Military Cutlery of the World

[@TacticalReview]

“... except the campers do occasionally try to kill each other...” I see we attended the same church camp! 😂😂😂

[@lanneydon-ell9970]

I also see he has been campaign with me and my brother's

[@rustybayonetcom]

Did you forget the original bayonet? The plug blade A knife that was just shoved in the barrel for longer reach, before the actual bayonet.

[@Clannantorc704]

That’s a rigging knife. I carried one for year when I was in the marine industry and still carry one every time I’m of the water. The marlin spike is for splicing lines. The key is for undoing shackles that attach to sails or rigging stays.

[@michaelwinters3778]

I've always been a big gun guy I liked knives and bayonets I guess more of a by product of my love for old rifles so I clicked on ur video to pass the time for a couple of minutes not intending on finishing it yet 36 minutes later I'm done and now I know what I'm looking up for the rest of the day thanks for the great video man keep up the great work

[@ullrangtheviking4412]

The Italian navy knife, that is called a "marlin spike" it is used for untying knots. Old world sailors used to wear them around their necks.

[@willjohngibbs]

And horse Hof's

[@bobbyd.3681]

Also used to open up rope cords when splicing rope.

[@cronan1041]

Need a "Top 5 Sporks" video.

[@autismo2440]

Can we do a collab with mersteve for that

[@Dang_Near_Fed_Up]

I'll see your Spork and raise you a Foon. lol

[@andrewjohnston4127]

@@autismo2440 nice

[@scaler1179]

I love these history shows! PLEASE DO MORE!!! I loved this episode!

[@halfeatentacostacos222]

Marlin spike, it’s used in line working. So say you gotta lift something heavy so you make a knot in a line it’s gonna get tight and the spike is used to bunch into the knot and wiggle it around to break it loose

[@terencegamble4548]

Hi Eric, The knife you showed at the end of the video is a British army pattern and can be had with and without the rigger's marlin spike. The split blade is a crude can opener. I got mine as military surplus over 50 years ago and it still lives in the toolbox in my car. My dad had one when doing his national service in the early 1950s. Thanks for your great videos.

[@navveteran9944]

That French navy knife had a marlin spike on the back and the other blades were used for work with nets and line rigging

[@cannonball666]

I would consider a spike bayonet more stabbery than cutlery.

[@larryw5429]

Winner comment of the day lol!

[@Zooumberg]

The thing with the spike is that it goes between the ribs far easier than a blade.

[@chriswaltemath6037]

Spike bayonet/flat head screwdriver...dual surviving

[@commiesnzombies]

i did not see my 2 favorite mil issue blades...the okc-3 marine bayonet is the best bayonet / utility / fighting / survival blade and the orange handle camillus paratrooper switchblade

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Combat before firearms was up close and personal, not for the faint of heart.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Combat with firearms is even more brutal and gory...

[@MonkeyGus]

@@SonsOfLorgar I'm pressing X on that one, seeing someone drop from a 300-600 meter shot from a rifle is definitely less brutal and messy than bludgeoning someones head open from 2 feet away with a battle hammer.

[@commiesnzombies]

cannot imagine how bloody the battlefields were before repeating firearms, every skirmish would turn into a bayonet charge of disembowling bloody screaming carnage, i would rather just get shot than watch my intestines spill out on the ground and get stepped on

[@rs2085]

@iraqveteran8888 the m5 bayonet is for the M1 garand. That lug goes into the end cap of the gas port on the garand system. My hometown used to make those bayonets and I collect them lol.

[@jakudahsymba5453]

The riggers knife spike end is called a Marlin Spike it’s used to help break knots loose in rope

[@bobbyhood101]

The cruciform also keeps the blade from sticking in the enemy's body there's a condition were if you stab with a conventional blade that the tissue creates a vacuum around it and cause it to be difficult to withdraw!

[@jimrustle643]

2 reasons to have a serrated/claw like muzzle break: 1. Can somewhat replace the bayonet due to it's sharp prongs and edges 2. Can jab into wood, flesh, etc., and fire rounds while it's impaled into your target.

[@stevenrider9632]

the cruciform was also for stiffening the blade

[@constitution_8939]

Yes, it certainly gave it Much More strength and durability... it ain't gonna' Break Off in a body.

[@Drexus76]

that's all it was for.... There is no such thing as a "blood groove".

[@gjssjg]

Man, we're from Armies on the other side of the planet from each other but the way you describe bayonets and how they're looked on from a soldiers perspective just hits home with me too.

[@Eurotrash4367]

32:30 - That's a can opener designed to open hermetically sealed metal containers. It works like the key on a can of Spam to unpeel the airtight/watertight seal commonly found on Naval supplies.

[@benjaminvanlier7990]

On the past folding Mariners knife, the spike is a mariners spike, for forcing open knots

[@benjaminvanlier7990]

I have actually heard it called all of the above, I think mariners spike is proper nomenclature, whereas I always call it by riggers spike

[@kevinmogensen9683]

That knife with that part you dont know what it is. It's a sailors riggers knife and that spike is called a "marlin spike". You use it too undo knots in haus line or splicing lines togeather. I carry one when I fish and my bait caster spools up to undo a birds nest right quick. Also did work as an underwater welder and they are super handy

[@cannonball666]

The cruciform bayonet was not designed to inflict hard to repair wounds. That was just an unintended byproduct of it's design. The design added multidirectional strength to a long narrow bayonet.

[@brucebelvin2058]

Yep. And another myth is that the Hague outlawed cruciform bayonets. They did not as they continued to be produced in SKS, Mosin, SMLE, etc.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

The Mora 2000 knife is also the standard issue utility knife in the Swedish armed forces. There is a bayonet for the previous service rifle, but it's only issued in case of mobilisation.

[@Soff1859]

I was in nepal like 5 years ago and really everyone who is even remotely security related carries a kukri. Private security guards at hotels would have this as their only weapon. No baton, no pepper spray, no gun. Just a kukri. Many Police officers would also carry only a kukri and a rusty old FN FAL. Again no extensive belt with any non lethal weapons, comms, first aid equipment or even handcuffs or spare ammo for the rifle. Seems they only had one or two mags and a kukri.

[@kingpin76110]

You typically don’t sew up small puncture wounds anyway. There is bacteria packed deep into the wound channel and they have to be irrigated daily for the first few days to minimize infection.

[@OhBoysPaintball]

The Italian navy Knife is very similar to the British/commonwealth military folding pocket knife. I think multiple country’s were using these types in the 20th century.

[@rustyknifelover4463]

The pocket knife was used by sailors. The spike is for knot work. The fork looking piece is a can opener.

[@josefckngai6114]

32:16 that's a seaman knife. issued to personnel with rope work duty. That thick spike is designed for making splice and bulleyes

[@colsoncustoms8994]

That big spike on the folding blade might be for prying open knots. Called a Rigging knife and would be used on ships (I think).

[@the_last_rangefinder_society]

Fascinating. Thankyou for taking the time to put this together

[@l.d.leiter8038]

Love these history videos about guns and fighting in general, definitely shows a different side of the enthusiast. Most people wouldn't think gun owners are interested in history, engineering, etc. which I think is a huge part of the hobby/lifestyle.

[@MilfHunterActual]

The Mosin bayonet has an extra cool little purpose the tip is a flat head screwdriver and can be used to tighten the rifles action screws in the field if needed, i didn't have a flat head screwdriver on hand so i used the bayonet and it worked fine

[@jamesstewart4211]

The last one u dont know is a naval knife the spike is for undoing the rigging n the fork is actually a old style of a can opener

[@garfield2042]

The modern little german knife (otter mercator) actually is around since the end of the 19th century and was never (at least in germany) a military knife. But a lot of german soldiers owned and carried them, that i was long believed they were issued by the military in ww1/2. They are even nowadays in production ;)

[@georgegordonbrown9522]

Gott sei dank.

[@jeramyw]

Love my OD Green M9 Lancay. They also have a sharpening stone on the sheath. You can flip the blade so it cuts upward like an AK. I wonder what the US military doctrine thinks about that.

[@Muleskinner-yr9im]

Love all your videos as always, love all of these historical weapons.

[@kylewiley1269]

Thanks for the Vid Eric. Enjoying from up in Canada. I appreciate that you were letting people know that warfare is a constantly evolving and fluid thing. From one retired serviceman to another thanks for keeping the passion for responsible gun ownership and use alive.

[@jeanniebuchholz9923]

New drinking game......every time Eric says OK. I'm drunk and 27 drinks behind, I just can't pour fast enough. Hehe.

[@clarencesmith467]

Or when he with Chad and say "that's right!"🤣🤣🤣

[@joelkelly169]

The spike on the Italian Navy knife is to loosen knots on the ropes on the ship

[@scottriley1913]

The only death in combat worse than by hard thick steel is being burned up by a flame thrower.

[@offerarms2634]

I believe the spike is used to assist in untying knots. My father was in the Navy for 20 years and had several of these. I vaguely remember him saying something about untying knots when I was a kid.

[@mallardtheduck406]

The triangular blade bayonet is basically the descendant of the smallsword. I had that exact model of Mauser bayonet, got it in a box full of bayonets covered in Axle grease.

[@martinschroppel3954]

the Mercator never was official Standard Issue, but is one of the oldest folding Knifes known to be widely used in the military, it has the nickname "Kaiser Wilhelm Messer" which should give a clue as to how long that boy is around... also it´s my goto EDC Knife, but make sure you buy one with the Carbon Steel Blade, not the stainless one!

[@joshglover2370]

I'm a big knife guy! I've been collecting since I was a kid! I love this video! 😀

[@nicolasgruman635]

Your Italian clasp knife has a Marlin spike for rope, a can opener, a sheep's foot blade and a flat head screwdriver/ prybar

[@neonistic]

The cruciform style also guve the bayonet strength against bending or breaking if it has sideways torque applied to it. And it helps with withdrawal from a flesh wound. That is where the blood groove had to be added on knife style bayonets.

[@Thereal111t]

Nothing like a 20” 590a1 with a bayonet to say ‘get off my lawn.’

[@jayboy9124]

Love my 20" 590a1

[@hp9857]

The british spike bayonet was designed for mine-sweeping. It could also be fixed at the entrenching tool.

[@pantheonauxilia]

10:00 min mark, those grooves and forms were propably intended to provide the blade with stifness more than creating wounds that are harder to stich up. I'll bet the explanation for wounds and letting the blood out are more likely a soldiers tales.

[@nirfz]

More stiffness with less weight. (and cheaper to produce)

[@pantheonauxilia]

@@nirfz Yep, funny that people still believe that those are just for nasty stabs and bleeding the opponent out...

[@heathhalfhill6867]

I love what your doing my brother. I’m an Air Force Veteran from the Gulf War era and have really fallen in to the PCP air gun way of life rabbit hole. Could you enlighten some of our brothers and sisters about this rapidly advancing activity that’s backyard friendly and VERY Therapeutic and relaxing. Since I feel into this rabbit hole, I have completely gotten away from all the meds the VA constantly wants to shove down my thought. Shooting is shooting and these modern airguns are not powder burners and are legal in most states to use in your back yard. Some are even regulated and under 300$ and a hand pump that will put out 4500 psi sells on Amazon for less than 50$. Just trying to help out our families that have been effected by this 20-+ year conflict. Keep up the good fight bud.

[@teatowel11]

The shape of the blade has more to do with making it as rigid and strong as possible while being light, thin and pointed for piercing.

[@robd8577]

"I don't know, whatever" - Iraqveteran8888. Most accurate comment in the video

[@patrickdobbels2342]

I really liked this one. Knives are important.Those little one's with the kukri always had me wondering what they were for. I've got a few of the same one's you have. Thanks.

[@randonwilston]

Would love to see a video comparing WWII bayonets I have a few and it’s neat to compare them

[@M21Karl]

Some bayonets like the M1905 bayonet were used in WWI for the 1903 Springfield and later shortened to be used in WWII for the Garand.

[@patmancrowley8509]

The spike on the Italian pocket knife is for braiding line, making loops etc.

[@patmancrowley8509]

It's been many years but the name came back to me. That spike is called the "Marlin Spike."

[@bradslone8511]

Before I had a bunch of my knife collection stolen I had an old Veitnam M16 bayonet that was a friend of mine that he carried in Vietnam. He knew I collect knives and guns and he gave that bayonet to me when I was about 12 years old and also had an M1 Garand bayonet that was my grandfather's step dads when he served in WWII and it was stolen as well. I wish I still had them. I think about it all the time and remember stories that they would tell me about their days overseas. My grandfather step dad served in the Philippines and I think also Germany in a few battles. And he always told me how much he loved his M1 Garand.

[@MrLaxdadoo]

Not a m14 bayonet it’s for a M1 garand with a star gas block

[@goatmoag]

Thank you kindly for the great content. Looking forward to the new year for what you will be putting out. Have a great new year too.

[@joetexas1546]

My dear friend the plastic c-ration spoon was most cherished! Never left my uniform.

[@danielsmith5023]

That falked part of the knife is an old style rocker can opener

[@donaldmeadows1594]

Kukri fan boy here it stays on my boog wall(looks over to his wall with keltec s2k winchest67a and Nepalese kukri)

[@damiangrouse4564]

This vid shook loose a few memories: my personal purchase service knives were bucks, the 110 carried on my belt to show how macho I was (still have it) and a 305 lancer (smallest buck knife I know of, lost it) that was responsible for returning many F-111As to OR status. I stripped many coax wires to install new connectors on avionics equipment. Memories. Ps. They were very thin cables...

[@frknnutz]

For idiot politicians, I will break out the crayons. Bayonet: It turns a shooty thingy into a stabby thingy.

[@stephenballard2560]

I believe that spike on the end of the pocket knife was for undoing knotts

[@RIH_Photography]

100% crusaform is not to let blood flow it’s to do with weight and Handling of a sword or bayonet

[@MayO_-yf8so]

You should have talked about the Albanian sks bayonet behind you on the wall. Lol. Love the video.

[@Deadly_DoRight]

Cruciforms were a surefire way to stiffen the blade, especially a long blade from cheaper steel, and make it better for thrusting. A flexible blade doesn't thrust well at all. A bending blade can get stuck easily as well. The cruciform was primarily to make sure it went in to the enemy and came back out easily. As for stitching you aren't likely to stich up a cross cavity hole in several organs no matter what the hole is shaped like.

[@dwightehowell8179]

10:12 Many of the stylito shaped blades are made that way to make it harder to sew up and to make a stronger pointy thing. The cruciform simply has a reinforced spine for the most obvious of reasons; to prevent bending in what is otherwise a blade thin enough to bend. He confused the cap lifter with the can opener. It has both. This is about the same thing as their Trecker. I have two of those.

[@Der_Unterholz]

The frog at Min 10:25 is not the original. The frog is a swedish WW2 frog for the M1896 bayonet (...just sayin) Min 29:00, the Swiss Army Knife is in service at the german army. Germany is united since 1990 (no east and west anymore).

[@charlesdriggers199]

The Italiian riggers knife was basically used for rope. The British and I believe the French Navy had them too. The spike is called a marlin spike used to make various knots and the other funny looking blade is really for opening metal barrels and cans.

[@OhSoCheesy]

No K-Bar?? This was a great video. Thanks as always. Happy New Year to you and Chad!

[@christiananton8388]

At the west German pocket knife there comes memories back off my time of duty. We called it the "Bw Stumpf" or "Bw blunt". we use it for really literally everything at campsite or in the workshop. I love it

[@christiananton8388]

And the otter knife were not so widely issued. the mainly issued cuttlery for West germany Soldiers were the Victorinox pocket knife. its issued to literally every military personnel.

[@smartacus88]

I got a remake of a Confederate D Guard Bowie for Christmas. Looks a lot like the Argentine short sword but with a wider blade.

[@jameschippett2177]

Really enjoyed this, especially the history

[@jackrock1313]

Excellent content here 👍 👍👍 👍👍 👍 Enjoyed it while cooking breakfast 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@xSP3CTREx]

You have an amazing collection and knowledge, thanks for sharing with us! Happy New Year!

[@steelpunisher6944]

Very cool history lesson Eric. Nice collection

[@sameepmagar2802]

My country pride khukuri ❤️

[@comcastjohn]

Very fascinating and educational video guys. I really appreciate you guys sharing your knowledge and personal acquisitions. I look forward to your next videos. I hope that ya’ll had a safe and blessed Christmas and have a safe and blessed New Year!

[@bearnicholas3830]

the bayonet that came with the 03A3 and the initial garands were basic pikes, when attached to the rifle.

[@jakedakin1]

The rifle, when dry or disabled, can either become a club or a spear (with the attachment of a bayonet). I prefer a spear.

[@carlbrunet4895]

The spike on the Italian knife is actually a riggers spike. Its used to loosen knots in rigging.

[@byronwilliams2122]

the wire cutting m16 bayo was designed by Buck Knives . yea ! there are two major things to consider when choosing knife steel .cutting edge or shock resistance . a kitchen knife or razor is going to require the ability to be sharpened to a useful edge that lasts or a blade that will stand up to severe stress .

[@Lungorthin666]

9:54 Actually the cruciform bayonet shape was not made because it was harder to treat the wound it creates, the shape is to maximize stiffness of the blade so it doesn't flex when stabbing into thick military coats without adding additional weight or material. The wound shape is just incidental. For spike bayonets, the scalloped sides also reduce surface area when entering a body so the friction the flesh acts on is minimized.

[@stripymccatpuss]

I saw some of those surplus West German army Victorinox knives on the interwebs a few years ago, I bought 4 of them for Christmas presents for me and a few mates, mine sits on my desk next to my pooter so its easy to grab and go. Absolute bargain price.

[@averageamerican1287]

Nice change Eric and as always great video

[@williamhester5016]

Someone has already cemented and said what the marlin spike is and what it is used for. Mainly rope work. The other blade is a crude can opener. I worked on a river boat for a few months and we used the spike to back splice ropes. Or brade them back together.

[@fartx211]

Cruciform and triangular cross sectional thrusting weapons are for maintaining stiffness while using less material or increasing blade length. The last thing you want is your bayonet flexing when trying to stab a guy wearing a thick coat, or hitting a magazine or something. Same design was used in the small sword. Theres a sword channel here on KZbin, Scholagladiatoria which talks about this subject.

[@springer2112]

On the Italian knife. That conical piece of steel is a marlin spike. Used to separate strands of rope to splice lines together or make an eye at the end of a line.😎✌

[@theyorkshirebladesman9119]

Hey love your videos just thought would let you know that The first french bayonet with the brass handle is actually a french chassepot bayonet and not a M80 Gras bayonet.

[@hachimanjiro]

Surprised no Fairbairn Sykes (or Applegate Fairbairn) and no Ka bar

[@robertblake7824]

The only pig sticker I have is on the ol sks haha

[@paulramsey5695]

Ive got my m44 mosin with the attached cruciform bayonet gotta love a prison shank strapped to a flamethrower/war club rifle 😂😂

[@robertblake7824]

@@paulramsey5695 those cruciform bayonets leave a nasty wound

[@heyoldtime8969]

The navy knife has a main blade for cutting line it also has a marlin spike for undoing knots and the third tool was for cutting similar to a seat belt cutter

[@williampalmgren9432]

The swedish also uses their own Mora 2000 as a military knife.

[@guncotton1950]

the sailors knife with the marlin spike also had a shackle wrench - fork shaped

[@dougms9790]

Got a US M1892 KRAG-JORGENSEN bayonet, stamped 1899 and US, has the scabbard, blade is 11 1/2" long total length is 16". Relative used it in Philippine-American War.

[@germnbill]

The German pocket knife you showed is actually not West-German. It is the newer version of the old pocket knife that troops carry. There is a specific holding flap within our Flecktarn trousers inside of the right thigh pocket. The older version, which I got issued in 2003 , was the actual West-German knife. We affectively call it the BW-Stumpf, which pretty much means "Bundeswehr blunt", because it does not retain any kind of edge after a couple of hours of use. We do have specific fighting knives as well. There is the KM2000 and the BW Kampfmesser (Kampfmesser=combat-knife). I was told, but never actually saw this in action, that the old AK-74 bayonet from eastern Germany would be accepted by the G-36 bayonet lug. Guess our material command never got around to bayonet warfare, because it is redundant. Greetings from Germany. Enjoy your videos. Keep on keepin' on.

[@tramlink8544]

a little info, the german survival knife is a cheap variant of the current issue Swiss army Messer 08, which we Swiss soldiers use as an emergancy fighting knife and to open our cans of Chilly Johnny :D :D

[@stevelyons2744]

I think thaw wicked pronged tool was an ancestor to the p38 tin opener that could double for a fork if one was very careful.