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Mk2 USN Camillus
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 7:37 pm
by CheckSix
Picked this one up at the Great Lakes Knife Show yesterday... It's in pretty nice shape. The sheath has PT234 scribed in it. That PT boat saw action from 1943-1945, mostly in the Philippine Islands. The bored sailor tied a nice lanyard onto the sheath.
Re: Mk2 USN Camillus
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 7:46 pm
by edge213
That one is really cool!
Re: Mk2 USN Camillus
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 8:21 pm
by CheckSix
It really is! I added the picture of the PT-234 Higgins boat I found last night. I was reading up on their combat record. It's really fascinating when you can tie an artifact (this knife) to a particular time and place. In my mind, that's what makes it really cool!
Re: Mk2 USN Camillus
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 9:33 pm
by edge213
Yessir makes it even better.
Re: Mk2 USN Camillus
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:37 pm
by knife7knut
Beautiful!!!!!!!!! What would be great is if you could nail down whose knife it belonged to. I love the stories that go with knives as much as the knives themselves.
I have a couple of military knives that have names and/or numbers on them and have never tried to track down the owners.Sounds like another project lol
Re: Mk2 USN Camillus
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:00 pm
by CheckSix
knife7knut wrote:Beautiful!!!!!!!!! What would be great is if you could nail down whose knife it belonged to. I love the stories that go with knives as much as the knives themselves.
I have a couple of military knives that have names and/or numbers on them and have never tried to track down the owners.Sounds like another project lol
Absolutely! That would be great! I haven't been able to find the crew lists for that boat yet. I'll keep looking though.