Just aquired a knife and I have no idea what it is. I could also use tips on how to restore it.
Apologies for shit lighting.
Will bump with more pictures
Front of the sheath...
Back of the sheath...
>>33510299
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So it's a USN Mk. 2 knife? Did you try googling that?
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/edged-weapons/my-fathers-usn-mk2-knife-127793/
>restore
no. look, you're obviously not old enough to be handling nice things. Please put it into an airtight container full of olive oil and put it on a high shelf away from light. Leave it there until you're 18, then you can come back and show us.
The knife itself doesn't have any markings
>>33510331
Its an old m3 trench knife and it looks like someone tried to make it a full double edge knife
>>33510321
Wowie these look exactly like what I have.
The handle looks, for lack of a better word, gross. The guard is also loose. I have shittons of leather that I could make a new handle with, to better press the guard against the blade. I didn't want to remove the original handle if it was actually worth anything, though.
>>33510355 It has one full edge and one almost-half length edge
Again, guys, I don't want to fuck with anything that's actually rare/valuable, even if it's in poor shape. This just looked like a knife that was bought from a surplus store for cheap and abused by some kid for years.
Marking on the pommel
>>33510355
I looked it up, and that's pretty close. I haven't seen one with this guard shape or handle coloring