U.S. M1880 Hunting Knife Springfield Armory Spanish-American War Era Indian Wars Glass is free of scratches

Glass is free of scratches “a light haze where the needle has rested over the years” could be cleaned

which has been a traditional sword-making

Signs of storage wear and cleaning to the scabbard

Overall Length: 9”

so they could learn to clean fouling from the blanks

U.S. M1880 Hunting Knife Springfield Armory Spanish-American War Era Indian Wars Glass is free of scratchesDeveloped during the same period of American "multi use" military experimentation that produced the Springfield Trapdoor ramrod and trowel bayonets, the Springfield Model 1880 "Hunting Knife" was quite similar in size and appearance to the entrenching tool developed in the same year. The handle and bolster design is very similar, though it is fitted with brass, and not steel. The M 1880 Hunting Knife was designed for concurrent use with the M 1881 and