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Old 03-08-2013, 01:06 AM
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This a test....

This is a test to see if I can post pics..

This is an Afgani knife made from a German WW1 blade, and artillary shell handle...kinda like a primitive switch blade. Here goes.......
















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Old 03-08-2013, 01:08 AM
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well, Ill figure out how to resize things later!
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Old 03-08-2013, 09:33 AM
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well, Ill figure out how to resize things later!

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Old 03-08-2013, 10:16 AM
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Old 03-08-2013, 10:51 AM
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Wow, huge picture alert. They are so big it is hard to really see all about the knife!


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Old 03-08-2013, 10:59 AM
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Dang! Those aren't pictures, those are billboards!! Remember, PhotoShop is your friend - learn it, love it, use it....


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Old 03-08-2013, 03:34 PM
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Old 03-08-2013, 03:36 PM
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alright, Im getting the hang of things..
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Old 03-08-2013, 03:40 PM
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Much better. And a very clever knife too. Just goes to show, you could pass all the laws you want to pass but if someone wants a weapon they will get a weapon. I have seen guns, even full auto guns, made from old scrap with the same type of ingenuity ....


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Old 03-08-2013, 05:08 PM
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That is pretty cool man I had a similar knife when I was a kid. Are you sure it's not an original piece? I have seen quite a few pictures if these type of knives.

A quick google search shows that its most likely a German ww2 paratrooper dagger.


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Old 03-08-2013, 08:53 PM
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I knife is not mine, but belongs to the german guy that makes my sheaths.
I have no idea if its original piece, just going by what he told me.. Ill ask him more about it.
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Old 03-09-2013, 11:30 AM
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It's a cool knife no matter the story.

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Old 03-09-2013, 04:34 PM
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I have one that is either very similar, or exactly like it. I haven't seen it in years. Packed away somewhere.
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Old 03-10-2013, 07:17 AM
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I remember when I was about 14 a buddy had one of these i thought it was the coolest thing ever. I don't remember his having the lock on the handle though
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Old 03-10-2013, 11:05 AM
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I did some poking about. They are called Paratrooper knives and were manufactured both before and after WWII but were never issued to German troops. Here is a quote.


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Examples of pantographic knives with patent markings D.R.G.M. (Deutsches Reich Gebrauchsmuster) indicate production in Germany during the war, but do not imply military issue. Although this design predates WWII, Records of German paratroopers having genuinely issued pantographic knives have not surfaced. To complicate identification, samples made with German army markings (brass handles with text in English language) seem to be post war (1948) marketing attempts capitalizing on the term Paratrooper.

They were produced In England in the 60's. The stamps on the blade indicates it was probably a production, and here is a pic of one of the Fancy ones.



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