My old military Knife

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QxVictoryxQ

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This is my old military knife found it in the garage it's very damaged but the blade itself is fine though



 
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Try using the img link from your photobucket account instead. :thumbup:
 
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Fixed your pics.
Doesn't look like any military knife I've ever seen. It looks mostly like a poorly made and amatuerly rehandled chinese or pakistani blade that you would find in a flea market.
 
thx for the pics its is an standard knife but like i said its damaged over time the blade is 30 years old and the handle , guard and the back compass broke off when using it over time and if a knife can stand 30 years of military heavy duty use it has proven to me that it isn't some chinese pakistanic knife that you will find on a flea market
 
Looks like the remains of one of those survival knives that came out of Japan during the Rambo movies craze in the 1980's.

OP, how many wars has the Netherlands fought over the last 30 years and what battles were held in your garage?
 
the rambo knives as part tang this is a full tang knife and i live in the netherlands now but ive never been a dutch citizen
 
You have received some harsh reactions. Ik apoologize

Your knife is the remains of a knife in the "Rambo" style that was very popular when the Rambo movies were around. Some are still made. There would have been a double cross-guard and, probably, a compass on the butt end.

Military personnel have often used "private-purchase" knives limited only by price, preferences, and standing orders from superiors. This knife does not resemble any knife issued by any branch of the U.S. or Netherlands Armed Forces so far as I can determine.

As your father's knife, it is an object beyond price.
 
well if it was issued in the army there would be markings on it but this knife has nothing on it just that its made of stainless steel
it had a compass on the butt end but the rambo knife has it inside the the cap mine had the compass on the outside
it had a wooden handle wich broke in a survival training
and a brass guard in the shape of an tear i think i still have it somewhere
 
QxVictoryxQ said:
well if it was issued in the army there would be markings on it but this knife has nothing on it just that its made of stainless steel
it had a compass on the butt end but the rambo knife has it inside the the cap mine had the compass on the outside
it had a wooden handle wich broke in a survival training
and a brass guard in the shape of an tear i think i still have it somewhere
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Can you name which country's military your father served in with that knife?
 
he served great brittain for a long time i can't tell you much about my father becouse he never told me about his past and he is dead for 4 years now
 
QxVictoryxQ said:
well if it was issued in the army there would be markings on it but this knife has nothing on it just that its made of stainless steel
it had a compass on the butt end but the rambo knife has it inside the the cap mine had the compass on the outside
it had a wooden handle wich broke in a survival training
and a brass guard in the shape of an tear i think i still have it somewhere
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From the pics and your description, it sounds like a variation of this one:



Im sorry, but it looks like a generic knife from the 'survival/Rambo' craze and I doubt, that the knife was ever issued in Western Europe at least.
Might have been a private purchase knife.

Bottom line is that it was your fathers knife and now yours and as such it doesnt need to be expensive to have immense nostalgic value.
 
Superdave1 said:
So since you are 32....how did the knife get 30 years of military use?
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CWL said:
OP, how many wars has the Netherlands fought over the last 30 years and what battles were held in your garage?
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Ease up. Show a little respect.

QxVictoryxQ said:
he served great brittain for a long time i can't tell you much about my father becouse he never told me about his past and he is dead for 4 years now
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My father didn't tell us a lot about his service all through WW II. Time in a war zone isn't supposed to be fun.

For those unaware of the ways of the world these days, the Netherlands itself has sent troops on thankless UN missions, like the wars of former Yugoslavia.
 
never looked like one of those mine had a wooden handle and a brass guard shape of an tear the compass was brass to but different then that one
and if you look at the blade of my knife you its more straight at the ending
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Ease up. Show a little respect.



My father didn't tell us a lot about his service all through WW II. Time in a war zone isn't supposed to be fun.

For those unaware of the ways of the world these days, the Netherlands itself has sent troops on thankless UN missions, like the wars of former Yugoslavia.
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I didn't ask anything but how it got 30 years of military use ...
There might be some interesting stories in that knife use. No ulterior motives, just a simple question. How is that harsh?
 
QxVictoryxQ said:
never looked like one of those mine had a wooden handle and a brass guard shape of an tear the compass was brass to but different then that one
and if you look at the blade of my knife you its more straight at the ending
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Yes, as mentioned a variation on a theme. The variations of these knives in various price ranges are legion due to the popularity back then.....and to some degree now.
Amongst the slew of cheapo 'Rambo' knives, Ive seen a few quality liscenced knives made by a respected knifemaker not too long ago.


On a another note, pros and cons of hollow handle knives etc. are discussed here. Random survival knife site:
http://thesurvivalistsenclave.com/survival-knife/
 
Relax, nobody got dinged. The questions looked headed in the wrong direction.

Nobody said welcome to Bladeforums, instead sounded like challenging his information.
 
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