Be sure to check out our store frequently as new knives are added to our inventory regularly. Totally unmarked except for brass butt cap engraved with the initials r. Us military knives bayonets and machetes by cole abebooks. It doesnt matter when a certain knife comes up several times. Silveys knives of the united states military world war ii, page 175, measures. But for about the cost of one original cole s book you can get. One of our most popular items here in our military knives section is our selection of genuine us military bayonets, including the iconic m7 bayonet with m10. One of the 6 knives is pictured on page 129 of pete hamiltons book and another one is on page 114 of domonique beaucants second book. This triangular bladed trench knife is 14 inches in overall length with a 9 inch blade. The other option would be to sell them as a bundle, but for that you would need to find someone that is willing to fork over the money and would have a use for them, like someone doing an updated book on us military knives.
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