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Camillus US Military Pilots Survival Knife

I was hired to repair, well that might not be the right word.. lets say build a Camillus US Military Pilots Survival Knife. My customer Allen gave me a Camillus blade and guard and asked me to put it together, It will be a gift for a friend of his.

This company went out of business in 2007 so I did some research and was able to find the drawings for the parts I need to make, the pommel and Case.

This is what he gave me, I took a picture of it on top of one of the drawings I found online:

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on May 11, 2013 at 18:01

Daniel,

Making great progress and that blade looks simply fantastic!

Permalink Reply by Daniel Howland on May 11, 2013 at 18:02

I will be back in a few days god willing! Happy Mothers day to all the moms out there.

Best

Dan

Permalink Reply by Daniel Howland on May 11, 2013 at 18:02

You Bet ! That guy Tim is doing some great things out there!

Ron Cooper said:

Thanks for posting the link to Tim's video. The process certainly looks easy enough and it definitely does produce a nice result.

Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on May 11, 2013 at 19:31

Outstanding work, Dan! It's been great to watch this process. Thanks for making that possible!

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on May 11, 2013 at 21:22

I'm just itching to see the finished knife. Great work so far.

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on May 11, 2013 at 23:49

!!! SWEET !!!

Permalink Reply by Daniel Howland on May 13, 2013 at 19:19

Thanks everyone!

I got the leather washers in the mail today. It won't be long till it's finished... Hopefully by this weekend, This week is going to be busy at work so I won't have much time during the week.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Howland on May 14, 2013 at 5:57

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on May 14, 2013 at 16:58

Nice .. where'd you find it ??

Daniel Howland said:

Permalink Reply by Daniel Howland on May 14, 2013 at 18:38

Hi Dale,

I found it Here

Permalink Reply by Daniel Howland on May 14, 2013 at 18:50

I got home a little early from work today and was able to hammer out a couple more parts. I'm using 1095 steel because thats what I have. I made the guard plate and the end plate, thank you for the measurements Dale!