Australian Army Knife

[Tiiiiiiiim]

I found my very first pocket knife the other day a WW2 issued Australian Army Whittingslowe Clasp Knife. With knife, can opener, boot pic, screw driver and copper lanyard loop. I'm guessing the steel is something like D2 because it's tough as all buggery and does tarnish.

I bought this knife from a flee market when i was about 10. I always took pride in keeping it razor sharp and that was the condition i rediscovered it in. It was all dirty and tarnished as I've always known it and i thought i'd give it a bit of a clean up but once i had freed up all the moving parts and given it a quick sand with 150 I felt it was more in is element when it was a bit dirty so i didn't go any further.

Just holding this knife unearths a myriad of childhood memories and adventure. I was interested to see what other peoples first knives were or even what other countries used to issue their troops.

Here's some pics.

I Sharpened this baby so much that when it's closed the tip of the blade isn't shrouded by the liner, haha.

 

[MikeJackmin]

On most knives of this style, there is a little bump of metal at the base of the blade - this acts as a stop when the blade is closed. If you wish, you can file this bump down (just a little at a time!) to get the blade to seat lower into the handle when closed.

Be careful not to file too much off. The difference between 'too much' and 'just right' is pretty thin...

 

[Tiiiiiiiim]

On most knives of this style, there is a little bump of metal at the base of the blade - this acts as a stop when the blade is closed. If you wish, you can file this bump down (just a little at a time!) to get the blade to seat lower into the handle when closed.

Be careful not to file too much off. The difference between 'too much' and 'just right' is pretty thin...

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.