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03-08-2011, 05:17 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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So I'm cleaning the garage, and sorting through/consolidating my late stepfather-in-laws tools and came across this...  A quick search on the net shows that its a WWII era USMC pocket knife.  |
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03-08-2011, 05:19 PM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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very cool find, i'd like to get one like that, as a handy knife to have with me all the time, but rustic and cool at the same time too.
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03-08-2011, 05:29 PM
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A can opener, a bottle opener, a butter knife, and a short stabbing utensil?
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03-08-2011, 05:42 PM
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03-08-2011, 05:48 PM
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03-08-2011, 05:50 PM
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Probably for open cans of Hi-C fruit punch. Remember that? Big hole for drinking, small hole for ventilation.
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03-08-2011, 05:53 PM
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03-08-2011, 06:58 PM
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Not sure if they were exacly like that, but that looks really close to the standard govt issue knives my dad used to have around the house when I was a kid. I think I have one in my tool box in the garage. Mine were not WWII era, probably more likely Vietnam issue.
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03-08-2011, 07:13 PM
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03-08-2011, 08:28 PM
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Very cool find Semper Fi! |
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03-08-2011, 08:42 PM
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damn fred for a canadian you sure know a lot about american military knives lol
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03-08-2011, 08:46 PM
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Very nice, Just throwing this out there, but if this is a "demo" knife the the stabby bit my be for poking a hole into explosives for the detonator  |
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03-08-2011, 08:49 PM
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03-08-2011, 09:43 PM
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Gotcha I thought it may have been a special issue for the demolition guys.
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03-08-2011, 09:44 PM
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Cool find! |
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03-08-2011, 10:25 PM
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That is awesome............Think the punchy thing might be an "awl"? Dunno, might be talking out my ass. But one thing I know for sure......We wouldn't be playing with toys if it weren't for people like your step father in law!
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03-08-2011, 10:30 PM
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Actually, he was in the Navy and got out just as Vietnam became official (I got a funny story why...) . Not sure where the knife came from. I could ask him, but, you know...  | |
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03-08-2011, 11:37 PM
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03-09-2011, 12:00 AM
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I'm not sure if my dad brought these home from the Navy during the Vietnam conflict or he got them at work (He was in the Navy 8 years and worked for the Dept of Commerce until he reitred back aroud 98.) I'll try to remember to ask him tomorrow to find out their history. Hopefully, my aren't anything to special. I've abused them. Heck, I think I used one to cut sod when I installed my lawn. Last edited by Skeeno; 03-09-2011 at 12:06 AM. | |
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03-09-2011, 12:03 AM
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The "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" (the second one, involving the ship Turner Joy) happened just as he was about to re-up his enlistment. According to reports, the Turner Joy was in a sea battle against Vietnam ships and was heavily damaged, which gave Pres. Johnson the power to engauge Vietnam in a more or less official war. Which he did. You know the rest. According to my sf-i-l, shortly after that incident the TJ came to in port where he was stationed, and much to his shock and surprise, it was no worse for wear than when it left. He pretty much said "fawk this bullchit" and shipped home when his tour was up. Fast forward to 2005 when many Vietnam era documents were declassified. In those documents, you'll find that the TJ never was attacked, and that its distress call and subsequent reports were false. You'll also find that Pres. Johnson was alerted to this fact shortly after he made the decision to attack Vietnam, but didn't do anything about it. So, either A) somebody made a collosal screw up, or B) Johnson needed an excuse and somebody fabricated one. | |
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