Original U.S. WWII Era US Army Air Corps Bowie Style Theater Made Knife With Brass Insignia and Leather Sheath
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful U.S. WWII "Theater Made" fighting knife, 12 ¾” in length, with a 7 ⅜” steel bowie style clip point blade. These knives were made by the armorers and engineers, usually in the Pacific theater. The large capital ships needed to have skilled fabricators on board to make repairs and modifications to weapons and gear.
Usually the blades were made from existing weapons or from steel components, and the hilts were cast from metals such as aluminum or zinc. This knife however, was made from what appears to be a Western style fighting knife, which was modified and no longer has any markings present.
The handle of this knife is made from layers of stacked plastic, mostly clear, with a few brown layers as decoration. Both the pommel and crossguard are made from machined brass pieces. Condition is quite good, though the blade definitely suffered minor corrosion at some point, which was then cleaned away, probably before it was made into a custom knife.
The original leather scabbard appears to be from a WWII USMC Ka-Bar fighting knife due to its appearance but has a shearling wool belt loop. It is in lovely condition and still rather serviceable.
Definitely an interesting piece of WWII Militaria. Ready to research and display!
Dimensions:
Blade length: 7 ⅜”
Blade style: Single Edged Clip Point
Overall length: 12 ¾”
Crossguard: 2 ½”
Scabbard length: 13 ⅜” with belt loop
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