Early GI knife

drac2k · 10th October 2025, 03:01 PM

Hotspur, that is one heck of a Spring Cleaning!What a wonderful collection!
I myself am a fan ot the "theatre Knife," whether it be a Civil War Bowie to a WW2 Dagger.Some are no better than "Prison Shanks," while others are truly fearsome and works of art; often they will be personalized,with places they have been, a picture of their loved one embedded in the handle, a pinup girl drawn on the scabbard, etc.
They tell a story, they are a piece of history, and maybe they deserve a place here?

gp · 10th October 2025, 04:54 PM

Question as I read "GI" and"by US" ....what this has to do with the topic "European Armoury"....?

I know that the geography knowledge of a lot of folks in the good Ol' U S of A is not perfect, but I did believe (simple man I am), that after some difference of mind and party in a city in New England about some taxes on tea, the link with Ingland has been broken of...and that country is neither part of that dominian anymore nor part of the Commenwealth...

Or did I miss the latest news that after Greenland a grandson for a German form Kallstadt, now additionally wants to take Europe as well into his realm...?

10th October 2025, 03:01 PM	#1
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,303	Hotspur, that is one heck of a Spring Cleaning!What a wonderful collection! I myself am a fan ot the "theatre Knife," whether it be a Civil War Bowie to a WW2 Dagger.Some are no better than "Prison Shanks," while others are truly fearsome and works of art; often they will be personalized,with places they have been, a picture of their loved one embedded in the handle, a pinup girl drawn on the scabbard, etc. They tell a story, they are a piece of history, and maybe they deserve a place here?

10th October 2025, 04:54 PM	#2
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 928	Question as I read "GI" and"by US" ....what this has to do with the topic "European Armoury"....? I know that the geography knowledge of a lot of folks in the good Ol' U S of A is not perfect, but I did believe (simple man I am), that after some difference of mind and party in a city in New England about some taxes on tea, the link with Ingland has been broken of...and that country is neither part of that dominian anymore nor part of the Commenwealth... Or did I miss the latest news that after Greenland a grandson for a German form Kallstadt, now additionally wants to take Europe as well into his realm...?