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Though you guys might find this interesting... I have been planning this for a long time, but finally busted it out. Big thanks to Mr Bill for his advice before hand.
I did some reading before hand (I even bought a book) and found out some interesting stuff about the history of this design and mentality. This, to me, seems like a knife that is designed about an idea. The knife design changed a little and the idea was refined and they learned how to better design and build the knives to fit the idea. Of course this is what lead to the A/F style daggers.
Of course as a Marine I went into it favoring the Raider Dagger even though I knew very little about it.
The Marine Raider's knife and the F/S are very similar. The Raider's knives handles where cast outta some kinda zinc junk that likes to eat it's self and fall apart. As a result most of them are in poor shape these days.
I have been reading the book that Wilkinsons Swords of UK fame put about about their work on the F/S daggers. They talk about the Shanghai Knives that inspired the F/S designs and according to this book W.E. Fairbairn received a knife from Yeaton and Moore, both United States Marines in 1933.
Lt.Col. Yeaton was the Commanding Officer of 3rd Marine Raiders Bn in 1943. So maybe they all sprang from the same roots....
From Wickipedia:
Quite an education it's been....
Turns out that this knife does not cut very well, but it stabs like a freakin bullet though HOT butter! :munchin
11 3/4 inches over all, 6 3/4 inch blade, 1/4 thick, 15/16 wide. 10 1/2 oz
Hard to get the damascus to show in the pics...
A little work in progress video..
[youtube]CsC0v0Qisyw[/youtube]
Thanks for looking!
I did some reading before hand (I even bought a book) and found out some interesting stuff about the history of this design and mentality. This, to me, seems like a knife that is designed about an idea. The knife design changed a little and the idea was refined and they learned how to better design and build the knives to fit the idea. Of course this is what lead to the A/F style daggers.
Of course as a Marine I went into it favoring the Raider Dagger even though I knew very little about it.
The Marine Raider's knife and the F/S are very similar. The Raider's knives handles where cast outta some kinda zinc junk that likes to eat it's self and fall apart. As a result most of them are in poor shape these days.
I have been reading the book that Wilkinsons Swords of UK fame put about about their work on the F/S daggers. They talk about the Shanghai Knives that inspired the F/S designs and according to this book W.E. Fairbairn received a knife from Yeaton and Moore, both United States Marines in 1933.
Lt.Col. Yeaton was the Commanding Officer of 3rd Marine Raiders Bn in 1943. So maybe they all sprang from the same roots....
From Wickipedia:
Quite an education it's been....
Turns out that this knife does not cut very well, but it stabs like a freakin bullet though HOT butter! :munchin
11 3/4 inches over all, 6 3/4 inch blade, 1/4 thick, 15/16 wide. 10 1/2 oz
Hard to get the damascus to show in the pics...
A little work in progress video..
[youtube]CsC0v0Qisyw[/youtube]
Thanks for looking!
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