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CONTENTS Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Chapter 1: Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knives, Variants, and Stilettos - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Chapter 2: Knives of the Allies of World Wars I and II - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Chapter 3: Germany’s Trench Knives and Those of Its Central and Axis Power Allies - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Chapter 4: Knuckle Knives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Chapter 5: The Big Knives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59 Chapter 6: Bayonet, Sword, and Other Conversions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75 Chapter 7: Ceremonial Hangers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 83 Chapter 8: Folding and Gravity Military Knives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 89 Chapter 9: Trench Clubs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 95 Chapter 10: Contemporary Knives Since World War II - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 101 Chapter 11: Miscellaneous - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 111 v
CHAPTER 3 GERMANY’S TRENCH KNIVES AND THOSE OF ITS CENTRAL AND AXIS POWER ALLIES The German trench knife of the 1914–1918 conflict was well remembered by the sons who took a very similar design with them to war from 1939–1945. This chapter includes examples of both. The smaller sheath knives are often referred to as “jackboot knives” or “boot knives,” as many had a spring steel clip that could be affixed to the upper edge of the boot when the sheath was worn inside the side of the boot. A knife of this type was also called a Nahkampfmesser (close-combat knife). In Germany, the tradition of hunting is very well ordered and structured, so it is not surprising to find staghorn grips, traditional on the important German ceremonial hunting (jäger) knives and short swords, on certain German military edged weapons—especially on finer presentation pieces and, particularly, on private-purchase knives. Homer Brett reports, “In 1916 officers and NCOs were officially ordered not to wear swords in the field, and quite rapidly bayonets and trench knives took their place as signs of rank and position,” although most of these could have been more elaborate than those shown in this chapter. 35
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