Indians For Guns

Droooooling. ?. Awesome superb magnificent.,, words are not enough

alameinite wrote:Droooooling. ?. Awesome superb magnificent.,, words are not enough

Thank you so much Alameinite



TC

Awesome pics Tcda.

Regards
Moin.

Moin. wrote:Awesome pics Tcda.

Regards
Moin.

Thank you so much bro.... I did acknowledge that two lovely blades were gifts from You



TC

Never had a machete from the World Wars so when I acquired one from a dealer in India about six months ago it was a great relief.... and much more perhaps. The price obviously was high but it didn't really matter because the blade was never used. Now that's what I call a prize catch.

This one is a Legitimus made by Collins and Co USA, the main supplier of machetes to the US and other allies. Each model came with a No and year of manufacture punched on the blade just above the wood or ebonite grip panels. This one is Model No 1250 which my research says was mainly issued to the armoured division of the Canadian army. 1250, if I am not wrong, was the only model that came in a fine leather sheath with copper rivets and brass opener and a short 18 inch overall length. The ones issued to the GI had longer blades and came in hard plastic and canvas sheaths. This one has a fine balance and there is no sign of use. I am not surprised because it is stamped 1945 which basically means the War was coming to an end and this one was perhaps never issued for field use. Good for me. The blade has superficial dark spots but no rust or pitting. So, I just decided to leave it as it came. The leather sheath however has worn away at a few spots. But I guess that only adds to the character. My collection of reading material on the Wars helped me set up the photo session. Hope you guys will enjoy this one. Happy Independence Day

Aha.. A genuine WW2 relic.... Awesome Tcda. A very rare catch indeed. Appears to be patterned after the traditional Bolo Machete of Filipino origin.

Regards
Moin.

Moin, let's plan a visit to TCda's place and steal all his knives and WW2 books!

TCda, your books got me a-drooling all over the keyboard!

Hey TC, what a lovely blade, these were all carbon steel and prone to patina. Gave them character. But note how uncannily all heavy duty blades the world over had the weight forward. The khukri, bolo, machete, parang, Canadian muk. It's only the big Rambo knives that are grossly imbalanced.
Great buy TC, more edges to you. Xpa

Incredible Pics TC... Would love to see you experiment with some of these knives on wood backgrounds.

Moin. wrote:Aha.. A genuine WW2 relic.... Awesome Tcda. A very rare catch indeed. Appears to be patterned after the traditional Bolo Machete of Filipino origin.

Regards
Moin.

Thanks you so much Bhai. Yes its a bolo. The blade has no point, its almost round.

essdee1972 wrote:Moin, let's plan a visit to TCda's place and steal all his knives and WW2 books!

TCda, your books got me a-drooling all over the keyboard!

Essdee, going for a steal would be tough right now
Yes the books are precious to me. However most of the ones you see in the pics are softcovers that used to be published by Orbis Publication London for almost 20 years and priced from 20 to 95 pence.

Thanks Essdee



TC

Lanceman wrote:Hey TC, what a lovely blade, these were all carbon steel and prone to patina. Gave them character. But note how uncannily all heavy duty blades the world over had the weight forward. The khukri, bolo, machete, parang, Canadian muk. It's only the big Rambo knives that are grossly imbalanced.
Great buy TC, more edges to you. Xpa

Thank you so much Lanceman
Yes, I decided to keep the patina for the same reason.
And yes, all the old big blades were scientifically balanced for chopping/ hacking. If you ask me the Rambo knife is just a showpiece

Thanks again. Will show this one to you when we meet again, soon I guess


TC

sandy_3126 wrote:Incredible Pics TC... Would love to see you experiment with some of these knives on wood backgrounds.

Thank you Sandy.... I will keep the wood in mind the next time... and its going to be pretty soon


TC

TC, we shall use that beautiful blade to slaughter a bottle and some seafood in Kolkata next trip soon.

Hi TC what a beautiful blade and that to a ww2 antique congrats
Regards
Nevil

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nevil wrote:Hi TC what a beautiful blade and that to a ww2 antique congrats
Regards
Nevil

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Thank you Nevil. I got more blades, some of them very recently. Keep an eye on this thread



TC

Hi TC sure I will always a pleasure to see what you collect I got a couple of new ones myself [emoji6]
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Nevil

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