Otter said:I thought the USN ones were prominently stamped "USN" at the base of the blade on the opposite side to the manufacturer. http://www.quanonline.com/military/mili ... s/usnk.php.
Might well be a private purchase, they were a very popular maker, even made the capsule knifes for the Gemini programme.
Edit: Nope, I am wrong, that was Case and sons
a2jacketpatches said:Otter said:I thought the USN ones were prominently stamped "USN" at the base of the blade on the opposite side to the manufacturer. http://www.quanonline.com/military/mili ... s/usnk.php.
Might well be a private purchase, they were a very popular maker, even made the capsule knifes for the Gemini programme.
Edit: Nope, I am wrong, that was Case and sons
From what i read they were stamped USN but these maintained the name and were used by the Navy but also the USAF. Like I said, bridged a gap there somewhere I guess. The design or the stacked leather washers leads me to believe it was intended for military service. At this point it's labeled a Korean War USAF Pilot Knife as all research points in that direction. Thanks all.....
jack31916 said:According to the book U.S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes from M.H. Cole, page 77, it's a U.S.N. Mk.1 knife as made from november 1943 onwards. There seems to be a lot of contractors and the only thing they agreed on was the lenght of the blade: 5,125".
Could be postwar but not necessarily so...
For what it's worth
fl1946 said:The knife posted resembles the Marine Corps K-Bar. Below link describes "Camillus", mfr of the Mark 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillus_Cutlery_Company