U.S Air force survival knife.

It is an interesting knife. When I was in the National Guard in the 80's one of the seargents carried one all the time. Thanks for the review!
 
Nice review--I have one of these knives. I picked it up at a small hardware/surplus store is Wyoming in 1977. At $6 I thought it looked like a good deal
 
These are indeed nice knives, especially if you keep in mind what they were designed to do: help a downed pilot survive after a crash in remote places. Even to the point of cutting his way out of the plane's fuselage, or through a canopy, using it.

This means they're largely overbuilt for most bushcraft purposes today. To which the designer would say, "So what? We built for the Air Force the knife they wanted to give out to aircrew to help keep them alive in an emergency."

The Jet Pilot Survival Knife will certainly suffice for woodcraft purposes. But anyone today heading into the woods could probably do just fine with a lighter knife, such as a Mora or a Condor, to name just two good ones in the low-price/high-quality lineup.

My point, I guess, is that it's a "usable collectible."
 
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