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Post by gunner on Apr 5, 2010 18:24:56 GMT -5
all i know is old man johnson still had his, and he was on the 'canal. can't remember if he was 1st or 2nd. i wanna say 2nd, i swear that he talked about the 'long patrol', but that could've been someone else I've spoken to. i think troy, that the V44 is the stilleto type based on the british commando knife and the collins bowie is the big bladed mother of a knife. i could be wrong though, i'll check my reference when I get home. Collins #18 "gung ho" bowie knife. I picked up the 'USMC"/USN Corpsmans bolo for $75.00, all I had to do was replace the handle which I made myself and the rivets. I know this wasn't a Raider blade, but a nice blade though. My leather sheath is in good condition and the knife sits very tight, too tight in it. Now if I can get a WW1 bolo for that price!!! LOL
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Post by troyluginbill on Apr 7, 2010 23:54:11 GMT -5
v44 was the army aircorps designation for it. It was originally made for bail out kits for army, navy aviators. I assume carlson discovered it talking to navy flyers. The collins designation for it was model #18. Carlsons had them on the canal after learning on makin the stilletto was pretty useless. Which oddly wasnt a design problem, the manufacturer changed the production technique which caused the blade to loose temper at the hilt which caused them to snap. The corpsman bolo with a homemade hilt would probably fit in theatre just fine. There seems to be a bunch of trench made PTO knives from both the army and USMC. More common than the ETO? Dont know, but would love to find out.
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Post by gunner on Apr 8, 2010 14:54:55 GMT -5
all i know is it's a stiletto and have never seen a pilot wearing a stiletto! lol whatever the nomenclature is, who cares. i'm not a big fan of mine, the damn blade bent at the hilt and i had to straighent it!!!!
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Post by troyluginbill on Apr 9, 2010 23:35:05 GMT -5
The stilleto is the raider copy of the sykes fairbairn dagger used by the british special forces. The V44 collins #18 machete is the "gung ho" bowie knife. Both are called raiders daggers as both were specially adopted by the raiders. Bending at the hilt is really taking the reenactment to a level of realism . That was basically the problem the originals had because of a bad temper process by the manufacturer. At least it didnt snap when you straightened it.
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Post by gunner on Apr 10, 2010 15:40:15 GMT -5
"The stilleto is the raider copy of the sykes fairbairn dagger used by the british special forces. The V44 collins #18 machete is the "gung ho" bowie knife".............i know.
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Post by gunner on Feb 23, 2016 23:37:21 GMT -5
Due to close relations with the Prez, Carlson and his 2nd Raider Bn landed on Makin with many items not yet in full service of the Corps to include the Bowie, M1 Garand and full M41 pack system (issued during its training and build up phase). Of course by Makin, more units in the Corps had the 41 pack system.
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tootall2
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Post by tootall2 on Jul 3, 2020 12:06:14 GMT -5
I have done extensive study on the Raiders. They had to use what was available to them, and that includes uniforms. NO PINKS! They had Navy khakis and USMC khakis, dyed with coffee grounds. Some used shoe polish, or what ever they could to just darken the khakis. No leggings, because there were not enough of them. A lot more on what found out from a Vet, who was THERE!
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