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H037759 CLOSE COMBAT/TRENCH KNIFE. (Nahkampfmesser)
BACKGROUND: Although hunting and fighting knives had been around for centuries it wasn’t until WWI that the close combat/trench knife truly came into its own. The bayonets of the period proved to be too long, heavy and unwieldy in close combat situations which led to some soldiers privately purchasing hunting style knives for use in the field. By 1915 the German blade manufacturers recognized a demand for the smaller close combat/trench knives and a number of them started to produce them in greater quantities. The smaller close combat/trench knives became quite popular and saw widespread usage. This popularity was not lost on the blade manufacturers and at the beginning of WWII many started to produce a wide range of close combat/trench knives in both ordnance issue and private purchase versions with numerous minor variations.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The knife features a roughly, 5 1/4" long, drop forged steel construction, non-fullered, blade with a long top swedge and a full length, including the hilt, of roughly, 9 1/2". The blade shows light surface spotting and scratching and some light sharpening scars. One side of the blade is well marked with the deeply stamped manufacturer’s name and location, "H. Böker & Co. Solingen". The knife has a small, steel cross guard with one slightly upward curved, bulbous arm and a smaller downward curved, pointed tip arm. The knife has nicely contoured, carved, plastic impregnated wooden grips with nine, diagonally angled "grip" grooves to each side. The grips are secured to the blade tang by three, small, flush, flat headed steel rivets. The scabbard is absent.
GRADE ***1/2 PRICE $476.00
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