M2 switchblade trivia
I have stated on my website in the past that I never acquired a M-2 knife from any 101st WW2paratrooper that did not have the lanyard staple on the end of the handle. This changed recently, whenI...
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To share with you, this is the only one M2 that i have from the battlefield, this one have the lanyard staple.I found This one in a farm near Turqueville:RegardsBen
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Aw man! And I just sold my M2 Without the staple! Looks like I should have hung onto it. haha -Alex
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I also just sold my M2 without staple here in Europe about 3 months ago. Got Euro 250,- for it, so about USD340,- at the time.This was about the same as what i paid for it 3 years ago. It came from a...
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Here are the 2 knives I spoke about in the opening post of this thread.The top example comes from the effects of William Commons E Co 2/501 PIR and it isthe first 101st-attributed M-2 knife with no...
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This shows the ricasso markings on the same 2 knives illustrated above.
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holeshotrob wrote:Alex.....how much did you get for it?I got $350.00 for it. Pretty good since I only paid $100.00 for it.
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That settles it... I have to own one someday. Very cool. -Travis Zickefoose
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...in M42 jacket. The trooper is familiar to those who attend the TTConventions. He was in HQ/2 501 LMG and the companion photo tothis appears in my last book, '101st Airborne-The Screaming Eagles...
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I remember reading somewhere that these were not "well made" as far as a switchblade goes and that they were treated as "use and throw-away" knives. These definitely don't look cheap though... are...
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I don't know if anyone deliberately discarded them, but a lot of troopers lostthese knives in various circumstances and those who managed to retain one usuallyvalued them pretty highly in postwar...
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Thanks for the extra information. I didn't think they were considered cheap by any means, but thought I'd read somewhere that they were made for only short term use. I may be completely mistaken or...
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Jacob Fuss was issued this knife in 1942 at Ft Bragg, while a member of the 502 PIR.He was transfered to the 377th before combat and went to Normandy, Holland andBastogne as a member of Battery A,...
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I re-watched the Holland episodes last week and I got a lot of criticismfor pointing out the wrong helmet nets were used in my critique. I stillstand behind that criticism, because just look at all...
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An added question concerning the mesh nets. On a lot of pictures of the Son, Eindhoven region, you will see troopers of the 506 PIR with the small mesh nets with helmet scrim (I think that is the...
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Mr Peeters-I have also seen a photo or two of that being added to the small meshnets in Eindhoven. I do not know which company is depicted but willtry to find out, in my future discussions with 506th...
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I have always thought that the troopers that wore the mesh nets with scrim belong to 3-506 PIR, I more or less base that on spots where the pictures have been taken and the routes they took when they...
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Hi Mark, The paratrooper with the M-2 paratrooper knife/M-1942 jacket is that notGlen Derber. Good info/post once again. Mike B.
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See page 236 of my latest book, for the companionphoto of Glen holding the opened knife toward the camera.
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