• Great one here. I put it around 1966-67.
• I don’t have any documentation, but was told it belonged to a Huey gunship officer/crewman. The 7 1/4″ Solingen 01 steel blade is 100% full showing light use and carry, a great patina. Exactly what you might expect from perhaps a pilot or door gunner.
• The tang comes up about halfway in the pinched tube handle, so pretty early.
• What is really striking is the size of the huge hilt, a full 3 1/4″, a holdover from the earliest examples before the size was reduce a bit.
• The Johnson riveted sheath is in excellent condition for a carried item. Everything works as it should, and it has a slightly used combination crystolon stone.
• Like I said, no provenance, but I would wager this knife was “in country”.

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