French Foreign Legion: Arms Contexts

Edster · 14th September 2025, 06:23 PM

Jim,

Not what you are looking for BUT...The Douk-Douk pocket knife is French-made and was used by the Foreign Legion and it's enemies.

"It was carried by the French Foreign Legion and other Colonial troops and reached, with troops reassignment, the middle-east through Lebanon, and South-East Asia through Indochina. In 1939 it became “the national pocket knife” of Algeria." quote from link.

Here's a link to the knife's checkered history and global expansion. Still available. I have one.

https://knives-of-france-blog.com/douk-douk-history/

Best,
Ed

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14th September 2025, 06:23 PM	#7
Edster Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 440	Jim, Not what you are looking for BUT...The Douk-Douk pocket knife is French-made and was used by the Foreign Legion and it's enemies. "It was carried by the French Foreign Legion and other Colonial troops and reached, with troops reassignment, the middle-east through Lebanon, and South-East Asia through Indochina. In 1939 it became “the national pocket knife” of Algeria." quote from link. Here's a link to the knife's checkered history and global expansion. Still available. I have one. https://knives-of-france-blog.com/douk-douk-history/ Best, Ed