A complete reference book for knives of the United States, British, and Allied Forces, 19th century to modern day. This volume compiles together sixty-seven of the best military knife articles from the past twenty years of Knife World magazine. Authors include Frank Trzaska, Mike Silvey, William A. Windrum, Fred Bratmon, Steve Dick, Dennis Ellingsen, Bill Karsten, Don Lawrence, Dave Murphy, Harvey Reisberg, Eugene W. Stone, Richard White, and Bill Wright.
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Very Useful Compendium,
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This review is from: Military knives: A reference book (Paperback)
One of the most wide ranging knife magazines published in the last thirty years is Knife World, which combines user reports, book reviews, historical articles, and personal experiences. As the magazine is published in tabloid format on newsprint, it is difficult to store and over the years deteriorates. In any case, keeping the whole issue is not usually an option for most of the ads and remisniscences have no residual value to collectors or historians. Thus over the years there have been three selected "Best of Volumes" the last of which appeared in the eighties. Military issue designs and personal knives carried by service personnel have always been a big collectible interest but until the nineties there was little available except the albums of drawings compiled by M.H. Cole, now deceased. These served and still serve as identification guides but the last one came out in the 70s and they are notorious for mistaken IDs and misattributions. Though some special books have come out in recent years including the splendid photo studies of M.H. Silvey, John Bruning's OSS Weapons and the now almost unavailable work on Allied Fighting Knives by Buerlein, there has long been a need for more definitive work. Well, this is not it but it will certainly prove useful to the collector of US blades, both utility pocket patterns and sheath knives. The subjects range from the ubiquitous GI General Purpose Pocket Knife which has been made in the millions through the many sheath knives issued by the Navy for aviators and deck hands to the almost unattainable micro variants of British commando daggers and fighting knives. There is lots more to do but this deserves a place on the shelf of every serious collector of US military patterns. As to bayonets and other edged weapons (swords and sabres), those subjects have been covered in several highly comprehensive books published in many countries in many languages and are not covered in this publication or indeed in Knife World itself. Edged weapons are to be found in such as the ersthwhile Fighting Knives and the currently issued Tactical Knives as well as in various gun and arms publications.
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This book is awesome! I'm a custom knife designer, and I use it as a reference all the time. If you're into military knives, you'll love this book. Lots of pictures and facts.
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