U.S.N. Mark 1 colonial

[knives4me2]

Hello all! I just picked up an interesting old U.S.N. mark 1 colonial knife and leather sheath. The sheath looks like it could be original and could tell some INTERESTING stories, it has a burn mark thru the back and also burned the blade, in the same spot, when the knife was still in the sheath. The sheath looks to have protected the knife thru some serious use. It looks like the fighter has marked the knife with an X.
Can anyone give me information on this knife? Can you tell the age my the maker's marks?

To me, in collecting these older knives, I appreciate the ones that have history instead of new never used, like anything well-used utilitarian has a story to be told in your imagination if you have some relative information. These fighters that actually used these were heroes with the American spirit
Thanks so much for your time
Martin

 

[knarfeng]

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[eveled]

Believe what you want. MK1 knives weren’t fighting knives. They were “Deck knives” issued to sailors. Doesn’t mean none of them saw combat, but it would have been rare.

The supply chain was stocked and ready for the invasion of Japan. The war was ended early thanks to the Atom bomb.
There were literally barrels of knives for sale as surplus after the war.

If your knife could talk it would likely tell stories of Boy Scout jamborees and hunting trips.

Like I said in the other post, Colonials MKI’s had rubber handles. They got hard and brittle most I’ve seen have some damage. Yours is in better shape than most. It’s a nice knife.