Early GI knife

surgi-sharp · 7th October 2025, 11:02 PM

I don't remember the makers name of this item used by US in WW2

CutlassCollector · Yesterday, 11:03 AM

K-Bar perhaps?

drac2k · Yesterday, 12:46 PM

One of the variations made by E.G.W(E.G.Waterman), out of N.Y.;usually they will be marked "EGW."

Jim McDougall · Yesterday, 08:07 PM

Surgi-
I guess the notes I made on the tomahawk post last May weren't too clear?
Where do you usually post militaria and reproductions?

Our lead moderator Fernando passed away a year ago, and was adamant about keeping these topics out of these pages, where we discuss arms from all periods and places up to 1900, with certain exceptions with items from those earlier periods transcending into later use.

I guess now that he's gone, the guidelines we set in 2008 are as well?

Hotspur · Yesterday, 11:03 PM

When are too many not enough? Most of the below are WWII, while examples with red spacers will prove to be the '50s.

There are several discussions that predate my interests. My dad had one, aboard the U.S.S. Dayton. I don't know if it was issued, or he had bought one. The examples with no clip to the blade are sterile and associated with the USMC.

Wonderful knives, as far as weight, etc.

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/for...omment-3172668

Cheers
GC

Hotspur · Yesterday, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Surgi-
I guess the notes I made on the tomahawk post last May weren't too clear?
Where do you usually post militaria and reproductions?

Our lead moderator Fernando passed away a year ago, and was adamant about keeping these topics out of these pages, where we discuss arms from all periods and places up to 1900, with certain exceptions with items from those earlier periods transcending into later use.

I guess now that he's gone, the guidelines we set in 2008 are as well?

I would defer to Lee on this. The Waterman knives are some of my newest military blades. Maybe the curb might be military knives and swords (generally) but there are all the Wiemar period commercial hunting swords and knives.

It might be inferred that pre 1900 items are somehow more noble.

That said, the link to that forum is where I would point to for US military and Blade Forums for everything else. These forums are a dying breed.

https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/b...ification.691/

also SBG

https://sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/

Nihonto

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/?&_f...&ct=1632190636

The Facebook groups can be very twitchy in posting and can be difficult to navigate. I kinda hate them at times.

Cheers
GC

7th October 2025, 11:02 PM	#1
surgi-sharp Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 13	Early GI knife I don't remember the makers name of this item used by US in WW2 Attached Images

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Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 533	When are too many not enough? Most of the below are WWII, while examples with red spacers will prove to be the '50s. There are several discussions that predate my interests. My dad had one, aboard the U.S.S. Dayton. I don't know if it was issued, or he had bought one. The examples with no clip to the blade are sterile and associated with the USMC. Wonderful knives, as far as weight, etc. https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/for...omment-3172668 Cheers GC Attached Images

Yesterday, 11:03 AM	#2
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 369	K-Bar perhaps?

Yesterday, 12:46 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,289	One of the variations made by E.G.W(E.G.Waterman), out of N.Y.;usually they will be marked "EGW."

Yesterday, 08:07 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,620	Surgi- I guess the notes I made on the tomahawk post last May weren't too clear? Where do you usually post militaria and reproductions? Our lead moderator Fernando passed away a year ago, and was adamant about keeping these topics out of these pages, where we discuss arms from all periods and places up to 1900, with certain exceptions with items from those earlier periods transcending into later use. I guess now that he's gone, the guidelines we set in 2008 are as well?