USMC Bowie Knife.

walnutred said:
I looked at the add for this knife and saw no reference to this style knife being used by Marines in WW1 or any other war for that matter. The add also says it is licensed by the USMC. I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. I suspect the OP bought the knife because he thought it looked interesting. Not because he thought it represented anything used by Marines in WW1. IT is an interesting looking design and if I thought the steel would hold up to use might consider one for camping.
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Maybe I am making a mountain out of a mole hill. Anyone can buy anything they want, no denying that. It still just amazes me that you can put the letters USMC on something that has nothing to do with the Corps or it's history and get folks to buy it. Hopefully some of the sales is being donated to a worthy charity.
 
Marines thru out the history of our Corps have been putting our EGA and USMC on everything we've been issued, personally bought and especially on stolen/borrowed items from other branches of the U.S. military.

I'm sure MCorps0311 knew before he bought it that it was something that wasn't used by Marines in WW-1.
We all attended the same classes on Traditions and History of the Corps in boot camp.
 
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Ozark Marine said:
Marines thru out the history of our Corps have been putting our EGA and USMC on everything we've been issued, personally bought and especially on stolen/borrowed items from other branches of the U.S. military.

I'm sure MCorps0311 knew before he bought it that it was something that wasn't used by Marines in WW-1.
We all attended the same classes on Traditions and History of the Corps in boot camp.
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Well, sure he knew! The impression I got is that they're inferring it's a repro of a knife of that era. That's what caused the controversy.
 
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Ozark Marine said:
Marines thru out the history of our Corps have been putting our EGA and USMC on everything we've been issued, personally bought and especially on stolen/borrowed items from other branches of the U.S. military.

I'm sure MCorps0311 knew before he bought it that it was something that wasn't used by Marines in WW-1.
We all attended the same classes on Traditions and History of the Corps in boot camp.
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Yes, we do put our stamp on all issued property. Hope you enjoy the attachment.
 

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Items that honor or commemorate services, branches, units and battles have always been around. There was a time Winchester seemed to put out a commemorative Model 94 for every boy scout who helped an old lady across the street.

As a non-Marine, the thing that I found a bit odd (but not really upsetting) about this knife was that the vendor decided to connect a very specific event in Marine Corps history (Belleau Wood) with a very non-American tradition of another culture from another part of the world, the Gurkhas’ kukri. There is just no connection, logical or historical. That‘s all.
 
walnutred said:
I looked at the add for this knife and saw no reference to this style knife being used by Marines in WW1 or any other war for that matter. The add also says it is licensed by the USMC. I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. I suspect the OP bought the knife because he thought it looked interesting. Not because he thought it represented anything used by Marines in WW1. IT is an interesting looking design and if I thought the steel would hold up to use might consider one for camping.
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I will second that,I just like the knife,and i'm a Vietnam veteran.It's not anything to get upset about.SF
 
A couple more of my Sgt Grit USMC knives,and one is not mark USMC.:cool:
 

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I could be wrong but I think the MARINE RAIDERS carried a Western Bowie in WW2!
Jim
 
AJ said:
Is it licensed by the Corps? I doubt it. Don't think there were any Gurkha troops with a thousand miles of the Battle of Belleau Wood. The Corps wasn't even using K-Bars then. Looks pretty.
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That thing bears no resemblence to a Bowie knife and shouldn't be referred to as such

There were indeed British Colonial Indian troops serving in Europe in WWI, though I believe the fight for Bois de la Brigade de Marine (FKA Bellau Wood) was a French/American operation that involved few if any Bristish troops.
 
Sayoc01 said:
I could be wrong but I think the MARINE RAIDERS carried a Western Bowie in WW2!
Jim
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jtcarm said:
That thing bears no resemblence to a Bowie knife and shouldn't be referred to as such
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I'm not quite sure where the Bowie reference came from.

Nowhere does United Cutlery advertise this as a Bowie. On the box and in the various advertisements and on websites it is called a Kukri or Kukri knife and nothing else.
 
Absalom said:
I'm not quite sure where the Bowie reference came from.

Nowhere does United Cutlery advertise this as a Bowie. On the box and in the various advertisements and on websites it is called a Kukri or Kukri knife and nothing else.
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I'm not quite sure where the Bowie reference came from.
 

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