Not a military knife blade

[Fred Pillot]

I bought this Cattaraugus "bread knife" so I thought it was.
Its' cutting edge is about .075 thick, and the back of the blade is
about .045 thick.
The serrations are about 1 inch long and go back and forth between
the left side of the blade and the right side.
The blade cuts great on the left side and the right side, but in the
middle it just makes mush.
I thought maybe for cutting a round hole in Ice for ice fishing, but
the ice just clogged up in the middle serrations.
It cut french bread in a very coarse way, and besides the crusty mess,
It gave a coarse cut surface.
Have any of you knife collectors seen a blade like this and know what
it is for?

[Johnny P]

Cattaraugus made a line of serrated knifes in the 1950 time period. I don't think it is any more than some type of specialty kitchen knife.

[TMB]

maybe its for sawing through bone?

[Fred Pillot]

TMB, That's just it. It does not cut in the center of the blade. I tested it on a soft piece of pine and when the blade cut about 1/32 inch deep it stopped cutting.
The only thing the blade did well was to chip ice with light blows of a pivoting wrist. This knife must have been designed for something. I just can't figure out
for what. If some of you have trouble seeing the design of the blade, let me know, I can try and post clearer pics of the blade. Really, I just don't get the
design of this blade.