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After having seen all the beautiful prewar rifles you all have posted, I started thinking. What type of knives would they have carried to go along with them? I would like to find a classic knife to use but don't know where to start. -JB

I think there are a few knive cranks on this forum who will know a lot about this. My impression, for what it is worth - not so much - is that there were many custom knife makers in the 19th C both here and in England but by WWI the factories like Marbles had pretty much pushed them out. There were a few still around in the interwar period but the big boom in custom knifemaking did not start until WWII with the likes of Randall, which because of demand became practically a production operation. In the last half century we have had a tremendous proliferation of custom makers, paralleling custom guns, and the development of a lot of fancy work - again like the guns. The few custom knives in the interwar period were plain and practical, made for use not for BS.

There is a two part article on knives starting in this months Muzzleblasts.
Tom

An interesting topic, I can post a picture of the knife that Niedner carried but It will be a while. I'm just now recovering from a bug I picked up from my Vegas trip.

I've got a custom knife my uncle gave me in the 70's. It's a practical knife with a birds-eye maple handle and carved maple case. My uncle called it Puka. The person who made it was a Finn that lived in Missoula, where my Aunt and Uncle also lived. I imagine it was made for my uncle shortly after WW2.

My dad has one made by the same guy. Both are signed. I'll drag mine out in a day or so and post a picture.

Was August's rifle the carrier?

Seriously I do hope you are feeling better. The only bug I caught was the urge to buy a rifle. I managed to keep it at bay though.

Mark inspired me with his will great power.

Would like to see Cameron's pics. There is a long Finnish/Swedish tradition of puka, pukka, puukka knifes, see

http://www.squidoo.com/scandinavianknives

Not too many of them are handmade these days though.

My good friend made both the horn and the knife.

You have a very talented friend!
For early knives, check out William Scagel he was the early Master.

Craig

Here is one source for reproductions of Scagel's knives.

http://www.vintageknives.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&grp=59