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is the only marking on knife. 5" closed. stainless(i think) throughout. liner lock with press stamped, rear end cap has hookremover stamped. bail in bolster. scaler on top of unsharpened blade. a few pepper spots. plastic jigged scales,with a small amount of schrinkage, no handle pins. a friend suggested the first u.s. issue liferaft survival kit knife,( there was cozmoline in the joint) but i think that's wishful thinking.
any info? do you recognize the maker?

That is a nice and interesting knife. Growing up all I ever saw was yellow, composition of some sort. That would be the only green one I've seen. I haven't seen one configured like that either.

remaking my lightbox, different lights, blahblah. terrible pic. it's actually black. if it was an issue knife....don't drop it in your rubber raft!

Is that a bail on the front bolster ? Never seen that.

Edit: DUH Just reread your post Johnnie. Forget my stupid question! I really can read.

there are no stupid questions!

Hey johnnie.....

You might give that a try in Knife Lore. Maybe Phil (Toothpick collector extrodanaire) or LT, or others, have one similar.

Cool knife.

Bill

I'm fairly certain it is a US military knife made by Camillus. There's an old Camillus advertisement I've seen with the title "Camillus Knives That Went to War" that shows it. It's called an "army and navy air corps emergency fishing knife" in the ad. I've been lookng for one for a little while. Very nice knife.

Its a emergency fishing knife. Made by Camillus. Listed in book "POCKET KNIVES of the UNITED STATES MILITARY" by Michael W. Silvey. Page 106.

can you scan the page for me? or go into detail. thanks

Here she be! Owning this book is almost like owning the knives; the photography is SOOOO good!

cool! thanks charlie. copied for my archive. ok for a $20 investment. does anyone know when these were produced. i thought i read somewhere they were'nt used long. replaced by a less pointed one!

Camillus made the #5369 pattern fish knife with the "Made In U.S.A" stamping during the 1940's. This knife has the black GNU handles.

Tom Williams

thanks tom.

CAMCO wrote:Camillus made the #5369 pattern fish knife with the "Made In U.S.A" stamping during the 1940's. This knife has the black GNU handles.

Tom Williams

What does GNU stand for, Tom?

Heres one I picked up this weekend at an estate sale.Looks the same but is strickly not stainless. More like plain steel.The estate was from an WW2 aviator and was in an old tackle box.