Early GI knife

drac2k · 10th October 2025, 09:50 PM

I don't want to belabor the argument, however "Theatre Knives," are not the sole dominion of the "US or GI's." Just today I received a WW2 Japanese fighting Knife, made from the end of a French M1866 bayonet, complete with kanji writing on the handle,so you see, sometimes the lines are blurred.Are we talking about a M1866 French Bayonet or a WW2 Japanese fighting Knife?
Also, just maybe, such topics could attract a younger crowd,so that when all of us old guys expire, a new group will take our place.

10th October 2025, 09:50 PM	#8
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,319	I don't want to belabor the argument, however "Theatre Knives," are not the sole dominion of the "US or GI's." Just today I received a WW2 Japanese fighting Knife, made from the end of a French M1866 bayonet, complete with kanji writing on the handle,so you see, sometimes the lines are blurred.Are we talking about a M1866 French Bayonet or a WW2 Japanese fighting Knife? Also, just maybe, such topics could attract a younger crowd,so that when all of us old guys expire, a new group will take our place.