Vietnam LRRP knife

[deltablade]

Can anyone identify this knife? Who made it? Looks like it may have a ranger band on the handle?

 

[Danke42]

That sure feels like some kind of bayonet with the muzzle loop cut off. Maybe friction tape instead of a ranger band?

 

[eveled]

Were is the picture from? Are you sure it is a period picture?

The blade doesn’t look familiar to me. I agree I think I see the bayonet mechanism on the pommel.

 

[Mk-211]

Definitely a bayonet, you can see the locking mechanism on the handle.

 

[SharpBits]

I too think it is a bayonet, but one that has been cut down some.

 

[deltablade]

Were is the picture from? Are you sure it is a period picture?

The blade doesn’t look familiar to me. I agree I think I see the bayonet mechanism on the pommel.

the picture is from a you tube video, the ingenius gear of elite lrrp scouts

best seen at time 55.

 

[deltablade]

I wonder if what looks like locking mechanism on the handle is actually handle damage, hance the ranger band, and so the round butt cap serves as the end of the handle. the guard looks like a knife guard, not a bayonet guard. I first thought it was a U.S. Navy MK 3 Mod 0 (2V376) US Navy SEAL Diving Knife , yet the grind and point looks different. Could it be one of the commercial K-bars?



Thanks for your time and input.

 

[SharpBits]

The bayonets of that era had plastic handles, so wrapping it would have been wise. Cut down and modified bayonets have been a thing since at least WW2. Makes for a handier and lighter knife.

 

[Mk-211]

Thought it might be a modified Conetta bayonet, the guard and fuller are different though.

 

[Danke42]

Something KA-BAR with a cord wrap handle? 1209 seems closeish.

 

[deltablade]

here is the KaBar 1209...

 

[SharpBits]

I'm beginning to suspect that the image is AI created. If not, then the knife is likely a modified commercial knife or modified bayonet.

 

[Danke42]

here is the KaBar 1209...

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Yeah I found that same shot. Not perfect but close.

 

[Danke42]

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I'm beginning to suspect that the image is AI created. If not, then the knife is likely a modified commercial knife or modified bayonet.

That's a good point about being suspect because I've only ever seen one size of Claymore Mine.

I wrote that off in the first look as something Vietnam era that was gone by my time but I can't see anything about a smaller variant.

 

[Arathol]

Claymore mines aren't flat. What exactly is written on that one? Its not the usual "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY"...

 

[SharpBits]

Claymore mines aren't flat. What exactly is written on that one? Its not the usual "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY"...

AI often garbles letters and words in that manner.

 

[Mk-211]

Claymore mines aren't flat. What exactly is written on that one? Its not the usual "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY"...

Wrong flash hider for the era...

 

[Arathol]

Is that a digital rechargeable Motorola walkie talkie? LOL

 

[SharpBits]

The more you look, the more crazy you find. Definitely AI YouTube click-bait.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Definitely a bayonet, you can see the locking mechanism on the handle.

Not sure what it is, no muzzle ring as a bayonet would have. John