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Home Products WWI M1909 Bolo Knife - Plumb 1917 #55149

Price$495.00
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WWI M1909 Bolo Knife - Plumb 1917 #55149

by Plumb

SKU 1130562

Date Added 10/30/2025

# Available 1

Price $495.00

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Overview

The M-1909 Bolo Knife was designed to aid US soldiers deal with the jungle foliage that they had previously found themselves in with incursions into Cuba and the Philippines, where natives used similar sized machetes. (Earlier attempts at creating cutting tools with bolo bayonets designed for the Krag rifle were seen as failures.) The M-1909 Bolo Knife was designed to be carried as a belt knife from its first production at the Springfield Armory in 1909 to its final production in 1915. A total of 17,540 were produced at the Springfield Armory. Beginning in 1917, Plumb and Collins each produced a variant of the M-1909, designated as M-1917 Bolo Knife.

This example the wooden handle has a beautiful color, and is free from any major defects except for a crack at one of the pins near the butt, it is also missing the small brass butt plate, you can see where the pins holes were that held it on. The blade is marked near the cross guard with PLUMB / PHILA / FLAMING BOMB / 1917 on one side, and U.S. / 55149 on the reverse. 

No sheath. Has scratches, patina, oxidation, dings, etc. Good condition for its age.

Product Details

Blade Length 13.625

Overall Length 19.25

Weight (oz) 27.7

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Knife Type Full Tang

Blade Material Carbon Steel

Blade Details Chisel Grind, Straight Back

Handle Material Metallic, Wood

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