Early WWII Fighting Knife: From Rust to Restoration

[UnderMiner]

Found this big rusty knife in the trash. Thought it was some Vietnam War-Era thing but it turned out to be an original US RH 1936 fighting knife, manufactured by the PAL Cutlery Company. These were issued to soldiers in WWII in the early days. I soaked the blade in oil, carefully removed the rust, and then polished on buffing wheel. The leather cleaned up nice too. It is still sharp.

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow nice job on the restoration

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great job on the clean up and restoration Underminer. That is a nice piece of WW11 memorabilia.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice restoration!

 

[A2coins]

That is really cool. Great job restoring it

 

[Westfront]

Looks good again!

 

[Hawks88]

Great save. Beautiful restoration. Congrats

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Wow! You did an amazing job restoring a 1936 knife that was simply dis-guarded as trash!

Kudos to you for saving a piece of US history for future generations to appreciate.

Dave

 

[alaskaseeker]

Well done, that is a dandy for sure..