Original U.S. WWII Pacific Theater Made Machete Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard Snider Rifles & Bayonets 25" long backsight leaf

25" long backsight leaf

the manufacturers initials FFD and one leader is stamped with the date 1918

the battalions also had to be prepared to destroy the line it operated

[SEP]T 12TH 1848

and it comes complete with its period wooden ram rod

Original U.S. WWII Pacific Theater Made Machete Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard Snider Rifles & Bayonets 25" long backsight leafOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful U. S. WWII "Theater Made" machete style fighting knife, 15 inches in length, with a heavy 10 5 8 inch long blade. These knives were made by the armorers and engineers, usually in the Pacific theater. The large capital ships needed to have skilled fabricators on board to make repairs and modifications to weapons and gear. Usually the blades were made from existing weapons or from steel components,