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#170666 - 04/28/18 08:35 PM US Military M3 Trench Knife
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The M3 Trench Knife will always be one of my favorites. Here is one I picked up this weekend. This one dates to around 1944.


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#170671 - 04/28/18 11:32 PM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Eric]
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Rememberance of things past. That one just needs a little oil. Guess that is out, once it called a collectible. When I was in, we still had those floating around in units, some near as nice. They held up to throwing practice while kabars broke. The M7 from the 70s such as Imperial were toughest of all, after guards altered to guard rather than barrel looped, and buttplate swapped for latch plate.

Every time I see one, I think Airborne and D-Day.


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#170676 - 04/29/18 07:01 AM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Lofty]
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First ones issued to Airborne during WWII had a leather sheath and the blade was dated 1943.


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#170677 - 04/29/18 07:07 AM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Eric]
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Here are a few more Iconic US WWII Edged Weapons. M3, Ka-Bar and Western L-48.


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#170733 - 04/30/18 06:53 PM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Eric]
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I need one of those to go with my 1943 Inland carbines. oldguy
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#170744 - 04/30/18 09:15 PM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Eric]
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Originally Posted By: Eric
First ones issued to Airborne during WWII had a leather sheath and the blade was dated 1943.


Yep, and none of ours had anything but the fiber sheaths, same as bayonet, and likely not original. But, who knows, nobody cared about old junk handed down from the hoard of Big G to Big G (otherwise known as the supply Sargeant) over the years. We simply would barter for what we wanted for playtime. I still want the guided tour of the museum when it opens. I have an overpowering urge to call in an arty strike on an EE-8 or TA-312/PT from a fwd observation post, of which you likely have one each from each theater of operations...the posts.

Gave my one L-48 to a kid nearly 20yrs ago. He likely still is having fun with it. Think I even gave away my M7 a few years back.

Beautiful collection of classics, like looking around while waiting for the ramp to drop. Best I still have is one of my kabars not all used up, no real expert on what were work tools, but will dig it up while assuming it a typical 60's-70's Camillus, to which I was partial, they broke easier but had wicked points and true slasher edges.


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#170757 - 05/01/18 09:15 AM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Lofty]
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I had a fondness for anything US Military issued. More pics.

The last pic is of an 8" bladed Case made Ka-Bar prototype sold at the 1982 Case Auction.


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#170758 - 05/01/18 09:39 AM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Eric]
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If Case's model design had won a contract, we would have seen Ka-Bar with an 8" blade as well as the 7" blade.


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#170764 - 05/01/18 02:09 PM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Eric]
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My lone survivor of all the scads appropriated for training purposes. Had several put aside, but them eventually used up. Considering my initial enlistment, what was in the pipeline, etc would guess this a 60s-70s made knife. If anyone thinks getting these from Big G back then was easy, consider the US Army did not even issue knives at all, at the time. You had to know someone who was trading for cases of the things. And what I had to trade for cases of same. What we were doing back then makes the Iran/Contra affair seem bush-league.





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#170766 - 05/01/18 03:14 PM Re: US Military M3 Trench Knife [Re: Lofty]
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Lofty, You have a Vietnam Era Camillus and the correct dark brown sheath. My newer Ka-Bar user is one I have had since the mid-1980's. A useful blade indeed.


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