Military Combat Knives (2)

This unusual staff, with a main chopping blade and a secondary slashing crescent, has found a recent resurgence of fame in movies like Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon and video games such as Dragon Fist II. Once a favored weapon of high adepts of the Shaolin, ...

This classic Ka-Bar military design has been only slightly modified from the original version, the mainstay fixed blade instrument of American military forces since WWII. The partially serrated blade makes rope cutting efficient and less dependent upon the sharpening skills of the user. That can be a bit of ...

SOG puts these knives through some pretty rigorous testing before they get to you. Among many others, the tests include a gasoline torch resistance test, a noise and reflectivity test and a two-week salt immersion test.

So, if you plan to spend two weeks hiding in a salt-water bog filled with flaming ...

This is the one that started it all. In World Ward II, the popularity of Randall Made Knives too off, due to the popularity of this model among American GIs.

Randall describes this is a Fighting Knife, but it's more of an all-purpose knife than that. It features a high-carbon stainless steel ...

Designed to fit the Lee-Enfield Rifle, the Enfield bayonet comes in two basic forms. The "spike bayonet", which is essentially just a steel spear, attaches to the metal mount on the tip of the rifle and was the original model intended for this rifle. The Number 4 Enfield Model, introduced just before ...

One hundred and twenty eight pages devoted to nothing but daggers and bayonets!

Logan Thompson takes us on a journey, from ancient times up through modern day, explaining and detailing the history and evolution of these two types of knives. He provides many illustrations and pictures, showing us German, British, and French bayonets, ...

Pictured at right is an M-5 bayonet, designed to fit the M-1 Garand Rifle. It is an authentic, US military issued bayonet.

This bayonet style was issued first in 1953 and replaced the earlier M-1 and M-1905 bayonets. During the Korean war, those models were found to be awkward to manipulate in ...

Ka-Bar knife company, originally known as Union Cutlery Company, has been making a variant of this knife for over one hundred years.

Originally designed to be a hunting knife, it became popular with US Marines during WWII. It quickly became the edged weapon of choice or the Marines, and is still issued today to ...

German bayonets from WWII are a popular miltaria collectible. These bayonets were often designed to attach to the Mauser rifle, effectively making them spears for close-in combat. The Mauser was a common WWII German officer's rifle.

The item pictured at the right is a genuine bayonet knife for sale on eBay. These genuine items ...

Delving into the world of Japanese sword collecting is a bit like drinking from a fire hose. There's a lot of information out there and it's difficult to make sense of it all. For a new collector, it's hard to distinguish fakes from the real thing, and it's tricky to learn ...

It's very difficult, and often expensive, to find original WWII daggers. For a serious militaria collector, a replica will often make due as a place-holder or to fill in gaps in a collection. This replica is representative of the period, and is perfect for a collector or history buff.

This model is a ...

Another top-quality knife from the Ek Commando Knife Company. These knives are instant militaria collectibles.

Ek Knife has been hand-making these knives for decades and have long had a reputation for making some of the highest-quality US Military combat knives.

This Bowie knife features an extended clip for extra control. Use this choil to ...

It's not surprising that these knives have become quite collectible, given their pedigree. For nearly seventy years, The EK Commando Knife Company has been producing the highest quality, combat tested knives. This makes them sought-after militaria by many serious collectors.

EK Knives have seen action in five wars: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf ...