Canadian Forces C5 knife

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Found this guy at a Surplus store booth at a flea market, had to dig through 8 or 10 US market ones to find it. These used to be issued in the Canadian Forces when the rations where still in cans, meaning you needed a can opener. These came and went before my time but I do remember the occasional old-timer still carrying his. Believe it or not I cleaned it up before taking this picture, it has been sharpened and used but no serious abuse, I spent about 10 minutes with the stones but when it came off my strop it would take hair off my arm with zero resistance. Im gonna edc it for a little while and then it will go in the drawer with my small folders.

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That looks like the old Camillus that some guys carried during Vietnam.Back in the day just about everything had a funny nickname.We used to call that the Lifer Knife.:)
 
When I read your post yesterday, it just so happened I'd been digging some knives out of storage, just to re-aquaint myself with a few of them. One that I had laying out in front of me, when reading your post, was an identical Camillus-made 'USN' version (1995, I think). I'm a former U.S. Navy guy (a good while before '95), so I'd picked it up after the fact. As simple and unpretentious as the knife is, it still has it's own unique character as a tool that was made to be used. Camillus had made a whole lot of these over many years.
 
This is a cool knife sometimes referred as a "demo" knife as many combat engineers and comm guys were issued them to work wires..... there is another issued that is more appropriate for that job-the electrician's or TL-29.
Anyways, I have one of these you posted Michelle, I was an armory tool room nco for awhile when I was a Marine in the 80's & 90's, and I ordered a box of them through our supply and gave all my co workers one. I think they came 10 or 12 to the box. The USMC used to have a version specifically stamped USMC on the side where they changed it to simply show "US". I think mine is stamped 1988 and that's about when I ordered it through supply. I traded one for a TL-29 from my friend who worked in the artillery section tool room next door, so I have both and won't part with either. I been told that you should not open both blades on either spring at the same time as they are very stiff and may break that way. Nice find!
 
Thanks mike, I normally wouldnt open them at the same time, but I didnt want to upload more than one image on my WIFES facebook.
 
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