Knife identification

[sharpedgie]

I have a fixed blade knife and sheath which is pretty old. I bought it with some other WW2 fixed blade knives. The blade is 5 inches long and shaped like a navy mark 1. The knife is an integral with the guard and butt welded to the tang and both appear to be made of the same steel as the blade and tang. The blade is marked with a heart shape and the word heart written on the blade beside it along the top edge of the blade about an inch and a half from the guard. It has two wooden slabs pinned to the tang with 2 - 3/8 inch brass rivets. It is a very solid knife takes a good edge and looks as if it could be from the WW2 period but I've never seen another one and was wondering if any of you knowledgeable people on here have ever seen one and know the history of it. Please enlighten me if you do

 

[Arathol]

You need to post pictures.....

 

[killgar]

Welcome to Bladeforums sharpedgie.

Like Arathol said, pictures may be needed. To post pictures at your membership level you need to use a photo hosting site like Imgur or similar.

And just for the sake of accuracy, an "integral" is a fixed-blade with the blade, guard, and sometimes pommel all being made from the same piece of steel, without ever being separate pieces .

 

[knarfeng]

I have a fixed blade knife and sheath which is pretty old. I bought it with some other WW2 fixed blade knives. The blade is 5 inches long and shaped like a navy mark 1. The knife is an integral with the guard and butt welded to the tang and both appear to be made of the same steel as the blade and tang. The blade is marked with a heart shape and the word heart written on the blade beside it along the top edge of the blade about an inch and a half from the guard. It has two wooden slabs pinned to the tang with 2 - 3/8 inch brass rivets. It is a very solid knife takes a good edge and looks as if it could be from the WW2 period but I've never seen another one and was wondering if any of you knowledgeable people on here have ever seen one and know the history of it. Please enlighten me if you do

You will need to post pictures. photo of the overall knife. close up of the markings. Do not use a flash. Use indirect lighting or take the photo outside if possible.

As a registered user, you can post pictures using a picture hosting site. Once you have uploaded a picture to the hosting site, copy the web address of the picture. Note: picture web addresses must end in .jpg or .gif

Then go to your post and click the image tool on the toolbar next to the smiley tool. Click the link icon in the popup. (Looks like a chain.) Paste the picture address into the window. Then click the INSERT button.

 

[sharpedgie]

I'll try to figure out how to post some pictures and send them. The knife is an integral as it looks like the guard and hilt or bolster were forge welded or hammered into one solid piece all though not perfectly lining up with the other side, like they started out as separate halves and were forged to the blank blade and then ground and finished as one piece. A very solid knife with good weight for it's size. I'm sure if anyone has seen the small heart with the word heart next to it in script would probably remember it but I'll work on some pictures as I know a picture is worth a thousand words. If anyone knows of a knife that looks anything like the one I have described maybe they can post a picture of it here. If they possibly saw it in some obscure book somewhere.

You will need to post pictures. photo of the overall knife. close up of the markings. Do not use a flash. Use indirect lighting or take the photo outside if possible.

As a registered user, you can post pictures using a picture hosting site. Once you have uploaded a picture to the hosting site, copy the web address of the picture. Note: picture web addresses must end in .jpg or .gif

Then go to your post and click the image tool on the toolbar next to the smiley tool. Click the link icon in the popup. (Looks like a chain.) Paste the picture address into the window. Then click the INSERT button.