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6” Blade – Blade Marked (1957-1966)

1. Camillus, screw-on pommel (1958-1959). The knife was blued by the original owner, who had a custom, expensive sheath made for it. He never used it again afterwards.

Early knives had a 6" blade but the pilots complained they were to long, needed more room for a swing to puncture the canopy, so machinists would grind them down to 5" - 5.25" then the Air force started having the blades manufactured to that length. On later knives the screw on pommel was replaced with a riveted on pommel.

Camillus was a US based knife Co. that went out of business about seven years ago because of foreign competition, they refused to let their knives be manufactured over seas. I have at least four of their knives, top notch knives.

Although I have one with the sheath and sharpening stone the above picture isn't mine, I borrowed it.

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