This knife was given to my dad when he enlisted in the Navy during WW2 by my grandfather, obviously a K-Bar inspired design.
It had a sheath when I first was aware of it as youngster but don’t recall it being around any longer once I was a teen. My mother always kept it in the kitchen as a “butcher” knife for cutting up chickens or whatever she deemed needed chopping. Dad employed it a time or 2 to cut up deer we took hunting but, it was never carried.
i found it a while back after my parents had died, still in a drawer in the kitchen. Obviously it was still a butcher knife in mom’s eye.
The blade holds an edge fairly well I’d guess it’s 1095 or similar steel and the hilt is aluminum and leather rings. Dad always claimed it was respected make in its day when I asked but, never gave it a name.
The maker stamp has been worn off the heel of the blade over the last 80 yrs but I am curious if anyone can give me an idea of just who might have made it?
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It had a sheath when I first was aware of it as youngster but don’t recall it being around any longer once I was a teen. My mother always kept it in the kitchen as a “butcher” knife for cutting up chickens or whatever she deemed needed chopping. Dad employed it a time or 2 to cut up deer we took hunting but, it was never carried.
i found it a while back after my parents had died, still in a drawer in the kitchen. Obviously it was still a butcher knife in mom’s eye.
The blade holds an edge fairly well I’d guess it’s 1095 or similar steel and the hilt is aluminum and leather rings. Dad always claimed it was respected make in its day when I asked but, never gave it a name.
The maker stamp has been worn off the heel of the blade over the last 80 yrs but I am curious if anyone can give me an idea of just who might have made it?
