Trench Knife-Knuckle Duster USA 1917/1918

Name: Trench Knife-Knuckle Duster USA 1917/1918
Brand: Antique Weapons
SKU: 31641
Availability: InStock

Country: USA
Date: World War I 1917-
Manufacturer: Unknown
Original
Condition: The item is in fair collectible condition.
Completeness: Knuckle duster without sheath.
Collectible Condition: 4/10.

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Before you is the Trench Knife-Knuckle Duster USA 1917/1918.

Handle made of walnut wood features a knuckle guard that is firmly attached to the tang. Thanks to the seven faceted protrusions, the handle also serves as a knuckle duster. The solid wooden grip had a continuous semicircular iron guard with outwardly protruding spikes, allowing for devastating punches.

Blade is triangular, evenly tapered, and narrowing.
Sheath is absent.
The item has a pleasant patina, a so-called working specimen that has been in the trenches.

Historical Note:

When Americans entered the war in 1917, trench warfare required something different from the long bayonets of the Springfield and Enfield rifles. Therefore, Americans equipped their troops on the Western Front with a special type of close combat weapon that combined two weapons into one, providing the knife handle with knuckle duster features. American companies producing cold weapons, such as American Cutlery, Hemy Disston Sons, and Landers, Frary Clare, began manufacturing the knuckle knife with a 22.86 cm triangular blade, known as the Knuckle Knife M1917.

This weapon significantly influenced the use of knives: its use as a tool was completely excluded, and it was intended solely for hand-to-hand combat. Given the need for this weapon in trench warfare and covert nighttime raids, the U.S. Army Ordnance selected a needle-like blade that easily penetrated warm winter clothing and gear, reaching vital organs of the body.