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Posted: 8/7/2026 3:06:02 PM EDT
   Found this for sale locally. I think I can get it for ~$75. Sheath obviously isn't perfect. Missing sharpening stone. I think it'd look great beside my 10" m1905,m4, and m7 bayonets. Look real or fake to you guys? I'm pretty good about ww2 stuff but I have next to no experience with these types of knives. Any opinions welcome. At $75 save my money move on? Haggle em down to $60? |
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If it's fake it's a good one. But really, why would anyone go to the trouble of faking one? They aren't a very high dollar item, and not particularly collectable. Mostly, they have sentimental value to the one it was issued to. 
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Some retailer blew out a bunch of these about fifteen years ago, I think for a price of like $20-25.00 (there's a ton of them out there). I bought a couple and still have one in it's plastic wrap. You'll notice this one was made by Camillus, where the other one was made by Ontario. The handle was leather stacked and mine has dried up wax which at one time was a protectant, but after years in a bug out bag it's dried up. Price-wise, I'd maybe pay $75.00 for a mint knife, but really no more than $30.00 for your example. ETA: Mostly, they have sentimental value to the one it was issued to. This more than the condition will drive the price of your example. Both of mine have a manufacture date way past Viet Nam era, where yours is from that period so it certainly adds to the value.     |
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I have the Camilus I carried everywhere as a kid. My dad gave it to me, he was in the Air Force in the early 70s. No idea if it was “his”, or just a knife. Left it in the woods for a few years, found the knife but not the sheath  Picked up a cheap current version to carry around in the van. 
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FYI- a current, similar appearing offering from Ontario- I don’t know if this was produced in their N.Y. factory, which closed a few years ago, or not. I haven’t kept up with whether Ontario has resumed any U.S. production since. https://www.chicagoknifeworks.com/ontario-air-force-one-survival-knife/ Sheath w/sharpening stone Factory second, with sheath |
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