"US & ALLIED MILITARY KNIVES VOL 2" WW2 CASE EK WESTERN OSS KNIFE REFERENCE BOOK

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US and Allied military knives, bayonets, and machetes of WW2 have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading noted knife expert Bill Walters, a contemporary of M.H. Cole and Larry Thomas, to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 2018. This "US & ALLIED MILITARY KNIVES VOL. 2" WW2 CASE EK WESTERN OSS KNIFE REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts an elegantly illustrated dust jacket over hardcovers, and sports 676 pages full of descriptive text, (a few) period pictures, and color photographs of US and Allied military edged weapons of WW2, including M-1905 bayonets, M-1917 and Mk. 1 trench knives, Everitt, Messenger, Shipley, Stelzig, M.H. Cole, and Taylor Huff knuckle knives, all kinds of custom/small scale production fighting knives by Anderson, Ek, Grieshaber, Kennedy Arms, Kephart, Langbein, Moore, Murphy, Randall, Richtig, Ruana, Woroniecki, Leo Baker, Merrill Brown, and Floyd Nichols, some great Wilkinson made Fairbairn-Sykes daggers, various "Patton saber" fighting knives, tons of Australian made F-S style daggers, V-44 style bowies, and knuckle knives, Chindit bowies and daggers, the RAF Servicing Commando knife, wonderful sections on the Navy Mk. 1, Navy Mk. 2, and USMC Ka-Bar, Western fighters such as the L-76, L-77, and G46-8, Case "pig stickers", screw pommel survival knives, and stilettos, the Western W-31 Paramarine knife, OSS stilettos and smatchets, Marine Raider stilettos and Collins green horn handle "Gung Ho" bowie knives, the correct scabbards for all of those gorgeous edged weapons, and a plethora of other invaluable information. A beautiful example of a "US & ALLIED MILITARY KNIVES VOL. 2" WW2 CASE EK WESTERN OSS KNIFE REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a rare, original Portuguese Angola War SADF 32BN FAPLA LIZARD CAMOUFLAGE HBT FIELD COMBAT SHIRT in near mint condition, boasting the classic single exposed button flap closure pleated chest pockets, and retaining nearly 100% of the vibrant Portuguese lizard camouflage colors.
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