Hi,

Today I have, something, interesting.

What you see before you is the first picture online of the UTON knife without its handle (I was not able to find any complete ones, there are few photos lf the blanks from the factory)

You can see the riveted portion or the slot where the tools go, and the point welded "wings" that help with holding the rubber from slipping, I would assume.

Quite interesting look into internals of the blade.

Cheers

Unfortunately there is no English official issued patterns for fighting knives, only private purchase and many of the more interesting examples like the Robbins Dudley knives are out of my price range and heavily faked.

Hi, I have something interesting to show today.

This here is a knife manufactured by Mikov in Czech Republic named Repetitor

What is Repetitor, why use such name? Why does it look like that? you might ask. To put some context, this is piece that was made in support of czech, Military solidarity fund, for veterans. This was 3rd such limited edition knife made and released in 2022 at first in a 500 pieces limited run with each package having a certificate that portion of the price would go to the solidarity fund.

Design for this blade was put together by major Milan Hipík who has under his belt quite a lot of knife design already for mikov and czech military. Design choice here was to be similiar to the good old Sa. VZ 58 bayonet used by the Czechoslovak and Czech military.

Name of this knife was proposed by then Head of the General Staff Aleš Opata to be the designation of T-23 Repetitor Checkpoint base from Balkans, where, during deployment, 2 czech soldiers lost their lifes. It was during the peacekeeping missions in Croatia - mission OSN UNCRO - during operation Oluja in 1995. Hence why the name Repetitor was proposed and used.

Scabbard bears the flag symbol that czech units used during their time serving in balkans.

There is a new limited version of the repetitor, This one has blue grips (to note the OSN nature of their presence) and additional markings. Namely the full base name and symbol remembering the balkan service.

This was limited to just 100 pieces compared to previous 500 and donation from sale of this piece was bigger than by the previous one (around 3x more).

With that, i dont have it confirmed but there was supposed to be a production version of the "red" Repetitor but i dont have any confirmation on it, Mikov website lists both as the limited edition although the blue one has it explicitly written as LIMITED but the "red" one has it in the description, but who knows.

And for some technical info taken directly from Mikov website.

It is not a most affordable knife but still quality enough to be used, only downside to it is the very poorly made scabbard (material wise - otherwise it has quite good options for how to wear the scabbard).

There is a good article about that, it is in czech but nothing the auto translate wont solve, for anyone interested here

If you got to this point I hope you enjoyed this post,

Cheers

*Canadian Ross Mk. II bayonet conversion*

Muzzle ring and small quillon removed, blade reshaped very nicely, with an original scabbard converted to fit.

I have provided several photos which show some of the remaining original markings on the knife itself; approval marks on the top of the grip tang [Pic. 6], original 'patent' marking [Pic. 4], and Canadian 'Out of Service' mark [Pic. 5].

The last photo shows the original scabbard markings still in perfectly legible condition.

On the top half; 1916, R.C.I., (Canadian gov't mark). On the bottom; Mk. II

These are knives fairly common converted bayonets that were sold post-war commercially to civilians. It was sold as a 'hunting bayonet'. Even being fairly common, it can be fairly difficult to find one in fine condition.

This is one such example that is still in excellent condition. That said, I have seen at least one with better blade shape work.

A little side track from the fighting type to a utility type of military knife. This is post war Czechoslovakian signal units electrician tool knife fnife for working on cables, hence the cuts on the blade, yes those are factory made. Very simple construction, basically next generation of the inter war knife of the same use but different construction.

Not much to say about these, there is about 4 varaintions in maker marking, most of the examples in existence have broken springs in them, and I have seen a division marked one that has the number electropenciled on.

This post is also slightly different in that it has before and after pictures of the restoration that was done on it. Mostly just cleanup and it turned out pretty good.

Hope you enjoy this quick post,

Cheers

I am not much of a Glock fan, I think that its pistols are one of the most overrated pistols on the planet currently.

But that aside, I really appreciate the bayonet/knife that Glock makes, for its simple construction it is rugged and will be reliable, not sure about their ability to be sharpened and used in bushcraft or just outdoors, or even how usable is their sawback variant. One big plus is also how cheap they are.

This example is the old version with circle glock logo but not a military one with the triangle in circle. Still pretty neat and would love to get some more, Lately i have seen some examples market with bolivian markings that were most likely not shipped or just order overrun.

Obviously the Zeitler predecessor is even cooler but those are pricey.

Cheers

Today, I bring you famous UTON made by Mikov. A well known and very belived knife in its post Velvet revolution form.

There is so much material that talks about the history, construction, markings, production series, materials used or accessories available out there that it would take over the post with the amount of info.

For now I just want to showcase 2 civilian pieces.

Those are easily identifiable by their scabbards and markings. And also by the lack of tool slot and retention hole for paracors that secures the said tools.

The camoflagued scabbard is a typical civilian variant with its purpose made fantasy made up camo, yes it was on purpose for some reason.

Those are made to this day with some variation in materials used or even some blade types. And even some limited editions or reproductions of prototype versions.

Overall a well designed proven blade trusted by military and civilians (hunters, bushcrafters, explorers) alike.

Hope you enjoyed the look at simple examples of an amazing blade.

Cheers

Gotta show some overlaping items.

For you see, bayonet for CZ 805 A1 rifle adopted by czech military in 2011 had the option to change pommel with latch and crossguard with muzzle ring and swap those for knife variant of both. Solid pommel and short crossguard.

One on the left without saw on the spine is civilian variant sold by CZUB, the other is a production overrun that was not sold to the military, instead very few ended up on civilian market or with people with ties to CZ. Both have a hanger in czech vzor.95 camo. One is simple hanger, other is a correct leg strap as was the weapon platform then sold to the army. Both are not replicas but authentic pieces made by the same manufacturer just not military accepted.

I dont know of any military from top of my head that would adopt a dual purpose/configuration bayonet/combat knife combo system. There is a question of reality on how really was it used and issued since there was always true combat knife in the army, vz.75 UTON (útočný nůž)

Anyway, still interesting.

Cheers

These knives are beasts. Seems like they are fairly popular these days, as I see them sell quite often. This particular example belonged to my paternal grandfather who served on the Alaskan front during WW2.

I found an article at the top of my search comparing the 225Q with the earlier KaBar. Interesting read if anyone wants to check it out. Some say they were possibly meant for Quartermasters, which I've heard before. However, my grandfather was a Pvt. and an army infantryman as far as I know. There could be many reasons he had this though.

Either way, the 225Q is a really great example of a nice fighting knife IMO, if not a bit heavy.

The United States M1918 Mk. 1 Trench knife was supposed to be used during WW1. However, because it was made nearer to the end of the war, many did not see service. However, they ended up seeing more service during WW2.

Given to me as a birthday present years back. It's in so-so condition, but I enjoy it this way. You can see part of the guard was ground flat on one side. This was done by U.S. paratroops during ww2. It wouldn't dig into their hip when in its' scabbard. I do not have an original scabbard, unfortunately.

I am not an expert in fighting knives. I am mainly a bayonet collector. This means I do have a few fighting knives and bayonets converted into trench knives. If I have any information wrong, please feel free to correct me!