I'm not sure of all the technical aspects of how to identify different knives,,,, my minds eye says this is a fighter,,,,, lmk if it's actually something else lol. I took a class on masking Damascus. this is the final result, twisted 1095/15 n20, Manzanita handle
It could just as easily, maybe even more correctly, called a camp knife, which in itself a rather loose definition. Also a fighting knife is what you have in your hand when things get up close and ugly.
I agree with Doug. Camp knife seems like a better description.
Though there were doubtless knives used for "fighting" that were guardless, I think most these days would want a guard on a "fighter". Also it has too much belly and not enough point for a typical fighter.
as long as the knife cops don't beat me down for a false description,,lol
camp knife it is then !!! Thanks Gents,,,
can you steer me to some good references I can read about knife classification?
References on knife classifications? People around here can't even agree what a bowie knife is or whether it's pronounce as bo wee or boo wee or if it's spelled with a B or a b. I go with the latter spelling because the term is so generic nowadays.