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This knife is commonly misidentified and unscrupulous dealers and collectors will sell them as special, rare knives. Do you know what this combat knife is?

[@davidazteca8989]

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[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Thanks for the sub! James is a great guy and I was happy to be able to surprise him.

[@javajoy100]

Doesn't it say KA- BAR on the left side of the guard? The grip has a Western G46 profile but clearly the blade appears MK2. If I had to guess, it left the factory without the spaces cut.

[@javajoy100]

Couldn't find an example in Bill Walters book II.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

This is a knife assembled by a company called Weske after WW2 from surplus parts. These knives are commonly misrepresented as UDT/SEAL knives, which they are not.

[@KaylynnStrain]

knife a copy ??? maybe a fake ???

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Oh, very close! I'll say this: the parts are originals...

[@larpingtonboogecke]

A lot of speculation has been made about the smooth handled M2 knives being UDT issued. But anyone could sand out the grooves on the handle.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Indeed, but they are not UDT knives. These knives were assembled by a company called Weske, that sold them on the surplus market. The UDT story came about from unscrupulous dealers trying to make a killing on knives assembled after the war from surplus parts.

[@larpingtonboogecke]

@@FreeAmericaChannel I'm happy to hear that. Now let's get to the bottom of the chrome blade M2

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

@@larpingtonboogecke Oh yes! We can do a video on that too!