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The Old and the New


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This forum tends to focus on WW2 knives, WW1 Trench Knives, and occasionally Vietnam era knives. Just thought I’d show a couple of old timers and a couple of current era knives I’ve picked up over the past year. The old timers are more recent, and both of them came from ebay. The two current era knives I picked up at the local flea market.

 

First are the Model 1880 Knife and the Model 1873 Entrenching Tool. The 1880 Knife comes in two versions, one with the iron guard and one with the brass guard; this is the second version. The sheath comes in multiple versions, this is the latest version. The 1873 Entrenching Tool is covered here because it was pretty much a failure for digging holes and building trenches, but was useful as a bolo-type implement for cutting branches and brush to clear an area or get small branches for a fire. They tend to be in general good shape as they just weren’t as useful as a shovel or hatchet, while the 1880 knives had much more utility in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

 

 

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Here’re the more current era knives. The bottom knife was sold by Gatlin and Sons Knife Company specifically for the 8-229th Battalion (Attack) Aviation Regiment (Flying Tigers). I believe the manufacturer was the Ohio Valley Knife and Tool Company and 100 knives were produced just prior to 2017 for members of the unit. The 8-229th was a reserve unit from the Kentucky area and served in Bosnia and during OIF/OEF. The top knife is an SOG (Taiwan) knife marked GOV-TAC on the blade. The seller, whom I’ve known for some years, picked it up around Camp Lejeune, NC, and it was likely a personal purchase knife carried during one of the USMC deployments. A nicely weighted knife, it came in a very durable Cordura sheath.

 

 

 

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Bill- Thanks for showing. Was handling an 1873 just this afternoon. I do own both the iron & brass guard Model 1880 knives, both with the original sheaths. I am amazed at how many are actually around, and how good a shape they are in. Also amazed at how light they they are. Not a lot of heft for chopping or digging. But, historically they are neat. SKIP

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