Identifying inherited knives

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Knife #6-We are back to knives. This one feels good in your hands. Almost looks like a mini-samurai sword.

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These were sold mainly by SMKW (Smoky Mountain Knife Works) from the late 80's - mid 90's for $3-7 depending on the year. There were 2 sizes small and large. Yours is the large. They were partly based on knives Parker and Guttman were importing from Japan. They are pretty nice compared to other Pakistani knives of the day.

 

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The next two are also hunt knives.
#8 has something near the hilt but I can't read it because of the rust.

This one is 1950's - 1960's, give or take a bit. They were originally made by Utica (Kutmaster) to use up left over M-3 and M-4 Bayonet blades. Later the design was copied in Japan (Kiffe sporting goods was a big importer of these).

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Kiffe version M-45.

Kutmaster -

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These had a variety of finishes. Yours was customized by the owner, adding a stag buttcap and cleaning it up some.

Edit, here's a Japanese Kiffe, yours seems to match it best -

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