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<p>[QUOTE="charlie cheswick, post: 136037, member: 853"]Quote from web</p><p><br /></p><p>At the beginning of WWII, there was a large demand and a short suply of knives for the troops. Many troops either made their own or had a machine shop make them a knife. They used whatever raw material was available, for both blades and handles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plexiglass or aluminum of downed aircraft often became handle material.</p><p><br /></p><p>Blades came from spring steel, files, and cut down swords and machetes.</p><p><br /></p><p>These knives became known as “Theater Knives”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="charlie cheswick, post: 136037, member: 853"]Quote from web At the beginning of WWII, there was a large demand and a short suply of knives for the troops. Many troops either made their own or had a machine shop make them a knife. They used whatever raw material was available, for both blades and handles. Plexiglass or aluminum of downed aircraft often became handle material. Blades came from spring steel, files, and cut down swords and machetes. These knives became known as “Theater Knives”[/QUOTE]
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