M1 Garand Tribute Knife

[jwesthurl]

I've been a WWII buff and collector for over 15 years and I really fell in love with owning and shooting the M1 Garand.
I wanted to make a knife in tribute to this outstanding weapon but I didn't want to just recreate a WWII fighting knife or bayonet.
So...this is what I came up with:
The blade is parkerized to mimic the M1 finish
The handle is the shape of an M1 stock and the scales are from an actual USGI M1 Garand stock that I cut down
Pins and liners are brass and the inlays are actual headstamps from WWII .30-06 ammo manufactured in St. Louis in 1943 - fired from an M1
I plan on making a display stand and probably a presentation box. I still need to sharpen it and maybe put an oil finish on the wood.
These USGI stocks are literally saturated with oil from 60+ years of maintenance.

Specs are 1095 steel - parkerized
brass pins/liners
Walnut(I believe) from USGI M1 Garand rifle stock
7 7/8 inch overall
3 7/8 inch blade
7/8 inch widest part of blade

 

[S.Alexander]

Very cool idea. I like the brass cartridge in the handle.

 

[Firestrike]

Very Fantastic indeed.

 

[Capt. Spaulding]

Beautiful knife! :thumbup:

 

[jwesthurl]

Thank you guys!

 

[papabearsc]

That is gorgeous!

 

[Justin Presson]

That is outstanding! I like how you incorporated all the M1 details nice work.

 

[jwesthurl]

Thank you papabearsc and Droptine5!

 

[crazyengineer]

I like it....a lot!

I love the Garand so a tribute knife is awesome

 

[WA Martin]

Very nice. You did a good job with that.

 

[John Katt]

very cool :0)

 

[GaryPogueCustomKnife]

I just might do the same thing, but as a tribute to the mauser series . I am more of a mauser/bolt action kinda guy

 

[jwesthurl]

Thank you everybody!

I just might do the same thing, but as a tribute to the mauser series . I am more of a mauser/bolt action kinda guy

mount a scope on it...sniper model

 

[Salem Straub]

Cool, I like how the handle profile looks like a rifle stock. That's some outta-the-box thinking.

 

[Will52100]

Very cool idea! Love the M1, it's an awesome rifle. Now all you need to do to the knife handles is to pound a clip of ammo on each side so it'll match the marks on the rifle.

 

[CWendling]

Well that is just cooler than hell

 

[jwesthurl]

Cool, I like how the handle profile looks like a rifle stock. That's some outta-the-box thinking.

Thanks Salem!

Very cool idea! Love the M1, it's an awesome rifle. Now all you need to do to the knife handles is to pound a clip of ammo on each side so it'll match the marks on the rifle.

Thanks and good idea, lol

Well that is just cooler than hell

Thanks!

 

[JZknives]

does it go PING if you drop it?

 

[jwesthurl]

does it go PING if you drop it?

Haha, probably but I don't want to find out!

 

[Overmountain]

Very cool Josh! I've been a garand fan since my early days of shooting... Got the itch from my grandfather and great uncle... both were WWII vets and POWs... Both always kept a garand in their collection. (Neither of which did I inherit... dangit) If they were here to see this they'd surely approve.

For a short time I had and tested a new Springfield Armory SOCOM M1A. It was amazing to use a decked out high-speed low-drag version and see how well it performed in a modern urban environment. Another one of those timeless guns right along side my beloved 1911's.

Very nice tribute. Not overly done, clean lines, looks good. I have seen some gun-shaped tribute knives that seemed to go too far and lose their knifeness in the mix. This one surely doesn't.


-Eric