Hello to all, I am sure this is an elemetary question to most of you but what is the definition of a "theater knife" and why would a knife be called that outside of being just a military knife? :think:

 

Thank you.

It's a very good question. I'll quote a definition from the net, which I think puts it very nicely in a nutshell:

 

A theater knife is a handmade or altered knife made in or for a certain theater of war.

I have a nice theater made knife, I'll try to post it on here sometime.

 

Tyler

I think the definition offered by GB is one of the better ones I too have come across.

 

One of the more fascinating features of theater knives is the wide variety of (often scavenged) materials incorporated into their manufacture. Also, you can see a variety of blade styles as well.

 

Here are some examples of knives in my collection -

 

 

May favorites happen to be the double-edged dagger style knives -

 

 

I hope others will take this opportunity to share photos of their theater knives as well. Not only did the variety of these knives (and their relative inexpensiveness) get me hooked on collecting knives in general, but, Silvey's books really got me hooked on photography as well.

 

Here's an example of the types of compositions Silvey put together -

 

 

Tim

And sometimes there are the souvenir knives brought back from certain theaters. I have a monster of a Filipino. BEnt handle, long clip point blade. Has "Philippines" crudely engraved into it with small chisel marks and some decorative swirling on the blade done in similar style. Has " Manila AUgust 1945" on one side of the handle, and "JOHN L (or I) LAGOS on the other side. Overall, it is somewhat crude, but neat as hell.

It's a very good question. I'll quote a definition from the net, which I think puts it very nicely in a nutshell:

 

A theater knife is a handmade or altered knife made in or for a certain theater of war.

 

 

That sums it up for me. Thank you.

 

I imagine there are a lot of fakes out there also. How would you know?

I think the definition offered by GB is one of the better ones I too have come across.

 

One of the more fascinating features of theater knives is the wide variety of (often scavenged) materials incorporated into their manufacture. Also, you can see a variety of blade styles as well.

 

Here are some examples of knives in my collection -

 

 

May favorites happen to be the double-edged dagger style knives -

 

 

I hope others will take this opportunity to share photos of their theater knives as well. Not only did the variety of these knives (and their relative inexpensiveness) get me hooked on collecting knives in general, but, Silvey's books really got me hooked on photography as well.

 

Here's an example of the types of compositions Silvey put together -

 

 

Tim

 

Now that's a collection to be proud of! Nice looking knives :thumbsup: