Your knife pick for WWII

[Petunia D. Feeble]

One of those giant meat cleavers. I figure that'll be the best thing to chop off my left foot with. That's right, I'm a coward. I'd rather thank someone for their sacrifice than make it myself. Hindsight being as good as it is.

 

[Bob6794]

Whatever I was issued or could find locally that was quality made and I thought could suit my needs.

Truth be told for WWII a knife would be one of the last things I be concerned about tracking down if I somehow time traveled back than and decided to enlist.

 

[GIRLYmann]

One of those giant meat cleavers. I figure that'll be the best thing to chop off my left foot with. That's right, I'm a coward....

Ah ha pretty intimidating i would think...

You certsinly got the right idea ;-)
And looking at that kungfu cleaver (actually its more of a portable guillotine),
it would probably leave any self inflicting types
way too scared to consider even picking it up... its the ultimate battle power unit to warrior chefs

 

[b00n]

Probably a FS Dagger, something easy to conceal since I would be supporting the Allied efforts in whatever way I could.

 

[wackafew]

Here's a few knives that would probably work for WWII, depending what theater you would have been in.

 

[GIRLYmann]

Yes, very gallant and hats off to all who had volunteered for covert missions in the last great war.
And what a great picture it paints "...with dagger between the teeth ..".

It was just the kinda image needed in desperate times to attract if not instill men with a sense of patriotic duty and great feeling of invincibility to fight on with determination and courage.
This is probably why the commando dagger has and still is a revered symbol of bravado and high fighting spirit years later.
It is staggering to think how these wartime men were trained to overcome fear, and that some might have quite possibly even felt that 7 inches of sheffield steel would have been enough to evict the entire axis war machine from occupied lands...
Truly immortal souls these commandos.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229576/amp/Did-Britains-Commando-heroes-die-vain-Their-daring-raids-drove-Hitler-order-shot-sight-new-book-argues-soldiers-died-hundreds-did-little-change-course-war.html

 

[craytab]

Spartan V-14.

 

[JD Mandrell]

Of the knives available for field service in WWII, I'd take the Cattaraugus 225Q, all day, every day.

 

[dirc]

Nope, for the sake of this thread, no limitations to what was available. This is you as you are now, with all available options, being teleported back to WWII. And those Brend Model 2's are gorgeous!

in that case, it's an easy answer, (for me), cpk hdfk in 3v ... they do a damn fine job with the delta 3v heat treatment

 

[Barman1]

Nothing too fancy.
Believe me, you'd be relieved of your prized Randall post haste with all those sticky fingers around.
GI Ka-bar would do it for me.

 

[Danke42]

 

[Uncle Timbo]

View attachment 1123463 As a kid I prowled the pucker brush with a PAL (#2). It met all of my requirements. I later discovered the Cattaraugus (#4), and it was the equal of the PAL.

I agree with the PAL knife. I've had this one for about 40 years. Scott Gossman dressed it up for me about 15 years ago.

 

[Pomsbz]

Probably a Kukri if I had to choose? My grandfather would have had the regular issued British Bayonet I assume, he was in the H.L.I. in the Western theatre, was at Dunkirk and D-Day then on to Amsterdam where he finished the war.

 

[Ron Sabbagh]

Probably a Kukri if I had to choose? My grandfather would have had the regular issued British Bayonet I assume, he was in the H.L.I. in the Western theatre, was at Dunkirk and D-Day then on to Amsterdam where he finished the war.

Wow. The pic really lets it just sink in.

Wish I could have thanked him in person. We have the luxury of perusing this thread but your grandfather...and all the Allied vets...are true heros and fought like true patriots with whatever they had. Even if it was just their fists.

 

[Pomsbz]

Wow. The pic really lets it just sink in.

Wish I could have thanked him in person. We have the luxury of perusing this thread but your grandfather...and all the Allied vets...are true heros and fought like true patriots with whatever they had. Even if it was just their fists.

My dad was watching a Dunkirk documentary on youtube when he suddenly saw his father in that frame above. He told me that he burst out crying. That was the man he had known as his father, not the sad wreck that drank himself to death after the war. We knew he went ashore on D-Day but until then hadn't known that he'd been at Dunkirk also. His father had been badly gassed in the trenches at the second battle of the Somme (which probably saved his life incidentally, if he'd gone over the top I wouldn't be here today!). They lived hard tough lives and paid such a high price just for surviving.

 

[PetahW]

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Picking from the knives I have on hand, I would take this one, after darkening the blade.

 

[Darth_Blader]

Just one???

I’d go with a Catt 225q on the web gear, a Schrade paratrooper switchblade in a belt pouch, and a 10th mountain utility knife in my pocket (it’s the original multi tool after all).

I think I always had at least two on me when I was in, and I still have that problem...

Jim

 

[John A. Larsen]

Case 337Q only because it has a longer handle than a 225Q and fits my hand better. John

 

[stabman]

Yep.

 

[hank_rearden]

From the old war: