377:. Despite being designed for hand-to-hand warfare, the M3 did not receive universal praise as a fighting knife upon issue to combat units. While well-balanced (some paratroopers and rangers mastered the art of using the M3 as a throwing knife), the M3's blade was criticized as being too narrow for rough usage, particularly for utility tasks such as opening ammo crates and food tins, while its edge was found to be somewhat difficult to sharpen. The blade's secondary edge was also criticized as being too short, limiting the knife's utility when used for backhand slashing strokes. Many features of the M3 were incorporated into the
152:) was the standard issue German combat knife during the First World War. It remained in service in modified form through the end of the Second World War. Most of these knives had slab wooden grips and metal sheaths and were sturdily made. According to one authoritative source, German-issued trench knives of World War I were "conventional, general-purpose, cut-and-thrust knives" with blades that were "for the most part approximately six inches in length, single-edged with a top leading false edge ... although double-edged blades are occasionally encountered."
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277:, metal knuckle guard, and a rounded pommel. The M1917 proved unsatisfactory in service, and a slightly improved version, the M1918, was adopted within months. Despite this, the M1918 is almost identical to the M1917, differing primarily in the construction and appearance of the knuckle guard. Usable only as stabbing weapons, the M1917 and M1918 frequently suffered broken blades. Their limited utility and general unpopularity caused the
352:. This was a curious device consisting of a folding spring-loaded knife blade attached to a handle which fastened to the back of the hand and was secured by a leather strap, leaving the palm and fingers free for grasping other objects. Pressing a button on the handle automatically extended the blade into an open and locked position, allowing the knife to be used as a stabbing weapon. The
336:, though the latter was intended to protect the fingers and prevent the knife from being knocked from the hand while in combat rather than for use as a weapon. Despite their look, the spikes on the knuckles were also defensive in nature, meant to make it difficult for the enemy to grab the knife in combat Reflecting the savagery of hand-to-hand trench warfare, the Mark I's
75:(or close combat knife), most early trench knives were fabricated by hand by individual soldiers or blacksmiths for the purpose of silently killing sentries and other soldiers during trench raids. These early "trench knives" were often shortened and sharpened Army-issue bayonets. One type of stabbing weapon, the
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Because French industry was working under wartime conditions with numerous material shortages, often using subcontracted labor, even officially sanctioned French Army trench knives tend to vary significantly from knife to knife. The need for knives was so great that already-understrength French Army
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of 1943 explained: "The Trench Knife M3 has been developed to fill the need in modern warfare for hand-to-hand fighting. While designated for issue to soldiers not armed with the bayonet, it was especially designed for such shock units as parachute troops and rangers." The M3 was first issued to
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formations were forced to demobilize hundreds of former cutlery workers so that they could return to their former jobs and begin quantity production of trench knives for the armed forces. As the war went on, newer and more versatile blade-type trench knife patterns such as the double-edged dagger
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incorporated a so-called 'skull-crusher' cap extension, ostensibly designed to stun or kill an enemy soldier and to provide a secondary weapon in circumstances where the blade was damaged or broken. A special proprietary metal scabbard was issued with the Mark I, capable of accommodating the new
622:(2004), p. 70: During World War I, many German trench or close-combat knives (Nahkampfmesser) were issued by the military, while privately purchased knives were often made to military patterns. Most featured blades of around 150 mm (6 inches), with slab wooden grips and metal scabbards.
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grip which was shaped to fit comfortably when the user's hand made a fist. The attached 4 in (10 cm) blade protruded between the knuckles of the user. It was common
British practice for trench knives to be used in combination with other "quiet" weapons, like
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as a replacement for the Mark I in 1943. The Mark I required strategic metals to produce and was too costly to place into mass production, and had been criticized as being unsuited to more modern styles of hand-to-hand knife fighting. As the U.S.
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The first official U.S. trench knife adopted for service issue was the U.S. M1917 trench knife designed by Henry
Disston & Sons and based on examples of trench knives then in service with the French Army. The M1917 featured a triangular
172:, although they seldom were carried in boots. Most also had steel sheaths with clips that could be attached to boots, webbing or clothing, and most were made by government contractors and issued as combat gear.
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and earlier stiletto-style trench knives. The French lead in trench knife development was closely followed by the United States, which introduced three successive trench knife models - the M1917, M1918, and
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and associated knives were widely issued to the ordinary soldier for combat and utility purposes, while Allied armies mostly issued trench knives to elite infantry units and soldiers not equipped with the
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designed to kill or incapacitate an enemy at close quarters, such as in a trench or other confined area. It was developed as a close combat weapon for soldiers attacking enemy trenches during the
550:(2001), p. 80: "Right at the outset trench knives were introduced by both sides during World War I, so that the common soldier was once again equipped with a knife designed primarily for combat."
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America's
Munitions 1917–1918, Report of Benedict Crowell, Assistant Secretary of War (Director of Munitions) U.S. War Department, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, pp. 88, 228
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U.S. M1917 "Knuckle Duster" trench knife and leather sheath of World War I. Note the triangular blade with the flat face facing forward, making it suitable only for stabbing and not slashing.
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design to be of no value, and it was never adopted. Hughes went on to patent his automatic trench knife in 1919, though it appears to have never interested any civilian manufacturers.
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81:, was made by cutting and pointing the steel stakes used to support the barbed wire protecting trenches. Some historians say that some trench knives models were inspired by the
296:, which was designed by a board of U.S. Army officers to remedy certain deficiencies of the M1917/18. Adopted in late 1918, with a blade profile patterned after the French
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was employed against them, German forces on the
Western Front also began to employ converted steel barbed-wire stakes as stabbing weapons for use by their own soldiers.
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was evaluated as a potential military arm by a panel of U.S. Army officers from the
American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in June 1918. After testing the board found the
119:-type cruciform blade, designed to quickly kill an enemy soldier with a deep thrust. Up to three trench knives could be constructed from a single M1886 Lebel bayonet.
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Soon afterwards, these fabricated trench knives were used in defensive close-quarters trench warfare, and such fighting soon revealed limitations in existing designs.
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229:. Many standardized versions were made by government contractors and officially issued. Most had slab wooden grips and metal sheaths and were sturdily made.
697:(2001): In 1915, Lt. Col. Coutrot, an artillery officer, was serving as the officer-in-charge of the military acceptance board for machine guns made by MAC (
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409:. The M3 knife and all of these bayonets fit in the M8A1 scabbard, officially designated as the "Scabbard, Bayonet Knife, M8A1," with the
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925:, American Military History Foundation, American Military Institute, Kansas State University, Dept. of History (1937) Vol. I, p. 153
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Peterson, Harold L., Daggers and
Fighting Knives of the Western World, Courier Dover Publications,
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Eugen von Halász: Deutsche
Kampfmesser Band I. Militär-Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1996,
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Eugen von Halász: Deutsche
Kampfmesser Band II. Militär-Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Melbeck 2009,
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Fighting Knives: Illustrated Guide to
Fighting Knives and Military Survival Weapons of the World
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260:. Though not a true "trench knife" per se, the Fairbairn-Sykes was used for similar purposes.
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Blending Metals to Arm Our Fighting Men, Popular Science, Vol. 142 No. 6 (June 1943), p. 104
300:, most Mark I knives were completed too late to see service in the trenches of World War I.
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39:. An example of a World War I trench knife is the German Army's
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Grabendolche: Militärische Kampfmesser des Ersten Weltkriegs
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54:, was developed into new designs. On the German side, the
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Johnson, Thomas M., LTC (Ret.) & Wittmann, Thomas T.:
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Johnson, Thomas M., LTC (Ret.) & Wittmann, Thomas T.:
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594:, Washington, D.C: U.S. Army Ordnance Publications (1943)
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were similar in design and are usually known today as
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Letters Patent No. 1,315,503 issued September 9, 1919
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in World War II, and fighting-utility knives made by
341:knife and its oversized knuckleduster grip handle.
961:Somers, R.H. (Brig. Gen., U.S. Army, ret.) (ed.),
612:Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation
115:used a section of the M1886 Lebel's long, narrow
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795:Collecting the Edged Weapons of Imperial Germany
774:Collecting the Edged Weapons of Imperial Germany
913:, Washington, D.C.: United States Patent Office
838:, Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record
50:, the trench knife, by this time also called a
2455:Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association
196:. Others were more specialised types, such as
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797:, Vol. I, Privately published, 1988, p. 317.
319:design with a double-edged blade and a heavy
139:
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854:, Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers,
663:, Boston, MA: James T. Duane (1922), p. 76
720:"French Theatre Knives at FightingKnives"
881:Blade's Guide To Knives And Their Values
835:KNIFE - U.S. KNIFE MODEL 1918 MKI TRENCH
298:Couteau Poignard Mle 1916 dit Le Vengeur
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240:was widely issued to forces such as the
125:Couteau Poignard Mle 1916 dit Le Vengeur
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176:British and Commonwealth trench knives
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852:U.S. INFANTRY WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
685:Roquier, Roger, and Lecoeur, Gérard,
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103:consisted of a long, needle-pointed,
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699:Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault
164:German trench knives carried during
985:The Complete Book Of Knife Fighting
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1721:Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife
689:, Paris: Editions Crépin-Leblond,
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592:Catalog of Standard Ordnance Items
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492:, similar blade to a trench knife.
370:Catalog of Standard Ordnance Items
288:Mark I brass knuckles Trench Knife
97:Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel M1886/14
14:
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2246:W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
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71:With the exception of the German
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879:Shackleford, Steve, ed. (2009),
292:This design was followed by the
2017:Columbia River Knife & Tool
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776:, Vol. I, Privately published,
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2115:Korin Japanese Trading Company
1357:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
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679:
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518:, derived from a trench knife.
238:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
1:
2518:World War II infantry weapons
1257:Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
522:
2513:World War I infantry weapons
563:, Avery Publications Group,
221:expeditions, backed up with
7:
2450:American Bladesmith Society
1987:Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
1919:U.S. Marine Raider stiletto
687:Les couteaux de nos soldats
478:
200:with a roughly cylindrical
109:Épée-Baïonnette Modèle 1886
91:A more elegant form of the
10:
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818:Crowell, Benedict (1919),
363:The U.S. Army adopted the
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1957:American Tomahawk Company
1937:
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428:and other manufacturers.
315:. The Mark I featured a
140:German Army trench knives
113:Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel
101:Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel
1982:Camillus Cutlery Company
701:) located in the French
614:, Greenwood Publishing,
413:(NSN) 1095-00-508-0339.
2293:Zwilling J. A. Henckels
2075:Gerber Legendary Blades
1191:Japanese kitchen knives
1072:List of blade materials
883:, Krause Publications,
747:, Casemate Publishers,
418:stiletto-shaped daggers
330:ostensibly shaped as a
2276:Yoshida Metal Industry
2140:Medford Knife and Tool
2002:Clauss Cutlery Company
1865:Microtech Jagdkommando
1693:Yarara Parachute Knife
289:
43:(close combat knife).
24:
2288:Zero Tolerance Knives
2261:Western Knife Company
2170:Ontario Knife Company
2042:Ek Commando Knife Co.
983:Cassidy, William L.,
941:New Army Trench Knife
447:Frederick J. Stephens
438:Wolfgang Peter-Michel
411:National Stock Number
287:
127:began to replace the
22:
2208:SOG Specialty Knives
850:Canfield, Bruce N.,
674:www.civilwarhome.com
432:Reference literature
422:Marine Corps Raiders
254:Special Boat Service
16:Type of combat knife
2180:Randall Made Knives
2032:Dalian Hanwei Metal
1947:Aitor Knife Company
1861:Mark I trench knife
1674:Verlängerungsmesser
1277:Ballpoint pen knife
511:Trench raiding club
501:Mark I trench knife
354:Hughes Trench Knife
350:Hughes Trench Knife
258:Special Air Service
67:Early trench knives
2460:Knifemakers' Guild
2331:John Nelson Cooper
1992:Chris Reeve Knives
1726:Arkansas toothpick
1500:Pantographic knife
1267:Balisong/Butterfly
634:, Crescent Books,
401:, and finally the
290:
250:Parachute Regiment
150:close combat knife
25:
2523:Fist-load weapons
2490:
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2251:Carl Walther GmbH
1003:(1997), pp. 47-48
1001:978-0-87364-029-9
889:978-1-4402-0387-9
868:978-0-917218-67-5
761:978-1-932033-96-0
745:Deutsche Soldaten
648:978-0-517-41266-4
577:978-0-89529-309-1
548:978-0-486-41743-1
472:978-3-931533-35-9
375:U.S. Army Rangers
365:M3 fighting knife
344:In 1918, Captain
242:British Commandos
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2374:William F. Moran
2354:Phill Hartsfield
2145:Microtech Knives
2092:Imperial Schrade
2087:Glock Ges.m.b.H.
1635:Swiss Army knife
1151:Grapefruit knife
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264:US trench knives
234:Second World War
48:Second World War
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2429:Buster Warenski
2419:Robert Terzuola
2384:Ralph Osterhout
2349:Bill Harsey Jr.
2326:Blackie Collins
2297:
2266:Wilkinson Sword
1933:
1869:Parrying dagger
1856:Liaoning dagger
1702:
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1226:Unagisaki hōchō
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1067:List of daggers
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305:airborne troops
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211:pickaxe handles
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