ID this knife

**Phil** · #1 06-30-2009, 02:48 PM

I'm quite sure, with all you military men, that someone here knows where this knife came from.

It was given to me by a friend...she said it was a U.S. Navy Seals standard issue? Was it to fit a rifle as a bayonet?

Can you give me the name of this knife and any details about it.
Never mind the magnesium fire starter.

Comments appreciated.:D

**Retired_for_now** · #2 06-30-2009, 02:57 PM

Looks like a common survival knife issued across several services - haven't a clue on nomenclature. 70s-early 80s I recall seeing a lot of them. Commonly called a "bolt knife" in the AF due to the pommel.

Could have been SEAL issue (they like knives, NEVER ask them to do show and tell). SEAL "standard" issue fluxes rapidly as they find newer and cooler toys. However, most SEAL equipment has plastic handles - leather doesn't like the salt water.

Yogi - remember, lead with your chin ...

Yogi

**dansls1** · #3 06-30-2009, 03:11 PM

I believe the word you are looking for is Ka-bar Yogi. A search for 'Navy Seal Knife' gave a couple sites selling $150+ knives that had plastic handles as you said and a list of 'spec's' that they are supposed to meet. I can't tell - does the blade have a 'fuller' (groove), hard to see from the picture angle but it looks like it.

**Retired_for_now** · #4 06-30-2009, 03:24 PM

Dan,
I'm not a knife expert, but I don't think it's a K-Bar. I do know it's not recent (last couple of decades) SEAL issue - they were using a "Mk-5" then, basically a modified K-Bar with a composite handle.

OK, did a little looking through old pamphlets and then Google. What you have, Phil, is a USAF issue aircrew survival bolt knife (which, judging by current references and USAF pubs on line, is still in use). As usual, the high-tech service hasn't updated that piece of equipment for at least the last 40-50 years.

Check with Padre, Ashrunner, Mechanic, Griffworks, etc. for another opinion.

Yogi - still trying to sharpen that damned thing

**ct ertz** · #5 06-30-2009, 03:27 PM

If it has a fuller and the handles are leather washers then it is just like my dad Navy issue knife. Or, that is, a knife that was issued to him at some point in his Navy career (1966-1989). He taught me how to sharpen a blade on that kind of stone from his knifes sheath.

**THE DC** · #6 06-30-2009, 03:42 PM

I think it was primarily a give away at crackerbarrel made to cut cheese wheels....

The DC

**Phil** · #7 06-30-2009, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dansls1

does the blade have a 'fuller'

Yes it does. It is also double edged (I filed down the "extra" edge for legal reasons). The handle is wrapped with those leather washers. The backside of the sheath is reinforced with steel up to the hilt.

It was given to me in 1995 (looked much worse when I got it...it was rusted).

DUH!...leather and steel would not like salt water.

**Sidewinder81777** · #8 06-30-2009, 04:35 PM

Its a U.S.Navy survival knife. I believe they are manufactured by Case, I used to have one.

**Phil** · #9 06-30-2009, 05:01 PM

Thanx Gentlemen!
I just noticed, on the "bolt" it says- ONTARIO 6-89. Could that be the date and place of manufacture?
I can't seem to find any other markings.

**WWayneGray99** · #10 06-30-2009, 05:30 PM

That's an Ontario Knife Company military issue #499 Air Force Survival Knife. The magnesium fire starter is not original. The knife was issued with an Arkansas stone in the front pocket of the scabbard. Here's a link to the company website: Welcome to Ontario Knife Company!