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29 relations: Blade, Blockade runner, Camillus Cutlery Company, Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, Cattaraugus Cutlery Company, Commando, Commerce raiding, Dagger, Eric A. Sykes, Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, Fighting knife, First Special Service Force, Grind, Handle, Hilt, History of the Canadian Army, Joint Task Force 2, List of daggers, Ricasso, Robert T. Frederick, Shanghai Municipal Police, Special Forces (United States Army), Stiletto, United States Army, United States Marine Raider stiletto, W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., William E. Fairbairn, World War II, Yank Levy.
Blade
A blade is the portion of a tool, weapon, or machine with an edge that is designed to puncture, chop, slice or scrape surfaces or materials.
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Blockade runner
A blockade runner is usually a lighter-weight ship used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait, as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade.
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Camillus Cutlery Company
The Camillus Cutlery Company was one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States as its roots date back to 1876.
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Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM; Commandement des Forces d'opérations spéciales du Canada; COMFOSCAN).
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Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
The Cattaraugus Cutlery Company began as the New York distribution company J.B.F. Champlin and Son, founded by John Champlin and his son Tint in 1882.
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Commando
A commando is a soldier or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force often specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting or abseiling.
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Commerce raiding
Commerce raiding is a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than engaging its combatants or enforcing a blockade against them.
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Dagger
A dagger is a knife with a very sharp point and one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon.
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Eric A. Sykes
Eric Anthony Sykes (5 February 1883–12 May 1945), born Eric Anthony Schwabe in Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, was a soldier and firearms expert.
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Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China.
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Fighting knife
A fighting knife is a knife with a blade designed to inflict a lethal injury in a physical confrontation between two or more individuals at very short range (grappling distance).
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First Special Service Force
The 1st Special Service Force (also called The Devil's Brigade, The Black Devils, The Black Devils' Brigade, and Freddie's Freighters), was an elite American-Canadian commando unit in World War II, under command of the United States Fifth Army.
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Grind
A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge.
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Handle
A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand.
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Hilt
The hilt (rarely called the haft) of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard, grip and pommel.
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History of the Canadian Army
The history of the Canadian Army, began when the title first came into official use in November 1940, during the Second World War, and is still used today.
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Joint Task Force 2
Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) (Force opérationnelle interarmées 2, FOI 2) is an elite special operations force of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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List of daggers
The following is a list of daggers.
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Ricasso
A ricasso is an unsharpened length of blade just above the guard or handle on a knife, dagger, sword, or bayonet.
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Robert T. Frederick
Major General Robert Tryon Frederick (March 14, 1907 – November 29, 1970) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in World War II.
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Shanghai Municipal Police
The Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP; Chinese: 上海公共租界工部局警務處) was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International Settlement between 1854 and 1943, when the settlement was retroceded to Chinese control.
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Special Forces (United States Army)
The United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the Green Berets due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism.
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Stiletto
A stiletto is a knife or dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a stabbing weapon.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Marine Raider stiletto
The U.S. Marine Raider stiletto was a stiletto and combat knife issued to the Marine Raiders and 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during World War II.
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W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company is an American manufacturer of traditional pocket knives, fixed blades/sporting knives, Kitchen knives, limited edition commemoratives and collectibles.
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William E. Fairbairn
William Ewart Fairbairn (28 February 1885 – 20 June 1960) was a British Royal Marine and police officer.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yank Levy
Bert "Yank" Levy (October 5, 1897September 2, 1965) was a soldier, military instructor and author/pamphleteer of one of the first manuals on guerrilla warfare, which was widely circulated with more than a half million published.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-42_stiletto
