?" It's low IQ's such as yours that is the reason this country is in failure mode. Hope your proud.
 
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I guess this was a bit intellectual for a bunch of douches such as yourselves. From what I can tell about this website, it's that it is a bunch of "hill-people" trading silly-ass opinions and "Hey! Do you wanna see my new 'nife pi'ture?" It's low IQ's such as yours that is the reason this country is in failure mode. Hope your proud.
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