WW2 Replica

2finger · Nov 4, 2016

G'day,

This is a replica of a WW2 Australian Army jungle knife. I only had a couple of bad pictures to work from and I don't expect my humble interpretation to be an exact reproduction of the original.

The 1095 blade is 10 inches long for an overall length of 15 inches.

Thanks you looking.

Lycosa · Nov 4, 2016

Bloody G'day awesome!
rolf

2finger · Nov 4, 2016

Lycosa said:
Bloody G'day awesome!
rolf

Ya speak bloody good strayan mate.

john april · Nov 4, 2016

nice. i like how the blade gets a bit wider toward the tip.

Silverbullet951 · Nov 5, 2016

Wow, that's a great looking knife! Good job, I love seeing modern versions of historically inspired knives.

Craig Daniel · Nov 5, 2016

Excellent job, Clean and well finished.

2finger · Nov 5, 2016

Thank you for the encouraging words.
The original ones seemed to be pretty roughly made and designed to be abused on the battlefield and I've never seen one in the flesh. Only a few must have been made during the war, and there were two versions, one with a thick blade and one with a thin one, more like a machete.

Hengelo_77 · Nov 6, 2016

nice one

kevin (theprofessor) · Nov 6, 2016

great inspiration (I have a history hangup around WWI through the Cold War, when times were more interesting and espionage was real and mattered).
I like your interpretation. Lot of blade to polish, too!

2finger · Nov 6, 2016

kevin (theprofessor) said:
great inspiration (I have a history hangup around WWI through the Cold War, when times were more interesting and espionage was real and mattered).
I like your interpretation. Lot of blade to polish, too!

Thank you Kevin, I don't mind the meditative state induced by long sessions of hand sanding.

THEJimmyN · Nov 6, 2016

Very nice. Loving the gold accents.