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Vintage Vietnam Pilot Survival Knife w/sheath & stone Camillus 5-1967

$ 211.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: This item is as new as anything over 5 decades old can possibly be. I could have listed it as NOS, as I never had to actually use it...but it was issued and ebay does have its rules on condition.
  • Conflict: Vietnam (1961-75)
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Theme: Militaria

    Description

    Vintage Vietnam Pilot Survival Knife
    (Camillus 5-1967)
    Complete with original leather Norton Pike sharpening stone.
    Although originally issued as a survival item, it always seemed to me that the best way to survive my tour was to NOT get shot down.  In retrospect, neither perspective offered anything more than a false sense of security.  Regardless, I came home mostly intact, and this item spent the passing years in a shoe box shuffled from closet to closet.  Having found it again during my last move, I also found that the memories it brought back for me were far from the fond kind.
    I thought best to pass it on to someone else who might give it a fresh start.  A new life.
    Something unburdened by my own emotional baggage.  Heck, that's not the knife's fault.
    Before you ask; the pics are real.  This is a seriously nice find.  No rust, no dings, no rot.
    Maybe you lost yours somewhere along the way.  Maybe you've always just wanted one.