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WW II Anderson Fighting Knife -US -Rare MID-SECTION Patton Sword/Saber Blade/WW2
WW II Anderson Fighting Knife -US -Rare MID-SECTION Patton Sword/Saber Blade/WW2
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1 U.S. World War 2 Anderson fighting knife. This harder-to-find Anderson combat knife was made with the blade from the mid-section of a Patton sword. This knife would make an important addition to any collection.
This knife has its original Anderson scabbard. This knife measures 13 3/8″ overall. The blade itself measures 8 5/16″. The handle reads on one side ‘ANDERSON GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA’. The other side reads ‘MADE IN U S A’.
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WW II Case V42 Stiletto FSSF Fighting Knife -US WW2 Dagger ONE OF FIRST 500 MADE
WW II Case V42 Stiletto FSSF Fighting Knife -US WW2 Dagger ONE OF FIRST 500 MADE
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1 U.S. First Special Service Forces World War II V-42 fighting knife. This fine Case V42 has the desirable long sheath. This knife would make an important addition to any collection.
As mentioned this knife is among the rarest of the V42’s. This knife is one of the first 500 Case V-42’s made. The first 500 knives were numbered on the reverse tang. I have personal knowledge of knife number 437 (which I sold for a customer), number 105, number 239 which was illustrated in Cole’s book, and this knife–number 254. The reverse blade tang on this knife is marked ‘U. S. 254’.
The front tang is stamped ‘CASE’. This Case V-42 measures 12 5/16″ overall. The blade itself measures 7 1/8″. The FSSF soldier that carried this knife carved his initials in the back of the sheath. The soldier did a field modification to the scabbard by adding a metal plate so the blade tip wouldn’t go through the leather into his leg.
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WILDE TOOL 1942 M1 Garand Bayonet Knife/Rare WT/US WW2 Military Collection/WW II
WILDE TOOL 1942 M1 Garand Bayonet Knife/Rare WT/US WW2 Military Collection/WW II
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1 rare U.S. WW2 model 1942 bayonet made by Wilde Tool. This rare U.S. bayonet would make an important addition to any collection.
The ricasso is stamped ‘WT US. 1943’. Wilde Tool is the rarest maker of the model 1942 bayonet.
The blade measures 15 7/8″. This bayonet measures 20 1/2″ overall. Wilde Tool bayonets are the only model 1942 maker to have brown handle scales with a black rectangle in the middle.
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US WW II RUANA 1943 Square Cut Fighter -Old/Antique WW2 Knife Collection
US WW II RUANA 1943 Square Cut Fighter -Old/Antique WW2 Knife Collection
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1 Ruana World War 2 combat knife available. This hard-to-find Ruana WW2 fighting knife would make a rare addition to any collection.
This rare U.S. WW2 fighting knife is missing from almost every military knife collection–because they are almost impossible to find. This exceedingly rare Ruana fighting knife would make an important addition to any military or Ruana knife collection.This is the big Ruana fighter. This WW2 Ruana fighter has square cut handle scales–dating this knife to 1938-1943. This knife is also pre-stamp.
The blade on this large WW2 Ruana combat knife measures 7 1/8″ long. This knife measures 11 5/8″ overall. This soldier that owned this knife carried it in a Mark 2 sheath.
The last two images in this listing are provided for reference only of these knives’ WW2 history. The reference knife is ID’d. The reference knife was made for Captain Southard who was an officer at Fort Missoula where Rudy worked during the internment camps for the Japanese pre WWII. The reference knife was purchased decades later in Kansas City from the Captain’s nephew.
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Antique Japanese Samurai Sword w/HORIMONO DRAGON Carving -Old -Signed Samari
Antique Japanese Samurai Sword w/HORIMONO DRAGON Carving -Old -Signed Samari
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1 Japanese Samurai wakizashi sword with fabulous dragon and mythical ken horimono carving.
This Samurai sword would make an important addition to any collection.
This antique Samurai wakizashi is signed on the nakago/tang.
The blade measures 17 9/16″ (44.6 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. One side of the blade has a Japanese ken horimono as well as a dragon horimono. The reverse side has two bohi which help form a jumonji yari.
This sword was carried by true Samurai.
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Japanese Colonial NANYO Sword -Rare SOUTH SEAS -WW II -Antique/Old WW2 Samurai
Japanese Colonial NANYO Sword -Rare SOUTH SEAS -WW II -Antique/Old WW2 Samurai
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1 very rare Japanese WW2 Nan’yo (South Seas) Colonial Sword available. This rare sword would make an important addition to any collection.
As mentioned in Jim Dawson’s book Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945, Cyclopedia Edition on page 350, “In 1914 the Japanese navy captured the islands that later became the Nan’yo Colony, and, initially, the navy administered the islands.”
The Nan’yo Colonial sword has the unique wreath and cherry blossom emblem on the backstrap ears. On the same page 350 in Dawson’s book, it further reads “Naval Uniform Regulations show boar’s eye cut-outs on [the scabbards] of hannon level swords, but all such swords knows to the author have ‘U’-shaped cut-outs.” The sword offered in this eBay listing does have the boar’s eye cut-outs dictated in the Naval Uniform Regulations for the Nan’yo Colony sword. So this sword is quite rare.
This sword measures 26 1/2″ from the blade tip to the guard.
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Springfield M1905 M1 Garand Bayonet -US WW1/WW II/WW2 Knife Collection/1906 SA
Springfield M1905 M1 Garand Bayonet -US WW1/WW II/WW2 Knife Collection/1906 SA
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1 first year production U.S. M1905 Springfield Arms bayonet. This early U.S. bayonet would make an important addition to any collection.
This M1905 bayonet was made in 1906–this was the first year of Springfield Arm’s production of the model 1905 bayonet. The M1905 bayonet fits the M1903 Springfield rifle, and the M1 Garand.
The front ricasso is stamped ‘US 84414’. The reverse ricasso is stamped ‘S A 1906’. As detailed in M.H. Cole’s book,The Best of U.S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes, the early production dates from 1906-1917 had a bright polished blade, with the hilt and guard and about 3/16″ of the blade blued.
The blade measures 16″. This bayonet measures 20 5/8″ overall. This bayonet has the correct M1905 type no. 2 scabbard of leather with a long metal throat. The leather is stamped on the back ‘R.I.A. 1910 H.E.K.’.
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US WW II CASE M3 Trench Fighting Knife -M8/WW2 -ORIGINAL FACTORY EDGE -6 GROOVES
US WW II CASE M3 Trench Fighting Knife -M8/WW2 -ORIGINAL FACTORY EDGE -6 GROOVES
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1 rare condition guard-marked CASE World War II M3 trench knife w/M8 scabbard available. This U.S. M3 fighting knife would make an important addition to any collection.
The M3 trench knife is guard-marked ‘U.S.M.3 CASE’. The M8 scabbard is stamped ‘U.S. M8 B.M.CO.’. The scabbard has a very collectible, great combat knot leg tie-down.
The knife’s blade measures 6 5/8″. This knife measures 11 1/2″ overall. The pommel has the flaming bomb stamp.
This knife has 6 handle grooves.
