I'm A King Bee, Baby

Wicked, eh?
I call it the King Bee (See Mickey's Malt Liquor cap. Twins separated at birth?).
Based on an example shown in "Fighting Knives" by Frederick Stephens, it's a modified, Punch Dagger, like those made by Robbins of Dudley.
Stephens had little to say about it. "Overall, black color", no blade-fullers - and of course, the butt-spike.

This is where it gets interesting. It's a .303 bullet.
Bitchin'-cool looking but I have my doubts.
It would most certainly put a major owie on anyone hit with it. I just don't think the spike would survive.
First off, the whole aluminum-copper-lead relationship isn't one that lends itself to solid attachment - and the hole drilled for the bullet can only be around 3/8" deep.
I drilled into the casting and epoxied the round in. Then, just as a proof-of-concept test, I center-punched the metal around the base of it. I suspect that's how the original was attached. That tightened it up and maybe the connection would survive an impact but the bullet would bend in any case.
The round used from 1910 to 1938 was the Mark 7.
"The Mark 7 (Mark VII) used a 174-grain (11.3 g) pointed bullet with a flat-base which gave a muzzle velocity of 2,440 ft/s (740 m/s).[6] The Mark 7 was different from earlier .303 bullet designs or spitzer projectiles in general. Although the Mark 7 round looks like a conventional full metal jacket bullet, this appearance is deceptive: its designers deliberately made the front third of the interior of the Mark 7 bullet out of aluminium or tenite (cellulosic plastic), or compressed paper, instead of lead."
We certainly can't fault Tommy Atkins for the design flaws inherent in his field modification but we can take his concept and push it farther.
I have no idea how Robbins did it back in the day.
Before I cast one of these things, I weld the blade and knuckle bow into an armature with a length of 3/8" steel that runs the length of the handle.
I'm going to reduce that to 5/16" steel and extend it.
Grind a point on it prior to welding and, hey-presto.
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Sorry, I couldn't embed the vids where John's in the bee costume.