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kronckew · 27th August 2017, 12:36 PM

it's a ww1 french trench knife, they made these from the steel posts used to support the barbed wire & from large nails. i have one too.

also called 'nail' knives. thery come in other variations. all hand made & slightly different. the variant 2, like yours and mine has the central rod opened at the guard so it can be slipped onto a belt easily.

mine is below with a commercially made german trench knife and a cast iron mace head fitted to an entrenching tool handle to make a trench mace.

updated: added another that more closely resembles your viariant. see also another thread here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14232

27th August 2017, 12:36 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,152	it's a ww1 french trench knife, they made these from the steel posts used to support the barbed wire & from large nails. i have one too. also called 'nail' knives. thery come in other variations. all hand made & slightly different. the variant 2, like yours and mine has the central rod opened at the guard so it can be slipped onto a belt easily. mine is below with a commercially made german trench knife and a cast iron mace head fitted to an entrenching tool handle to make a trench mace. updated: added another that more closely resembles your viariant. see also another thread here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14232 Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 27th August 2017 at 12:59 PM.