I guess this could be called a traditional

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I guess this could be called a traditional; My great uncle by marriage, Ernest "Bus" Hayden was in the Army Aircorps in the Pacific Theater in WWII, Mostly on Guam but there was a lot he didn't talk about. I know he was on one island where the Japanese still had a presence and would fire at aircraft landing and taking off.

He brought this knife home with him. Theater made; probably from a leaf spring from the look of it. Handle slabs are some sort of micarta. It took a while to figure out the guard but I believe they make up a can opener and bottle opener. A sort of early utility knife.






 
That's an amazing family heirloom and an intriguing knife! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:
You often carry a GEC Esquire, right? How does that WWII knife compare in size to an Esquire?

- GT
 
That's a great piece of history and a wonderful memento of your great uncle's time in the service. Thanks for sharing it with us.
 
Interesting piece of history. Those handle slabs look more like a polymer than micarta to me.
 
Family knives are the best heirlooms, the stories they could tell...

What a great knife!
 
Great family heirloom! Have you traced his service in WW-II? I find it interesting to research, in the Pacific he may have been under the 5th USAAF. OH
 
5K Qs said:
That's an amazing family heirloom and an intriguing knife! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:
You often carry a GEC Esquire, right? How does that WWII knife compare in size to an Esquire?

- GT
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It is a LOT bigger than my little esquire.



BJE said:
Interesting piece of history. Those handle slabs look more like a polymer than micarta to me.
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Could be; I just know it is some kind of synthetic. Probably scrounged from the scrap pile.
 
Family heirloom knives are always the best.

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