Charles A Upsdell
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Portfolio: Graphics (Fictional TZ Universe Military & Police Blades)
Here are some images of military and police blades I made.
See Also: Civilian Blades.
See Also: closely related pages from the fictional TZ universe are Aerospace ( Civilian Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Pilot Wings, Spacecraft, & Emblems ), Batons, Blades, & Bullets ( Batons, Handguns, Handgun/Knife Sets, Blades, & Letter Openers ), Jewelry ( Army Emblems, Handgun Emblems, Medical Emblems, Naval Emblems, & Other Jewelry ), Flags, Miscellaneous Images, Queen Victoria Ⅱ’s Gifts, Signs, and Tartans.
Note: older images were created using older, obsolete techniques, and therefore are considerably cruder and — if only time were available — should and would have been updated.
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Military and Police Blades from TZ Universe
Here are samples of military and police knives and swords which are sold by GWL. Here also are samples of military and police multifunction tools (aka swiss army knives), likewise sold by GWL
Note: knife and sword designs are modernistic and functional, lacking ornate elements, even when ornate elements are prized by some cultures.
Note: GWL makes weapons only for League of Nations members; it does, however, make ceremonial blades for other countries.
Note: many nations do not buy GWL knives because they have local manufacturers which they prefer to use, or because they have traditional knife styles which are very unlike standard knives and which are poorly designed.
Note: many nations do not buy GWL knives for their police because thay have no single, national police force, or because they are unable to enforce the use of standard knives by local police forces. Examples of such nations are the United States (which has no single, national police force), and Mexico (which has states, many of which prefer different knife styles).
Note: many military knives have gold, but lower-cost knives, have gold-looking antique brass instead.
The blade samples are from these countries/organizations:
The Pan-African Commonwealth
Sarah was awarded an International Design Award for the design of this family of blades (as well as the civilian knives).
The Pan-African Armies
TZ League of Nation African nations can use these, a a fighting/utility knife with a 20 cm blade, a fighting knife with a 30 cm blade, a ceremonial knife with a 40 cm blade, and two ceremonial swords with 90 cm blades.
TZ League of African national armies can use this ceremonial spear:
The Arab League
Arab League Armies
Most TZ Arab League members are not members of the League of Nations, so Sarah will not design weapons for them, however she did design ceremonial swords with 80 cm blades.
The Ashanti Empire
Ashanti Army
The small TZ Ahanti knife is a fighting/utility knife, with a 20 cm blade. The large knife is a ceremonial and fighting knife based on the akrafena, with a 40 cm blade. The very large knife is a machete, with a 50 cm blade, used in the jungles.
Australia
Australian Air Force
The RAAF utility knife is a bowie knife with an 18 cm blade.
Australia Army
TZ-Australia uses knives based on the UK knives, but coloured khaki green with light green swans on the hilts.
Australian Police
The Australian police utility knife is based on the UK police knife, but coloured silver with a black swan on the hilt with the colours of the Australian flag.
The Austrian Republic (2022)
Austrian Republican Army
The TZ Austrian army after the post-Nazi revolution uses a fighting/utility knife similar to the UK knives; it is coloured khaki green and steel, and has an 18 cm blade.
The Basque Republic
Basque Republican Army
The TZ Basque army, after the Basques achieved independence, uses a curved fighting/utility dagger; it is black and steel, with a 20 cm blade.
The Bavarian Republic (2022)
Bavarian Republican Army
The TZ Bavarian army after the post-Nazi revolution uses a fighting/utility dagger similar to the UK knives; it is coloured dark khaki green and steel, and has an 18 cm blade.
Brazil
Brazilian Army
The TZ Brazilian army primarily uses its own local knives, but it uses only GWL machetes:
Canada
Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
The RCAF utility knife is a bowie knife with a 20 cm blade.
Canadian Army
TZ-Canada uses fighting/utility knives refined from T2-UK KA-Bar knives, and commando knives similar to T2-Applegate-Fairbairn knives, all with 20 cm blades. Canada also has machetes with superior 60 cm blades for use in jungle warfare, including warfare with enemies wielding machetes.
Canadian Police (RCMP)
The RCMP utility knife is a bowie knife with a 20 cm blade. There are also skean dhus to be worn with dress kilts.
The Cape Town Republic
Cape Town Republic Air Force
The Cape Town Republic Air Force is small and uses the same knife as the army does.
Cape Town Republic Army
The TZ Cape Town Republic uses custom designed 18 cm fighting/utility knives, and custom-designed 30 cm fighting knives, with blades similar to those of assegais or iklwas. All knives have the Cape Town logo on the blades. The fighting/utility knives have yellow pommels and guards, whereas the fighting knives have black pommels and guards, the colours chosen to avoid confusion in choosing knives.
Cape Town Republic Police
The Cape Town Republic police utility knife is the same as its army fighting/utility knife.
Ceylon
Ceylon Air Force
The Ceylon Air Force is small and uses the same knife as the army does.
Ceylon Army
TZ-Ceylon uses fighting/utility knives based on the UK knives, but coloured like the Ceylon flag with the Ceylon lion on the hilt. Ceylon also has a ceremonial sword, patterned similarly.
Ceylon Police
The Ceylon police utility knife is the same as its army fighting/utility knife.
China (Taiwan and Hong Kong)
Sarah was awarded an International Design Award for the design of this family of blades (as well as for the civilian knives).
Chinese Army
The TZ Chinese army’s fighting/utility knife is a dagger with a 20 cm blade, similar to traditional Chinese knives. The long fighting dagger with a 30 cm blade is similar to other traditional Chinese fighting knives. The commando knife with a 35 cm blade is similar to traditional Chinese stilettos. The long stiletto with a 35 cm blade is similar to traditional Chinese stilettos. The long, wide fighting dagger with a 40 cm blade is similar to other traditional Chinese fighting knives. The longsword and sabre with 100 cm blades are similar to traditional jian and dao swords.
Chinese Police
The Chinese police uses a dagger, with a darker red hilt than other Chinese blades, with a 20 cm blade, with a design adapted from traditional Chinese knives.
The Cossack Republic
Cossack Army
The Cossack army’s fighting/utility knife is a dagger with a 20 cm blade similar to traditional Cossack knives, but with a more conventional pommel, hilt, and guard. The sword is ceremonial, with a 90 cm blade.
East Turkestan
Sarah was awarded an International Design Award for the design of this family of blades.
East Turkestan Army
The TZ East Turkestan knife fighting/utility knife is a custom designed dagger, in black and gold, with an 18 cm blade. The TZ East Turkestan knife fighting knife is custom-designed based on the curved Uyghur knife, in black and gold, with a 25 cm blade. The final pair are ceremonial knives with 40 cm blades.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Army
The TZ Ethiopian Army has dagger fighting/utility knives with 18 cm blades, custom-designed fighting knives with 30 cm blades, and ceremonial fighting knives with 40 cm blades.
The Fante Confederation
Fante Confederation Army
The TZ Fante Confederation Army uses a plain, functional Bowie knife with a 20 cm blade, and a plain functional machete for use in the jungles, with a 50 cm blade.
The German Republic (2022)
German Republican Army
The TZ Germany army after the post-Nazi revolution uses a fighting/utility knife similar to that used in WW-Ⅱ; it is coloured field grey; the enlisted knife has an 18 cm blade; the officer’s knife has a 20 cm blade and a heavier pommel.
Greece
Greek Army
Greece uses a knife styled on the ancient Xiphos, with an 18 cm blade.
The Hausa Caliphate
Hausa Military
The TZ Hausa Caliphate’s military uses this dagger, based on a traditional design, with a 20 cm blade. Military in jungles also carry machetes with 50 cm blades. The Caliph’s guards also wield ceremonial swords, with 90 cm blades.
The TZ Hausa army can use this ceremonial spear:
The Hutu Federation
Hutu Army
The TZ Hutu army uses these knives, with 18, 20, and 30 cm blades, this machete, with a 50 cm blade. this short sword, with a 65 cm blade, and this ceremonial sword, with a 90 cm blade:
The Igbo Confederation
Igbo Army and Police
The TZ Igbo Confederation has a fighting/utility knife designed from a UK knife combined with an Igbo traditional knife. It has a gold pommel and guard, a wooden hilt, and a steel 18 cm blade. The army uses the same machetes, with 50 cm blades, as civilians.
India
Indian Air Force (post independence)
TZ-India after independence uses knives based on the army knives, but coloured steel with a hilt that is air force blue with the Indian logo.
Indian Army (post independence)
TZ-India after independence uses knives based on the UK knives, but coloured khaki brown with the Indian logo on the hilts. It also uses curved knives, which are more welcomed by the Moslem population. Special forces uses Applegate-Fairbairn-inspired daggers. And soldiers in jungles use the same machetes as civilians may. They have 20 cm, 30 cm, 20 cm, and 50 cm blades.
Indian Police (post independence)
The Indian police utility knife is based on the UK police knife, but coloured silver and the colours of the Indian flag. It also uses curved knives, which are more welcomed by the Moslem population
The Japanese New Shogunate
Japanese Army
The TZ japanese fighting/utility knife is based on the dual-edged tantō knife, with a 30 cm blade. The kaiken is an alternative dual-edged fighting/utility knife, with a 20 cm blade. The stiletto has a dual-edged 20 cm double-edged blade. The katana is a two-handed sword with a single- or double-edged 60 cm blade (the double-edged being non-traditional, but available at higher prices).
Note: the rules about weapons are very strict: only the military may have tantōs or kaikens; only officers (and retired officers) may have katanas; only the retired military may have stilettos.
Note: GWL makes the highest quality blades, but (except for the kaiken) in very limited quantities, and the blades are very hightly prized; GWL is the sole manufacturer of kaiken, which GWL makes in large quantities.
The JILKA Confederation
JILKA Air Force
The JILKA air force uses knives based on the army knives, but coloured azure.
JILKA Army
JILKA uses fighting/utility knives whose pommels and hilts are based on those of TZ-Canadian knives, with 18 cm bowie blades, and coloured khaki brown or green. JILKA also uses commando knives based on TZ-Canadian commando knives, with 18 cm blades, and coloured black. JILKA also uses 20 cm commando knives based on a design from T2-Israel. All hilts have miniature JILKA flags. Individual members of JILKA can choose which of these knives they want to use.
JILKA Police
The JILKA police utility knife is based on the UK police knife, but coloured shades of gray with a miniature of the JILKA flag on the hilt.
The Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
The TZ Republic of Korea uses knives and a sword adapted from a traditional style. The first is a utility dagger with a 20 cm blade. The second is a fighting dagger with an antique brass 25 cm blade. The third is likewise a fighting dagger, for officers, with an antique brass 30 cm blade. The sword is an officer’s sword, with an antique brass 80 cm blade. The pommel and guard are antique brass.
Republic of Korea Police
The TZ Republic of Korea police use the same utility knives as the army:
Latin American League
Latin American League Military Bolos/Machetes
The latin-american countries primarily prefer blades of their own design, except for GWL-made machetes: the military deem GWL-made blades superior to their own; the ones with leaf-shaped blades are particularily admired; still, many latin-americans prefer their own designs. All blades are 50 cm long.
Latin American League Ceremonial Swords
Latin-American countries which are too poor to commission their own ceremonial swords use this sword, with a 90 cm blade:
The League of Nations
League of Nations Generic Military
The League of Nations offers generic knives for those nations which do not want custom knives; all knives have 18 cm blades, except for the long curved dagger, which has a 30 cm blade, the stilettos, which have 20 cm blades, and the machete, which has a 50 cm blade.
Madagascar
Madagascar
The small TZ Madagascar asymetric dagger, with a 20 cm blade, is very loosely based on traditional bara Madagascar knives. The large TZ Madagascar asymetric dagger, with a 40 cm blade, is based more fully on traditional bara Madagascar knives. Both have wooden hilts and steel pommels, guards, and blades. The hilts are similar to those of East Turkestan, simply because the design process made them similar, not because this was planned.
Mexico
Mexican Army
The TZ Mexican army primarily uses its own local knives, but it uses only GWL machetes and ceremonial swords:
The Mongolian Republic
Sarah was awarded an International Design Award for the design of this family of blades (as well as for the civilian blades).
Mongolian Army
The Tz Mongolian army fighting/utility knife is based on a traditional Mongol knife, with a 25 cm blade. And the army uses swords with 80 and 90 cm blades.
Morocco
Moroccan Army
TZ Morocco uses fighting/utility knives based on dual-edged scimitars. Morocco specified very strictly the design of the first knife, and armed all it soldiers with it; Sarah designed the second and third on her own, and Morocco then chose to replace all its knives, with the second for enlisted men, and the third for officers. TZ Morocco also gives swords to its palace guards. The lengths of the blades are 20 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm, and 80 cm.
The Netherlands (2020)
Dutch Army
The TZ Dutch army after the Nazi demise uses knives modelled on the Canadian knives, with 20 cm blades.
Nepal
Nepal Mercenaries (Ghurkas)
The Ghurka mercenaries use a dagger as a utility knife with a 18 cm blade. The Ghurkas also use a large fighting knife called a kukri. Both have the pommel and hilt designed by the UK for its knives, with a custom guard.
Nepal Army
The Nepal army uses the Gurkha knives, but with a different logo and different colours.
New Zealand
New Zealand Air Force
The New Zealand air force uses knives based on the army knives, but coloured steel with a hilt that is air force blue with a miniature logo.
New Zealand Army
TZ New Zealand uses knives based on the UK knives, but coloured khaki green with miniature logos on the hilts.
New Zealand Police
The New Zealand police utility knife is based on the UK police knife, but coloured silver with a green hilt with the New Zealand logo.
The Nordic Nations (Denmark (2020), Finland, Norway, Sweden)
Nordic Army (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
Nortic fighting/utility and commando knives are forest or arctic camouflage patterned, all with 18 cm blades. Fighting/utility knives have bowie blades, and commando knives have T2-Applegate-Fairbairn blades.
Persia
Persian Army
The TZ Persia is not a member of the League of Nations, so Sarah will not design weapons for them, however she did design a ceremonial sword with an 80 cm blade.
The Philippines
Philippine AirForce/Army/Marines
The TZ Philippine airforce/army/marines have fighting/utility knives with 18 cm dagger blades. The TZ Philippine army/marines have ceremonial bolos with 40 cm blades. All have wooden handles.
Poland (2020)
Polish Army
The TZ Polish army, after Poland was feed from Nazi thalldom, uses a charcoal and black dagger with an 18 cm blade, and commandos used a similar dagger with a narrower blade.
Singapore
Singapore Army
The TZ Singapore army uses a dagger with an 18 cm blade, a ceremonial kris knife with a 30 cm blade, and a ceremonial kris sword with a 90 cm blade.
Singapore President
The president of TZ Singapore has a GWL-made ceremonial gold kris sword:
Somali Federation
Somali Army
The TZ Somali Federation army uses knives modelled on traditional billaos, with a hilt made of horn, and with 18, 20, and 30 cm blades. It also uses a ceremonial knife with a 40 cm blade.
Switzerland
Swiss Army
The TZ Swiss army has fighting/utility knives which are very plain daggers with khaki green hilts; blades are 20 cm long. Note: the kives and multifunction tools were designed by Sarah, and prototypes were made by a GWL craftsman, but a local Swiss knife maker manufactured the production knives and multifunction tools.
Tibet
Tibet Army
The TZ Tibet army uses a fighting/utility knife based on a traditional style, with a 25 cm blade. It also uses a fighting knife based on a similar style, with a 30 cm blade.
The Turkestan Alliance
Turkestan Alliance Armies
The Turkestan Alliance offers its various national armies a fighting/utility knife with a 20 cm blade, a fighting knife with a 25 cm blade, a ceremonial knife with a 40 cm blade, and a ceremonial sword with a 80 cm blade. Individual nations may choose which, if any, they want.
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey uses fighting/utility knives with 20 cm blades based on dual-edged scimitars, and fighting knives with 30 cm blades based on the Kilij. And it has ceremonial knives based on scimitars.
The Ukraine
Ukraine Army
The Ukraine army uses an asymetric dagger for its fighting/utility knife, with a hilt similar to those of the UK armed forces. It has an 18 cm blade.
The United States
US Army Air Force
The TZ USAAF uses knives like the army knives, but with the hilt air force blue, and the USAAF roundel on the hilt.
US Army
TZ-US uses fighting/utility knives with 18 cm blades similar to T2-US KA-Bar knives. The US also uses camo machetes with 40 cm blades in jungles.
US Marine Corps
The TZ US marine corps uses knives somewhat like the T2 KA-Bar knives. The corps also used a ceremonial sword with a 80 cm blade.
The United Kingdom
UK Air Force
TZ-UK uses knives based on the army knives, but coloured steel with a hilt that is air force blue with a UK crown.
UK Army
TZ-UK knives have custom-designed pommels and hilts. Its fighting/utility knives have bowie blades, its commando knives have T2-Applegate-Fairbairn blades. and its machetes have 40 cm camo machete blades. Royal guard knives are royal blue and gold, with 20 cm blades, and with UK crowns on the hilts. Other knives are black, with 18 cm blades, and with UK crowns on the hilts. Many nations chose to base their knives on the UK knives.
UK Ceremonial Swords
The TZ UK arms the military with ceremonial swords having 80 cm blades.
UK Marines
TZ-UK marines uses knives based on the army knives, but coloured navy blue with a UK crown.
UK Police
The UK utility knife is based on the UK army knife, but coloured royal blue and silver with a stylized crown on the hilt.
UK Royal Rat Killers
The UK Royal Rat Killer knife is based on the UK army knife, but coloured royal blue and gold with a stylized crown on the hilt.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan Army
The TZ Uzbekistan army uses fighting/utility knives with 18 cm blades, and fighting Knives with 30 cm blades. The TZ Uzbekistan army also arms presidential guards with swords with 80 cm blades.
Vatican City
Vatican Ceremonial Guards
The TZ Vatican City Guards (who are swiss) carry a cermonial knife with a 30 cm blade which loosely resembles the ancient roman swords. There are two varieties. The ceremonial sword, with a 90 cm blade, is of a more practical design.
The TZ Vatican City ceremonial guards can use this ceremonial spear:
West Turkestan
The TZ West Turkestan nation appeared after the collapse of the USSR during the plague years. It has very close relations with East Turkestan.
West Turkestan Army
The TZ West Turkestan army has fighting/utility knives with 30 cm blades. The army also has fighting knifes with 40 cm blades.
The Yoruba Republic
Yoruba Republic Army
The TZ Yoruba Republic has daggers as fighting/utility knives with 20 cm blades, ceremonial knives with 40 cm blades, and machetes with 50 cm blades.
The Zulu Republic
Zulu Republic Army
The TZ Zulu Republic uses custom designed 18 cm fighting/utility knives, and custom-designed 30 cm fighting knives, with blades similar to those of assegais or iklwas. The republic also uses machetes with 50 cm blades, swords with 100 cm blades based on a traditional design, and a spear with a 90 cm hollow aluminum haft and a 30 cm steel blade. All blades have the Zulu emblem on the hilts. The fighting knives have a mustard stripe on the pommel, whereas the fighting/utility knives and swords have black pommels and guards, the colours chosen to avoid confusion in choosing knives.
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