P1888 MkI Type 2 fighting knife.

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   I found tbis a while back and couldn't pass it up. I am unfamiliar with items prior to the P1907 = No1 MkIII, so Income for your help.
This is in beautiful shape but has been cut down for a fighting knife, I presume. Is this common or was there another reason this may have been officially shortened?

It does not have a scabbard sadly, but I am on the hunt for one.

Any information you could provide me on this example would be truly appreciated!

Photos below.

https://imgur.com/a/cfOd3vD

Thank you!

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artyldr01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: February 08 2013 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote artyldr01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: P1888 MkI Type 2 fighting knife. Posted: September 21 2025 at 3:42pm
	I found tbis a while back and couldn't pass it up. I am unfamiliar with items prior to the P1907 = No1 MkIII, so Income for your help. This is in beautiful shape but has been cut down for a fighting knife, I presume. Is this common or was there another reason this may have been officially shortened? It does not have a scabbard sadly, but I am on the hunt for one. Any information you could provide me on this example would be truly appreciated! Photos below. https://imgur.com/a/cfOd3vD Thank you!
	Niels US Army

A square 10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: December 12 2006 Location: MN , USA Status: Offline Points: 16998	Post Options Post Reply Quote A square 10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2025 at 5:58pm
	its definitely an 88 as it started life , cant say wou cut it and added the drop point but i suspect it was not in primary service , may well have been done in a secondary service as foreign aid or even after that , i think the commonwealth would frown on doing that in service , might have been dropped to the resistance behind the lines ? i see your interest and i might well have snatched it as well , but its collector value is gone ,

artyldr01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: February 08 2013 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote artyldr01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 21 2025 at 6:05pm
	Thank you for the education. I'll keep it with my Krag bayonets converted to fighting knives. It is becoming my "thing!"
	Niels US Army

DisasterDog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: February 21 2025 Location: Brewery Status: Offline Points: 256	Post Options Post Reply Quote DisasterDog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 22 2025 at 9:36am
	I’d say any WW2-era ersatz leather sheath would be appropriate, they were surplus by that time & I suspect that’s when it was done. No idea who did it.

artyldr01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: February 08 2013 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote artyldr01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 22 2025 at 9:38am
	Thank you! The hunt begins!
	Niels US Army

DisasterDog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: February 21 2025 Location: Brewery Status: Offline Points: 256	Post Options Post Reply Quote DisasterDog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 22 2025 at 9:57am
	I have one very similar but pics don’t want to upload today….