USA WWII ANDERSON FIGHTING KNIFE.

An extremely scarce fighting knife of WWII being made by the Anderson Company of Glendale California. The overall length of the knife is 34cm, fitted into the scabbard 35cm, the blade is 21cm in length, double sided with central fuller running half the length of the blade. The blade on this example with slight spotting but no distortion or sharpening, complete with its original grey composition grip, which is marked ‘MADE IN USA’ in large letters to one side, to the opposite side ‘ANDERSON, GLENDALE CALIFORNIA’. Two thong holes to the pommel are not drilled all the way through. The blades on these rare Anderson knives were constructed from surplus model 1913 Patton cavalry sabres, each blade was cut into three sections, therefore another Anderson knife may well have the fuller of a different length, as this example is only half the length of the blade we can be sure that this was the final third of the original Patton sabre blade. Three different blade sections are shown in the excellent work United State Military Knives 1941-91 by N.W.Silvey with an example with this section of the blade on the front cover. Totally original heavy duty scabbard, complete with its male/female closing hilt retaining loop, some stitches to the upper part of the scabbard missing. A desirable piece for the American knife collector.

Code: 79489