saw-backed knives

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Scope note
Short backswords, bayonets or choppers with a saw-back. Used by practically all armies during the 19th century, more often as a tool than as a weapon. Some fighting and survival knives are made as saw-backed knives.
saw-backed knives
Accepted term: 14-Apr-2025