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Name this bolo knife.

This is probably an easy one for folks here.

What model is this bolo knife? When was it fielded? By what unit? :munchin

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Originally Posted by SF0 (Post 267354)

This is probably an easy one for folks here.

What model is this bolo knife? When was it fielded? By what unit? :munchin

M1904 Bolo,
designed for medical personnel to cut poles for litters and tents and for jungle ops.
Thats all I know.

US Hospital Corps knife, model 1904
Produced as a general utility blade, it was issued in great quantities during the Frist World War. The wood grips are contured for the fingers on one side, and a canvas wrist thong is normally tied through the pommel. The Blade style is quite distinctive in being rounded at the tip, with a continuation of the sharpened edge roundthe tip to the back of the blade.
Scabbard patterns are of canvas with a brass throat and a ridged steel belt loo[..
Sound right?

Pretty good. This particular one has been used to chop kindling wood for a few years. :eek:

Some info courtesy of springfieldedge.com:

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The M-1904 Hospital Corps Knife was the first of the modern Springfield Armory made edged weapons to carry a serial number. Designed for use by the U. S. Army Medical Corps, over 40,000 Hospital Corps Knives were made at the Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA between 1904 and 1914, however, none have been found with the 1906 date. According to archive correspondence, the first 236 knives were issued without serial numbers, but at the request of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, the Springfield Armory began the serial numbering process with number 237 and continuing upward. Previously issued knives were recalled for numbering, but a very small number of knives without serial numbers have survived. The lowest known serial number is 264. Contrary to many stories, the knife was not designed for "field expedient amputations", but the look in the novice's eyes often make the tale worth the telling.

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Originally Posted by SF0 (Post 267359)

Pretty good. This particular one has been used to chop kindling wood for a few years. :eek:

Ouuch!!:(