Ever know any WWII vets who came home with a SAK

[mnblade]

Let me preface this post by saying I am a big SAK fan and I don't intend this to be critical or skeptical or whatever. It's a question in earnest.

Now, I have read many times that U.S. GIs during and just after WWII bought Victorinox knives in PXs all over Europe and fell in love with them. But growing up I never came across any guys from that generation who carried SAK. What's more, (maybe this is more of a stereotype) but most guys I have come across of that age had a thing against any stainless steel knife. Most carried pretty traditional knife-only carbon steel slipjoints (Barlow, stockman, pen, etc.).

Any of you guys have a grandfather or father or uncle etc. who discovered Swiss Army Knives while serving in the military in the '40s?

 

[jackknife]

My Uncle Sonny was a B17 pilot durring the war, stationed in England. He was issued the regular Army MLK scout knife, also sometimes called a demo knife. But someplace along the line he became a sak enthusiast, and only carries a sak, no other knife. Very loyal to sak's. I don't know if he got one while in europe or not. After the war, he was stationed in England for a while in the 1950's, then Italy in the 60's. He ended up career Air Force. Always had a sak with a saw blade in the pocket of his flight jacket.