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Comment by Howard P Reynolds on April 17, 2016 at 20:52

Thanks, Tobias & Jan.  Enjoyed the read. 

Comment by Jan Carter on April 17, 2016 at 19:55

The AAF Folding Machete

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 17, 2016 at 19:11

Thanks Howard.   I do a better write up on the machete in The General Knife Discussion Forum.  Look for the one titled "AAF Folding Machete".

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on April 16, 2016 at 20:32

A brute of a knife, Tobias.  The link you provided went nowhere, that is, it couldn't find the page for me.  Just said "Page not found."

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on April 16, 2016 at 0:01

Sooper nice find!

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 15, 2016 at 20:58

A couple images of my latest Case purchase.  This one dates from 1942.   Case was one of three knife companies who made the Army Air Forces Folding Machete that was found in the B-2 and B-4 Emergency bail out kit for pilots and air crews.

The knife measures around 11.5  inches folded and about 15/5 inches when open. The blade is approximately 10 inches.  This one is rock solid with a good patina.  The blade is extremely tight and the liner lock functions perfectly.  I haven't been this excited about a knife purchase in I don't know how long!   The AAF folding machete was one of the knives on my bucket list.

I wrote more about this knife here:

http://iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/the-aaf-folding-machete

Comment by Eric Hall on April 1, 2016 at 16:27

8" oal, 4" blade.  Full pic below.  Any idea what model this is?

Comment by Eric Hall on April 1, 2016 at 16:26

My recent craigslist find.  Any idea what model this is?  8" oal, 4" blade.

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on March 31, 2016 at 23:45

New knives up there ^

                  

Comment by Richard Schuchman on March 28, 2016 at 9:49

Unfortunately, I bought this early on when I first started collecting and had NO idea. Case was a respected company and there was no reason to suspect they'd sell a defective product.

Garett Finney was recommended to fix this and he gave me a great quote to replace the handles with abalone and file work the blade. I'll probably do that, even though it'll ruin the collectibility as is.

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