A salvaged blade

[paulvallandigham]

It doesn't take much of an opening for a knife blade to be slid behind a wall- usually someone trying to stash it in an attic, out of sight, and it slips down the wall, where it can't be retrieved. The handle, pommel, and hilt obviously had been removed, or you would have found them. These modifications were typical of what was done with these military knives. It made them much easier to conceal in a duffle bag, among other gear, so that inspections would not find, and confiscate it from returning soldiers and sailors.

You just don't see those blood grooves on civilian made knives. They show up on some of the older bayonets, and on military knives like I describe. Take a look at the Ka Bar knives shown here:
http://www.usmilitaryswordsonline.com/KABAR-KNIVES_c_54.html

In looking up this information, I learned that while the KA Bar was originally designed for and adopted by the Marine Corps, during WWII, it was soon adopted by the Army, Navy, and other forces. I didn't know it was that widely distributed. :idunno:

 

[longrifle78]

There were lots of civilian knives made with blood grooves. This knife dosent look like a military knife, there were a lot of german hunting knives imported in the 1920-40s with very similar blades.

 

[Stophel]

Hey, very neat knife!

Though it is obviously not a Marble's Ideal, this type of knife with blood grooves goes way back.
http://www.gregquick.com/node/68

 

[the11]

It does not look like a military k-bar to me. The fuller is too long, the ricasso is indented in relation to the blade, it lacks the false edge on the clip point, and it has no military markings on the flat of the ricasso.

It is similar to the k-bar in some ways. But then, the k-bar was similar to a lot of knife styles already in existence.

Anyway, it is a nice looking knife. I wonder who made it?

 

[gmww]

That is beautiful work you've done. You did that knife good! :thumbsup:

 

[Curtis Makamson]

Well, dang it, I thought it had been found. Living in a drawer out in the garage is an old blade that is suspiciously similar to the one featured in these posts. It is lightly stamped “Schrade Walden.” You can just barely read the stamping. At one time the knife in the garage wore a leather washer handle. The Schrade name is old enough to fit the time frame of the house that is mentioned, but, unfortunately, not “Schrade Walden.” According to Wikipedia the Schrade Walden Cutlery Corporation did not come about until 1946.

 

[HiWayMan]

No way that could be a KaBar or similiar WWII knife. Not nearly enough belly in the clip area of the blade. No reason to doubt the OP's info.