Hello folks, here are my only two Spanish blades. The bayonet I think is pretty common? The knife I was told was a commando knife? Any info on it would be great. Thank you.
Andrew
Hello folks, here are my only two Spanish blades. The bayonet I think is pretty common? The knife I was told was a commando knife? Any info on it would be great. Thank you.
Andrew
Hi Andrew , sorry for the late reply , i have not seen the commando knife with the "bolo" shaped blade before and have struggled to get any info on it , so i assume it is quite a scarce item . You probably already know the blades are marked with the " FN "and " FNT" the National Arsenal mark of Fabrica Nacional , Toledo . The "bolo" blade was the distinctive shape of the 1941 bayonet and your examples look (from the photos ) to have the earlier wood chequered grips , and these were occasionally replaced by plastic on later refurbished examples . Sorry there`s not much on your knife but if i get more on it i will let you know ! I really like these two examples and thanks for showing them
REGARDS AL
We are the Pilgrims , master, we shall go
Always a little further : it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea...
Hi Alan,
thanks for taking a look. i almost gave up on hearing anything on this thread. both do have wood grips. the small knife is interesting. i seem to recall looking it up about 10 years ago, but now i cant find any information on it.
andrew
Hi Andrew , they certainly make a great pairing , and i`m going to go further with this as i would like to know more
REGARDS AL
We are the Pilgrims , master, we shall go
Always a little further : it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea...
Very interesting stuff there Andrew. I'm like you, I have missplaced far more information on my stuff then what I have on hand. I need to be a better record keeper.
Jay
hi jay,
your not kidding about forgetting some things. this getting old is for the birds. all i can remember on the knife was that it was a commando knife. now trying to look it up i find nothing. i know this one is not home made lol.
andrew
Almost missed this thread. Nice items. Thanks for sharing and sorry I cannot help ID.
Regards
The other knife is a bayonet for the Mauser Coruña 1943 rifle, on the left side are the marks of the Toledo National Factory: an F superimposed with an N (large letters), under the word TOLEDO (with smaller capital letters forming a semi-arc with the T and O directed upwards) and above the F and N is a crown; Rich right side numbering and below the serial number (perhaps as the "Argentine Models" from Solingen that began with a letter and continued with 4 digits) or numbering corresponding to the rifle that accompanied.
His fame is not only in Spain: he appears in the film "First Blood" in the scene where Johnny is remembered as a prisoner in Vietnam and a Vietnamese officer cutting his chest with the bayonet 1943, Perhaps the film's producers were informed that certain units from the EVN or the Viet Cong used that type of knife-bayonet (everything is possible). It is a whole mystery of why that and not another of the oriental type, but “the good thing” is that this beautiful Spanish Bayonet was chosen.
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