IMA Mk 1 Trench knife

[Asher Sympson]

Does anyone own one of these? How does it compare to the original? Could it be used if needed? Thanks for any info!

 

[tltt]

Don't have one, but a decent number of the edged weapon collectors at usmilitariaforum.com have bought them, and consider it and the Windlass (same knife) the best replica you can buy right now, minus the Les George limited edition. The scabbard is correct and well built. The handle is correct in dimensions, especially the finger stalls width and length, which is a huge thing none of the new cheapies get right.

The blade dimensions are about right, I can't find it, but there was a video of a kid doing full power stabs with it, and it was holding up fine. The slicing seems adequate, but not up to your better daggers.

What it doesn't get right are - the knuckles are too pointy, the font and styling of the marking are off a bit, and the chemical blackening isn't close to the original. These are nitpicky things though.