Fighting knife the Kukri, a broad-bladed, curved general-purpose cutting tool and weapon with Indian origins. In other countries the machete or Filipino Bolo were often used as fighting knives by indigenous military or paramilitary forces. Colonial powers that encountered these general-purpose weapons used as fighting knives during a military campaign occasionally adopted them in turn for use by their own military forces, as exemplified by the U.S. Army's Model 1910/17 "Bolo" brush-clearing knife, which would be later pressed into service as a fighting knife in both World Wars. In World War I, military use of the fighting knife saw the introduction of
Sami knife strong enough to split (reindeer) bones, and tempered to sustain low temperatures. Some "Sami knives" have fullers. The Sami people typically use two knives; the smaller one can be called a "buiku", puukko or "unna niibaš" ( "small knife" ), while the larger "Sami knife" is called "stuorra niibi" ( "big knife" ). An even larger version known as a Väkipuukko is similar to a seax. Sami knife The Sami knife (Sami: stuorraniibi = "big knife", ), is a large knife traditionally used by the Sami people. The Sami knife has a long, wide, and strong blade that is suited