Identifying Army matériel

its that knife thingy the Gurkhas used...
That's no Khukri chap, but it is a British Army weapon.

 

Clue time I think.

 

What's that? & who designed it?
Ok.
errrr...
'Get Tough' with W.E. Fairbairn.

 

A Sapper or SAS accessory?

The engineers in the US navy used to make these on board their ships when things were a bit quiet however it was a greater guage. Can't remember the name -Kulo or Bulo?????
I think I might have to give you that Spidge, It is in fact a 'Smatchet',
SMATCHET
designed by Fairbairn as a cross between a 'bolo' and a machete... I've seen a claim it also derives from a Welsh machine-gunners knife of ww1 but I don't know what such a knife might look like.

Over to you.

 

B*gger.
I must have looked at every other fighting knife except that one!
Then once you gave the answer, it was a ...."oh yeah!I remember now."moment. Something I read about 30 years ago in one of my old comics.

 

Taking the liberty of starting things up again.
Whassat?
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Gammon grenade, filled and unfilled, U.K.

JT
Correct!
Saw one for sale recently... £750!!
Your question Jacobtowne.

 

Stubby one on the left is a Czech vz/27 (or 22???).
The Model 08ish one on the right is in fact an L35 or 'Lahti' from Finland.
(Cheers to the sadly departed but still, hopefully, reliable Mr Ian Hogg for the answers. )


Re. Gammon Bomb, sadly not live, as for 'did I buy it?' While I appreciate the sheer rarity factor of such a thing 3/4 of a grand for a small cloth bag with a bakelite screw-top did not induce me to reach for the plastic card.

By the way, Very nice pistols, more from your collection I assume JT?
Cheers,
adam.

 

You mean you peaked? For shame!
Obscure pistols off the top of my head are not a strong-point, my motto: "If it's small-arms, ask the Hogg books"

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When did Mr Hogg depart then? I've got quite a few of his books.It is a wonder he wasn't mentioned earlier by the enthusiasts among us!!!
2002 mate,
Ian Hogg: An Appreciation

 

Northover Projector

 

Well done that man.
That looks like it'd stop any number of tanks and battallions of hardened stormtroopers doesn't it.
Desperate times.

 

My grandad was Home Guard. Had to sit on top of a gasometer. Then joined RAF dog service.
Right what's this?
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