6th marine Posted October 4, 2008 Share #1 Posted October 4, 2008 This is my dads USMC PAL fighting knife that he was issued in 1944. Back in 1961 when my brother and I ware kids we were throwing it at a tree watching it stick in the tree. The last throw the blade broke. Recently I found a PAL knife on EBAY that had a good blade but the handle was messed with as you can see from the picture. A friend of mine cut the part of the blade off the EBAY knife that was missing on dads knife an mig welded it back on dads knife. I think he did a great job even matching The patina back on the blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted October 4, 2008 Share #2 Posted October 4, 2008 Cool, lets see some before and after pics!?.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th marine Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted October 4, 2008 I tried to upload a pic but apparantly I didn't know what I was doing. Send me your email address and I'll send a pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted October 5, 2008 Share #4 Posted October 5, 2008 posting this pic for 6th marine......mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th marine Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted October 5, 2008 posting this pic for 6th marine......mike Mike posted the picture of my dads restored WW2 USMC PAL fighting knife. Thanks again Mike. The bottom picture is the EBAY knife that my friend cut the blade off and mig welded back on dads knife (top knife). I think he did a great job even matching the patina to the rest of the blade. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted October 5, 2008 Share #6 Posted October 5, 2008 He did a nice job. That blade shouldn't have broken that easily. I've seen many that had a dinged tip but never broken off like that. PAL had quality control issues during the war.....I guess this one had a brittle blade. I'm glad you were able to repair it Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th marine Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted October 5, 2008 He did a nice job. That blade shouldn't have broken that easily. I've seen many that had a dinged tip but never broken off like that. PAL had quality control issues during the war.....I guess this one had a brittle blade. I'm glad you were able to repair it Greg I rember throwing it many times at trees. It was cool watching it stick in the tree. I guess it just couldn't take that last throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDC Posted October 19, 2008 Share #8 Posted October 19, 2008 Your post brings back memories of some of the dumb things we did as kids. It's a wonder we survived at all. My best friend's father served in the Pacific and we found two Japanese swords he brought home. After a little bit of sword fighting in the basement his mother busted us and probably saved a limb or two, those things were like razors. Or the time I found a wooden box of .45 ammo of my father's and handed out bullets to half the neighborhood before the calls started coming in. Thank God he had the foresight to keep the 1911 elsewhere. Thanks for the memories ... and a very nice piece of family history you have there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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