Can Anybody ID this Knife?

[Gadsden2A]

14 in long. No markings.

 

[hso]

Australian knuckle duster "bowie" WWII. Quite a treasure you have there. Can you give us any history on how you came to have it?
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL31118/

Description
Brass and steel knuckle duster knife, with leather sheath. There are no visible markings on the weapon. The brass knuckle guard grip has six square bosses around the edge. The blade is plain with a sharpened edge and a clipped back point, similar to a 'Bowie' knife. It is stored in a dark brown stitched leather sheath with an attached belt loop and hilt restraining strap.

History / Summary
This knife was believed to have been made in an Army workshop on Timor during the Second World War and it was originally owned by R T Higginbottom who served in an AIF Transport Company.

Possibly inspired by the M.H. Cole knives from the UK. http://www.militaryfightingknives.com/collection.html

 

[Armored farmer]

I am thinking that I have seen similar called "Confederate" bowie.

 

[hso]

"Confederate" bowie.

While the "Confederate Bowie" were D-guard knives they didn't generally have the cast grips (brass being valuable enough not to waste on grips) and they didn't have the denticles (tooth shape) since that wasn't the style of the era.

 

[Gadsden2A]

Australian knuckle duster "bowie" WWII. Quite a treasure you have there. Can you give us any history on how you came to have it?
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL31118/
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Possibly inspired by the M.H. Cole knives from the UK. http://www.militaryfightingknives.com/collection.html

It was my step father's before he passed. He said it was his father's from WW2. He thought it was Japanese though. Thanks.

 

[hso]

He must have served in the Pacific and gotten it from an Ausie or Kiwi.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

He must have served in the Pacific and gotten it from an Ausie or Kiwi.

True, or... From a Japanese soldier who had; "... gotten it from an Ausie or Kiwi".


Todd.

 

[theotherwaldo]

So - another theatre knife.
There's been a number of them on this forum recently.