Hi!

I´ve got a question to this particular fighting-knife.


Dimensions:

Lenght overall: apx. 28,7 cm
Blade lenght: apx. 16,2 cm
Lenght of the hilt: apx. 12,5 cm
Lenght of scabbard: apx. 16,6 cm
crossguard: apx. 5,9 cm / 21 mm / 3,4 mm
blade: apx. 4 mm "strong", apx 2,6 cm "broad"

rel. "heavy" blade ...

Not any markings visible ...


This knife´s serial-made for sure and not an "trench-art" !

A fellow collector spottet some of this knive´s at flea-market´s once before, (but in very poor shape and without scabbard).

In a German Gun-magazine this knife´s also shown ...
There´s believed, that this knife probably was manufactured in Romania, Czechoslovakia or Russia ...

But no evidence in case of the period of production, only the suggestion, it´s "wartime" ...

Does anybody of you have had seen a knife like this before ?

Thx in advance,

R.

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Looks similar to a Herters Fighting knife.

Hi there !

Another try ...

Day´s ago I received an, (also still unknown ...),fighting-knife.

I´m sure, that both knive´s where made in the same country for the same Armed Forces!

I cannot believe, that nobody´s able to get some information´s concerning this knife ...


Cheers,

R.

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Interesting knife pattern, gentlemen.

As far as my knowledge tells me, these things are probably Italian. There did exist a very similar pattern during WWI which was used by the Italians and also the Austro-Hungarians. They are basically identical pieces. I suspect that this knife is from the same generic group.

FJS

Hi !

I´m pretty sure, you´re meaning the italian copy of the Austrian-Hungarian pattern fighting-knife "M 1917", (Italian "M 1939"), but you´re wrong ...

The Austrian-Hungarian "M 1917" "Sturmmesser":

another pic´s of the Austrian-Hungarian pattern 1917:

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