Any info on this military bowie fancy handle knife ?

Got this at a boot sale years ago, guy I bought it off said it was military from a RAF guy, great balance in hand
Any info greatly appreciated,

I would also be open to offers, as I need the money

Thanks

 

WOW!
Now that's another odd co-inky-dink.
Not 15 minutes ago, on the radio, they were talking about the actual 1.5 ton, giant (20'), Bowie knife that has been made and is on display in Bowie, Texas.

 

Looks like a nicely-crafted custom knife, a one-off. The clues are the lack of maker's marks and the very unusual combination of materials and colors in the handle.

 

It is not military (official military anyway) and I doubt if it predates the 1960s.

With no maker and no sheath it would not be all that valuable or useful

 

Nice looking clip point blade.
I can't say this was any military issue...even if it came from an RAF guy.

If you are looking to sell , there is a SELL FORUM at the bottom of the forums page , & you should list it there.

 

Nice to see you around , AF !!
No...really......I'm serious !!

 

Actually the form of the blade and the handle concept especially indicate a production knife. My guess is Turkey post wwII

 

I have found others like this on the web now and they are called 'theatre' knives

Supposedly during ww2 soldiers would create handles from crashed planes etc on their knives or knives taken from enemies, a form of trench style art

Some are very collectable, but like someone on here said without a sheath which they usually imprinted there names and such, there is no way of tracing it.

 

Quote from web

At the beginning of WWII, there was a large demand and a short suply of knives for the troops. Many troops either made their own or had a machine shop make them a knife. They used whatever raw material was available, for both blades and handles.

Plexiglass or aluminum of downed aircraft often became handle material.

Blades came from spring steel, files, and cut down swords and machetes.

These knives became known as “Theater Knives”

 

That's possible....there are many thoughts on the matter......& a lot of the boys had good metal working capability ....

"Theater-made WWII Knives. Seems that the Pacific WWII knives are more likely to have the leather-washer handles replaced with aircraft acrylic and aluminum than the European knives. Pacific tropics rotted the leather.

Here's a handle with what looks like similar acrylic.......

 

It may be a famipa bowie

 

You will never find another exactly like this one. Many signs point to handmade in a hobbyist's shop. See how the yellow-greenish discs are smaller diameter than the adjacent discs, for example, never happens on a knife handle that's in serial production. Lack of maker's marks are an important clue to non-production items.

 

You are of course more competent on this matter than I Spring.
I have to say though that I held on several occasions serial production cuttlery and hunting knives that have similar design with these differences in diameter and therefore look unfinished/imperfect. I guess production standards in eastern europe and orient were not what they are in US . When it comes to the name on blade, it comes of easily with usage on these knives.