**RARE**WW1 French Model 1916 ‘Abourgad’ (Variant of "The Avenger of 1870") Fighting Knife & Scabbard. Sn 19873 - 19873
From 1915 the French began to develop trench weapons at the Châtellerault arms ...
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MakeWW1 French Model 1916 ‘Abourgad’ (Variant of \"The Avenger of 1870\") Fighting Knife & Scabbard
A stiletto is a knife or dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a stabbing weapon. A nice antique English Victorian spear point Bowie knife, the double edged ...
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MakeA Victorian Stiletto/Spear point Bowie Knife and Leather Sheath. ED 2635.
Trench knives came into their own as conflict had become bogged down, with the combatants sheltering in deep trenches, leading to attacks that end up with fast and furious hand to hand fighting. On ...
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MakeWWII German Trench Knife and Scabbard. ED 2616.
Indeed these weapons were used by hunters and lumberjacks, and it was quite natural that these men took their knives with them to war. In hand to hand trench fighting, after the first months of the ...
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MakeWWI German Officers ‘Private Purchase’ Trench Dagger and Sheath by H.Böker & Co. 19357.
This WWII wooden gripped combat knife was made by ‘Whittingslowe’ (William Whittingslowe arrived in Australia in about 1912. After working in various states he settled in South Australia and in the ...
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MakeWWII Australian Wooden Gripped Combat Knife and Leather sheath. ED 2666.
A WWI Austrian Trench Knife with an un-fullered 20 ¾ cm (33 cm overall) tapering blade with spear-shaped point which is very good and only showing minor signs of wear. The makers mark is on one side o...
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MakeScarce* WWI Austro-Hungarian Empire ‘Grabendolch’ M1917 Fighting Knife by Maker ‘Joachim Winternitz Neffe’ and Sheath. 19967.
A private purchase German WWI trench knife (a trench knife is a combat knife designed to kill or incapacitate an enemy at close quarters, such as in a trench or other confined area. It was developed ...
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MakePrivate Purchase* German WWI Trench Knife with Stag Horn Grips. ED 2680.
This is a rare and interesting Italian fighting knife better known as pugnale da assaltatori 58 San Marco, alluding to a famous elite unit that used it.. This is the model 1958 knife for assault ...
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MakeRare* Italian Fighting Knife ‘Assaltatori Assault Troops’ (FAT 58). ED 2668.
An original Austro Hungarian WW1 Fighting/Trench Knife & Scabbard. The knife has a single edge 8 ¼” steel blade with an overall length of 13 ¼” *the blade appears to have been re sharpened. The single...
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MakeRARE*WW1 Austro Hungarian Trench Fighting Knife By Resicka Vienna & Scabbard. ED 2604
A WW2 Australian wood gripped fighting knife by East Brothers, Sydney which are one of 4 known makers of these knives. This version of the Australian fighting knife was used by the Australians and ...
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MakeWW2 Australian Wood Gripped Fighting Knife By East Bros. Sydney. Sn 11617.
This is a top quality bowie knife by the premier Sheffield knife maker William Rodgers. It is clearly marked on one side of the blade with "William Rodgers Sheffield, England". The grips are black ...
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MakeWilliam Rodgers Of Sheffield, England Ebony Handled Bowie Knife & Black Leather Sheath. Sn 13889.
An 'Unknown Origin' (Possibly Italian) heavy fighting knife in a later scabbard. The Fighting knife has a one piece light wood smooth grip, the blade is secured with two bolts. It has a straight ...
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MakeItalian? (Possibly Italian ‘Arditi’) Heavy Fighting Knife in later Scabbard Sn 8424:49.
This is a top quality bowie knife by the premier Sheffield knife maker William Rodgers. It is clearly marked on one side of the blade with "William Rodgers Sheffield, England". The grips are black ...
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MakeWilliam Rodgers Of Sheffield, England Ebony Handled Bowie Knife & Black Leather Sheath. Sn 13889.
This type of dagger - known as the Spanish defence dagger - was made especially in the cities of Toledo and Albacete, from the 18th century until the beginning of the 20th. This lovely 14. 25cm blade ...
**VERY RARE**WW1 French Francais Armes & Cycles St Etienne Factory Made Aluminium Hilt Trench Fighting Knife With M1871 Gras Bayonet Blade & Original Steel Scabbard. Sn 19858 - 19858
This a very ...
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MakeWW1 French Francais Armes & Cycles St Etienne Factory Made Aluminium Hilt Trench Fighting Knife With M1871 Gras Bayonet Blade & Original Steel Scabbard
This is a French Air Force NCO dagger as it appears on page 108 of Robert Berger’s “World of Dress Daggers”. All fittings have a squared-off design, including the sheath and grip. The grip is constr...
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MakeScarce* French Model 1924 Air Force NCO Dirk. 19584
Second Italo-Ethiopian War Italian Fascist, MVSN (Milizia Voluntaria Sicurezza Nationale) Dagger & Scabbard Captured & Re-Used By Ethiopian Troops, Scabbard With Period Hand Applied Motto ‘WE KILL TH...
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MakeSecond Italo-Ethiopian War Italian Fascist, MVSN (Milizia Voluntaria Sicurezza Nationale) Dagger & Scabbard Captured & Re-Used By Ethiopian Troops, Scabbard With Period Hand Applied Motto ‘WE KILL THE FLESH, WE KILL THE FLESH’ In East African Language
The Sheffield cutler William Rodgers was recorded in the 1852 directory. His trade mark was ‘I Cut My Way’ together with mincing knife device. The company ceased trading towards the late 19th Cent...
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Make‘William Rodgers’ Prostitutes dagger /Sheath Knife. ED 2603
**MINT**SCARCE PATTERN**J. E. Middleton & Sons Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife With Ivorine Hilt & Ornate Brass Fittings. Sn 19289: 19 - 19289: 19
Throughout the 1970’s and 1990’s the famous Shef...
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MakeMINT SCARCE PATTERN J.E. Middleton & Sons Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife With Ivorine Hilt & Ornate Brass Fittings
WW1 Era Italian Fighting Knife Trench Fighting Dagger & Steel Scabbard. ED 2359 - ED 2359
This is an excellent original WW1 era Italian Fighting Knife & Scabbard. (see page 75 plate 375 of ...
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MakeWW1 Era Italian Fighting Knife Trench Fighting Dagger & Steel Scabbard.
**RARE**French Foreign Legion Paratroopers Fighting Knife Converted From 1917 Dated Remington U. S. Army Pattern 1913 Bayonet With Scabbard. ED 2579 - ED 2579
A rare example of the French Foreign ...