This is a knife made by an American serviceman in the Pacific theater during World War II. it measures 12 1/24" overall with a 7 3/4" blade. A lot of these were made by sailors aboard ship who had access to machine shops. War is made up of long, boring, tedious mediocrity interrupted by short bursts of heart pounding, adrenaline pumping periods of sheer terror. To help relieve the boredom soldiers and sailors would often make knives, trench art and little trinkits when the material and assets were available. Thus this personal weapon was produced. This one appears to have been made where a lathe was available, the wooden handle is turned down perfectly. The blade itself is in the form of a trailing point knife. They types of blades are associated with skinning game or filleting fish. The bale is made of light weight spring steel, and has a stamp of C2 on the reverse side of the blade near the handle. Maybe it was a southern boy that crafted this one! The blade still retains a sharp edge. There is no cross guard, so I don't think this was intended as a fighting knife. The blade is retained to the wooden handle by two large steel pins. If you have a Pacific theater WWII collection this would look great in it.

Item # AA2872