Other Knives
Signals Knife
Folding knife for signals troops from 1925–1939 with a folding blade and a notch for stripping wire insulation. Manufacturer Wlaszlovits Štos.
Fotogalerie
Signals knife – view no. 1
Signals knife – view no. 2
Signals knife – view no. 3
Signals knife – view no. 4
Knife for signals troops
The knife was used in the years 1925–1939. A folding knife of solid construction with a folding blade with a central point. The blade has a notch for stripping wire insulation. The flat handle has wooden scales attached by three iron rivets. The blade is held in the open position by a back spring and has no locking mechanism.
The upper fitting is iron and marked with army acceptance marks T6 and lion. On one scale is stamped TI and lion, indicating Telegraph Battalion No. 1. The knife blade is marked by manufacturer Wlaszlovits Štos.
In the first photograph note the markings on the wooden handle — the numeral 23 is stamped there along with some mark before it.
Technical and tactical data
- Length of closed knife
- 115 mm
- Length with open blade
- 203 mm
- Blade length
- 85 mm
- Blade width
- 20 mm
