Trinity Posted March 20, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 20, 2016 Here are two examples of the knife shown on page 186 of Cole's Book IV. It is unknown who or where these knives were made, but they were definitely manufactured in some quantity. I have these two in my collection and have seen a few others over the past handful of years. However, they are quite rare. Some believe these knives were made and carried by soldiers in the Pacific theater since ones have been found in estates of those soldiers who served in the Pacific. A unique feature is that they appear to have been originally paired with cut down M6 sheaths. The example shown in Cole's book is accompanied by a shortened M6, while the two I have both came with these professionally shortened sheaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted March 20, 2016 Cole's description of this knife: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted March 20, 2016 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2016 Yes, regarding the modified sheaths they didn't just cobble something together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still-A-Marine Posted March 21, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 21, 2016 I've been told that several of these have shown up in paramarine's estates. So at least some are attributed to the paramarine group in WWII. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted March 22, 2016 Share #5 Posted March 22, 2016 I've posted mine before but here they are again. One has a saw back blade. The guards vary in size quite a bit. One scabbard is named to Jack Ferguson Starcher on the USS Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Trzaska Posted March 24, 2016 Share #6 Posted March 24, 2016 I have looked for this maker for years and still no closer to an answer. I have seen several all from Marines so would agree with the USMC association or Pacific area in general. All the best Frank Trzaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcranch Posted March 26, 2016 Share #7 Posted March 26, 2016 Here are three of my "mystery" WWII knives. As can be seen in the photo, the top one has a very different blade from what is normally seen. Also, it had no sheath and will not fit the normal style sheath that you see with these. Perhaps someday we can identify who made these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted April 20, 2019 Share #8 Posted April 20, 2019 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siclfde Posted April 20, 2019 Share #9 Posted April 20, 2019 Bump What does "bump" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 20, 2019 Share #10 Posted April 20, 2019 What does "bump" mean? Same as T T T... To The Top Bumping the Topic to the top to be seen again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siclfde Posted April 20, 2019 Share #11 Posted April 20, 2019 Same as T T T... To The Top Bumping the Topic to the top to be seen again Oh - thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted April 20, 2019 Share #12 Posted April 20, 2019 Bump Thanks for the bump; I looked for this but couldn't find it. Obviously I now have the one shown in the original post with the handle marked 444. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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