What's It For?

[tjmurphy]

Anybody know the purpose of this knife? Seller says US Navy Survival.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Camillus-Knife ... 1e5c41aec7

[RobesonsRme.com]

Don't know. Every life-raft survival knife I recall seeing had a flotation handle.
Makes sense. Deep water. Knife. life-raft. Drop overboard. Sink or float?
I'm sure the Camillus gurus will know what this is, though.
Charlie Noyes

[knife7knut]

I believe it is a raft-survival knife Charlie.The reason it doesn't have handles is they were inserted into a thin pocket in the raft and had to be flat as possible.

[tjmurphy]

Guess that's why it has a lanyard hole

[RobesonsRme.com]

I told you the gurus would know.
I was an Army man, we had inflatables for infiltration purposes, Rubber Boats we called them.
RB-6, RB-10, RB-12; the numbers denoted the maximum number of men for the boat.
I don't remember any knives.
Charlie Noyes

[just in case]

If nothing else you could open orsters with it .