Combat knife for battlefield use by US troops, with approximately 1,058 knives additionally subcontracted to Northampton Cutlery Company in Springfield, Massachusetts to meet wartime demand. In the 1950s Randall would adopt the general pattern of the Bowie knife for several of his fighting knife designs. The majority of military forces today have largely standardized the types of combat knife issued to soldiers. The Chilean Commando forces, for instance, are trained in the use of the Corvo, a traditional Chilean military weapon. The Gurkha regiments favor the Kukri, a broad-bladed, curved general-purpose cutting tool and weapon that more closely resembles a machete or
Mack the Knife a Johann Strauss waltz, as a music box, in a bossa nova rhythm, and in what Liberace considered a popular American style. The chorus to the song "" ("Shark") by Rammstein is inspired by "Mack the Knife". The song has been parodied numerous times. Steve Martin parodied "Mack the Knife" in his opening monologue to the premiere of "Saturday Night Live"s third season in 1977. In the mid-1980s, McDonald's introduced Mac Tonight, a character whose signature song was based on "Mack the Knife". There was a skit on "The Muppet Show", where the characters play upon the sinister nature of