Case XX military machete made in 1942?
Case XX military machete made in 1942?
Here is a new pick-up. Trying to find out more about it, I found out that Case made a military machete in 1942 (the tang stamp looks right for that). I have not found a picture yet. Anyone that might have one of these or know about it, I would appreciate any more information.
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Re: Case XX military machete made in 1942?
Looks like it might could be a CASEXX U.S. NAVAL AVIATION M-592 SURVIVAL KIT NON MACHETE.Please visit my AAPK store: https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... er_id=2383
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Re: Case XX military machete made in 1942?
That is the ONLY REAL V44 - the Case V44 machete that replaced the Collins #18 Pequeno Machetes and authorized clones from Western, Case and Kinfolks that were in the AAC M592 Survival kits. It is missing the edge protector.
The #18 was the knife in the pre-WW2 (1926-1941) Army Air Corps B2-Jungle Survival Kit then in the Army Air Force/USN M592 Survival Kit, until THIS knife replaced the #18 in 1944.
Most, if not all were stenciled USN, but they were used by the AAF on bombers used in the Pacific campaign for sure. Don't know if there was another kit used in Europe or not as the M592 had stuff that would have been much less useful in Europe, e.g., the fishing kit, fishing net, sunburn oinment, and the machete.
The #18 was the knife in the pre-WW2 (1926-1941) Army Air Corps B2-Jungle Survival Kit then in the Army Air Force/USN M592 Survival Kit, until THIS knife replaced the #18 in 1944.
Most, if not all were stenciled USN, but they were used by the AAF on bombers used in the Pacific campaign for sure. Don't know if there was another kit used in Europe or not as the M592 had stuff that would have been much less useful in Europe, e.g., the fishing kit, fishing net, sunburn oinment, and the machete.