Posts: 506 Location: NC
Mon 17 Oct, 2016 4:18 pm
knife-ish dagger-ish identification help please
Posts: 96
Tue 18 Oct, 2016 3:39 am
Interesting knife. The hand holding a stylized dagger and the pike writing style of the inscription give it a link to tattoo art. I'd guess it was made by someone in the navy during WWII. The quality of construction seems like the maker may have had access to a lathe.
Posts: 2,294 Location: East backwoods-assed Texas
Tue 18 Oct, 2016 5:53 am
I'm thinking it may be a Mexican-made knife for tourists, sold at souvenier shops. They made gazillions of these in various styles. The reason I say is because of the decoration on the sheathe and the way the engraving is done. I have a large, curve-bladed dagger with markings very similar. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is............McM
Posts: 1,504 Location: Brisbane, Australia
Tue 18 Oct, 2016 3:21 pm
Looks Mexican (or possibly other ex-Spanish colonial). Southern California and "Viva la Union" is very Cesar Chavez and suggests 1960s or '70s.
Posts: 271
Fri 21 Oct, 2016 3:24 pm
How close are the dimensions to an F-S knife?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes_fighting_knife
Probably not one of the many off-shoots of the actual wartime designs, but it definitely looks to be inspired by one of them. Note the round handle, diamond
cross-section, and pronounced ricasso which many FS knives or flavors thereof have.
Posts: 1,504 Location: Brisbane, Australia
Fri 21 Oct, 2016 5:07 pm
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