World war 2 navy knives9/23/2023 ![]() As we stated this was short lived, on 1/18/60 the MIL-K-20227 was created. No changes were made to the standards, it was just a name change, and the drawings still reflected the World War Two designs. Although it was short lived the program marked the first change in the life of these patterns since the 1944 standards had been established such as guard markings and pinned pommels. No need for dual drawings, numbering and stocking of the same item. The Secretary of the Navy or SECNAV ordered a service wide consolidation of equipment used to comply with the Federal standards. It was on 2/13/57 that the drawings for the Navy 394831 and the Marine Corps 1219C2e were pulled from the shelves, dusted off and updated in a nomenclature change only. ![]() Again the warehouse was stocked with supplies with expected shelf lives ticking away. As the output in most cases outweighed the demand the lines again fell silent in the production facilities. Albeit on a much reduced scale the old machines had to be cranked up again to supply the troops. Five years later the Korean War started and many of the items we surplused out had to be put back into production again. ![]() And last but not least many of the items were given to allied nations for use in their militaries and to local people trying to rebuild their nation. Many items were stock piled, with an expected shelf life, in warehouses for use as later issue in those areas. This was achieved in several different ways around the globe, the chief reason being it would cost more to return it home then the items were worth. I'm not sure that he's duplicated all this information in his "knife knotes" articles so I hung onto this information.Īt the conclusion of World War Two the US military surplused a large quantity of knives amongst other Government Issue equipment. Here's a copy of a piece that Frank Trzaska wrote regarding the post-WW2 1219C2 knives as a reply to a thread from another forum. ![]() Do you know when they started marking them U.S.? And can you put a date on my knife? Thanks again. ![]()
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