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Help ID this uncommon folder

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Dunc

Joined
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Howdy,

Can anyone help me ID this item?

I purchased it a few years ago from the
estate of a Viet Nam era SEAL.

There are no maker's or mfg's marks on this
knife.
The blade is about 4.5 ins. long
and appears to be made of some nonferrous
material (copper?, bronze?). The marlin spike
is made of the same material but is not a true marlin spike, rather it is a small flat
edge screw driver and also has a small hole
through the spike. The short wire-stripper/
screw blade is steel.
There is a
centimeter scale etched on one side of the big blade and an inch scale on the other.


knife.jpg


I take the Knife to be some sort of
demolition tool.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
 
This is just my opinion but i would say that it has a non metalic blade, usually used in EOD or underwater demolition, and the spike on the back was either a rope/knot pick or a spike to punch C4 or the like so a primer could be inserted easier. Nice little knife. Geoff.

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[This message has been edited by Gunner (edited 04-02-2000).]
 
Welcome to BladeForums, Dunc!

If you can't find an answer here, I'd highly recommend posting this message in Bernard Levine's Collecting and Identification forum. It's in the General section a little below this forum. Bernard Levine can ID almost any knife.
 
Wow, never seen anything like that before!

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You could put nacho cheese sauce on it...
 
Very Nice Piece! Folding Demolition Knife. The knife was designed and used for Navy SEALS in Vietnam along with the Army's Special Forces issued out in 1969. Due to the fact that the official reference's to the knife are still classified, the development records and the maker are unknown. It was a very limited production knife and a great find. Blade and springs are Copper/Beryllium alloy. Handle is Alum. The Marlin Spike is used for poking Primer Holes is Explosive's, has fuse/primacord cutter, and blasting cap crimper.
Stay Well
Ken Barham
 
There have been a couple of interesting
posts made to the duplicate of this thread on
Bernard Levines forum if anyone is interested.
 
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