Knife
POMMEL and PUMMEL.
The pommel of a knife or
sword is the 'knob' on the handle meant to stop the hand
slipping-off. The weight of the pommel on a knife can be used to
adjust its balance. The name is also used for the decorative top of a
flagpole, the knob on the rear end of a cannon, the pommel
(saddlebow) on a saddle to aid mounting, the grips on a gymnasts
vaulting horse, and the lower surface of a clenched fist.
Pommeler
is closely related
with the verb to pummel something – meaning to beat
and strike repeatedly. - So a pommel might be used to
pummel something (- beat the cr*p out of somebody!)
The U
S Fighting Commando Knife , Type V-42 (design copied from the
Fairburne-Sykes) was built with a thumb groove or
choil on the ricasso and a skull-crusher pommel.
V-42 Force
Knife
It was
designed by the officers of The First Special Service Force
(1stSSF) a joint WW2 Canadian / US Commando Force also
dramatically known as "the Devil's Brigade".
-
Called also the Force Knife or V-42 Stiletto,
approximately 3,000 V-42s were built by well known Knife makers
'Case' with either 7.250" or 7.125" double
hollow ground blades and a leather handle.
1st
SSF Shoulder Patch
Trained
as parachutists in Montana, the 1stSSF were
formed initially for 'Project Plough'
(cancelled) to invade and liberate Norway – so were instead sent to
The Aleution Islands, followed by Italy and France. - In June 1943
the unit achieved 125% in a fitness test having an average pass rate
of 75%. - When the 1stSSF
landed on Kiska Island in the Arctic Aleutions they found that the
Japanese had evacuated.
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