i need help identifying this knife

[zachbdude]

i have an old knife. ive had it for a long time but i dont know what it is. it looks like a pilots survival knife but im not sure. everything i know about it is in the description of this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN50KhS_7cA

if anyone could help me identify it that would be great. thanks!

 

[J.Mattson]

Looks like a (Camillus?) pilot survival knife

 

[PayetteRucker]

Does it say Ontario or Camillus on the bolt on the ass? should give you date of manufacture too. Looks like an oooold Air Force issue Pilot's SERE knife, looks like it may have been ground down and sharpened on the clip.

 

[timsclips]

Pilot Survival Knife, issued by the USAF, made by Camillus and Ontario for the military, there was also a civilian market version made in Japan and sold under one of the Jim Parker's companies.

 

[zachbdude]

Pilot Survival Knife, issued by the USAF, made by Camillus and Ontario for the military, there was also a civilian market version made in Japan and sold under one of the Jim Parker's companies.

thanks! it doesnt say camillus or ontario on the butt. im pretty sure it was amde in japan so i going to check it out right now.

 

[NDJeep]

Pilot Survival Knife, issued by the USAF, made by Camillus and Ontario for the military...

Agreed. I had one a fews years back. Cheapos. Weak knives.

 

[PayetteRucker]

Agreed. I had one a fews years back. Cheapos. Weak knives.

They definitely serve a rough use purpose and you can do ALOT with those "cheapos". For rough use knives you don't mind actually USING, then tossing, they are great. If you use one long enough the handle will start to mold to your grip. I always put a strong convex grind on it and kept the fine arkansas stone handy. I would never get personal or sentimental over one, but for a use, abuse and toss kind of knife they aren't bad.