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Can't read the stamp at all. Brass and heavy well made. Any ideas?

Might br aKabar, missing the handles so someone peened all pins flat to the brass liners.

That is a possibility but the brass is much thicker than a typical liner so I think not. I suppose handles coukd be added. I speculated that it was a foreign-made military knife, being its simple design and build

I too wondered if the plastic scales were missing, but Ive not seen a ka-bar rigging knife that didn't have the marlin spike lock with the bail mechanism, yours does indeed seem much simpler. The varieties from Japan, Valor and pic to name a few, all seemed to make theirs in the image of the ka-bar so you can cross all those off too. I'd guess something English, they like their sailors knives, but that's semi- educated at best.

How about a pic of the tang stamp just for the hell of it .

Best I could get. Also a pic of the thick brass handled

Pretty sure Steve is correct in saying Kabar. The brass is thick on these knives because there are no bolsters to support the heavy use of the knife. Pin placement and profile of the brass match Kabar. Is there any sign of a stamp on the pile side tang? Should be some sign of the backspring being ground off at the rocking cam-lock for the marlin spike.

Mine could be from a different time period but my ka-bar has steel pins.