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St. Croix Blades BUYS military knife collections.  Email info@stcroixblades.com or call 715-557-1688 to get started.  

1 exceptional condition U.S. WW2 SBL CO. 1943 M6 sheath for the blade-dated M3 trench fighting knife available.  This desirable U.S. WW2 M6 scabbard would make an important addition to any collection.  

This M6 trench knife sheath measures 15 1/4” overall.  

This is the most rare of the M6 scabbards. 

St. Croix Blades BUYS military knife collections.  Email info@stcroixblades.com or call 715-557-1688 to get started.

1 exceptional condition U.S. WW2 MILSCO M6 sheath for the blade-dated M3 trench fighting knife available.  This U.S. WW2 M6 scabbard would make an important addition to any collection.  

This M6 trench knife sheath measures 15 1/4” overall.  The metal plate is ID’d with a name or place–seems like someone could make out what it says.  So far I see the last 5 letters spell ‘VILLE’.  

Do you have a collection of U.S. military knives to sell?  St. Croix Blades BUYS military knife collections.  Call us at 715-557-1688 or email info@stcroixblades.com.  

1 excellent factory-unsharpened U.S. WW2 Imperial blade-dated M3 trench fighting knife.  This U.S. WW2 edged weapon would make an important addition to any collection.  

This M3 trench knife measures 11 1/2” overall.  The blade measures 6 1/2”.  The blade is marked ‘US M3  IMPERIAL  1943’.  The G.I. who carried this knife used the pommel to hammer with as can be seen in one of the photos.  

Do you have a collection of U.S. M3 trench knives to sell?  St. Croix Blades BUYS military knife collections.  Call us at 715-557-1688 or email info@stcroixblades.com. 

1 exceptional condition U.S. WW2 MILSCO M6 sheath for the blade-dated M3 trench fighting knife available.  This U.S. WW2 M6 scabbard would make an important addition to any collection.  

This M6 trench knife sheath measures 15 1/4” overall.  The front of the sheath has the G.I. initials ‘H.N.S.’.   

1 antique Japanese Samurai katana available.  This sword was made in 1844 A.D.  This antique Japanese sword would make an important acquisition for any collection.    

The sword is signed Soji Jiro Taro Fujiwara Naokatsu tsukuru kore.  

The blade measures 26 3/8″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. 

This sword has a feature I have never personally seen before.  I have heard of it in a papered sword before, but hadn’t ever seen it in person.  There are two kanji way down at the bottom of the nakago.  The top character looks like a kao–a swordsmith’s seal.  But it’s hard to say if it is a kao for sure.  On the papered sword that had kanji in this same location, the Shinsa group called it an owner’s name.  So the kanji could be the owner’s name–the name of the Samurai who carried this sword. 

1 antique Japanese WW2 Yasukuni Shrine sword by Kotani Yasunori available.  This fine antique Japanese sword would make an important acquisition for any collection.    

The blade measures 68.5 cm (26 15/16″) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.

1 traditionally made water-tempered Japanese WW2 gendai sword available. This WW2 IJA Army Officer katana would make an important addition to any collection.

Most WW2 gendai swords were made with Western bar steel. But this blade was made using traditional Japanese tamahagane (sand steel).

This sword was made by Tenryoshi Yoshitaka. This sword has a wonderful and beautiful hada. The hamon/temper line is suguha. The blade’s cutting edge/nagasa measures 26 1/4″ (66.3 cm).

This sword’s mounts are of exceptional quality and condition.

1 Japanese WW2 gendai sword available. This WW2 IJA Army Officer katana would make an important addition to any collection.

This gendaito sword was made by Amahide. There are no arsenal or showa stamps. The blade’s cutting edge/nagasa measures 26 15/16″.

1 near-mint U.S. WW2 BOKER guard-marked M3 trench fighting knife available.  This U.S. WW2 edged weapon would make an important addition to any collection.  

This M3 trench knife measures 11 11/16” overall.  The blade measures 6 3/4”.  

The pommel has the flaming bomb mark.  

1 mint U.S. WW2 IMPERIAL guard-marked M3 trench fighting knife available.  This U.S. WW2 edged weapon would make an important addition to any collection.  

This M3 trench knife measures 11 3/4” overall.  The blade measures 6 13/16”.  

The pommel has the flaming bomb mark.  

1 U.S. World War 2 AFH (American Fork & Hoe) M1 Garand bayonet available.

This WW2 bayonet was never issued. The scabbard has its original scabbard with its original waxed green arsenal paper.

The blade measures 10″.

This is THE John Ek knife from M.H. Cole’s collection that he illustrated in his book The Best of U.S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes.  

This iconic Cole book knife would be a centerpiece of any U.S. military knife collection.   

This John Ek model 7 commando knife is featured in Cole’s book on page 283.  Note it is it he exact serial number knife as in the book ‘7E643’.   The back of the sheath has a sticker attached ‘John Ek WWII from Howard  March 12, 1981’.