Will,
I've got a troop here at the base who isn't a knife nut (his wife is though
!) who has used a short 4" blade USAF survival knife for 23 years. It is designed like the classic Marine knife but with the shorter blade and a saw toothed spline. It has that hex bolt pommel as well.
He just used it again to dress out an elk and was complaining to me about the edge never holding for very long. After a protracted discussion in which I tried to interest him in a different design, he stated flatly that he'd used it so long that it had become a part of him. Bottomline is he's looking for a replacement with better steel. I suggested the Camillus military but the blade is too long for him. Does Camillus make a version of the pilot's military survival knife? The one made for the USAF by Ontario is pure crap. He's even willing to have a custom maker do one up if necessary but he insists that the design be the same although the saw teeth can go
.
Any help would be appreciated.
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-=[Bob Allman]=-
I did NOT escape from the institution! They gave me a day pass!
BFC member since the very beginning
AKTI membership pending
VHA and NRA member
[This message has been edited by bald1 (edited 04 October 1999).]
I've got a troop here at the base who isn't a knife nut (his wife is though

He just used it again to dress out an elk and was complaining to me about the edge never holding for very long. After a protracted discussion in which I tried to interest him in a different design, he stated flatly that he'd used it so long that it had become a part of him. Bottomline is he's looking for a replacement with better steel. I suggested the Camillus military but the blade is too long for him. Does Camillus make a version of the pilot's military survival knife? The one made for the USAF by Ontario is pure crap. He's even willing to have a custom maker do one up if necessary but he insists that the design be the same although the saw teeth can go

Any help would be appreciated.
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-=[Bob Allman]=-
I did NOT escape from the institution! They gave me a day pass!
BFC member since the very beginning
AKTI membership pending
VHA and NRA member
[This message has been edited by bald1 (edited 04 October 1999).]