Original U.S. WWII Australian-Made Large Cog Guard Knuckle Bowie Style Fighting Knife With Leather Scabbard Japanese Army especially for being an earlier

especially for being an earlier issued example

Union Cutlery of Olean

This grouping was originally obtained directly from the solider's widow

In 1809 the design was revised

Louis Bonaparte

Original U.S. WWII Australian-Made Large Cog Guard Knuckle Bowie Style Fighting Knife With Leather Scabbard Japanese Army especially for being an earlierOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely, possibly converted V44 Bowie knife knife that measures 14 inches long overall, with a 9 inch clip point blade. The blade is 2 inches wide at the widest point. It is offered in very good condition without leather sheath with cast brass knuckle knife hilt, and teeth or cogs cast into the guard. While long ago identified as the "1st Battalion Ranger" knife in Harold Peterson's book American Knives,