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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.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on March 28, 2016 at 9:45

I would checkout the repair group that is here on IKC. Maybe they can help you out or maybe someone there can replace the scales.

Comment by Clint Thompson on March 28, 2016 at 9:44

Richard...

It is too bad you can't get this great knife fixed. At lease Case was honest and admitted they sold a product which would be defective, limited warranty, and can not fix. One must keep these type of experiences in mind when buying collector folders.

Comment by Richard Schuchman on March 28, 2016 at 9:34

As expected, this was the reply from Case regarding my toothpick:

"Good morning,

Unfortunately the first is true.  Many of the case classics with celluloid were produced with a very limited warranty.  We are unable to repair the items as we do not have any of the tooling or material that could be comparable to the original.  I am sorry that we could not help more.  

Sincerely
Matthew Burt

Comment by Richard Schuchman on March 26, 2016 at 20:55

Yeah, the celluloid near the bolsters is the first to go; that's what's warping out on mine now.

Comment by Bob Robinson on March 26, 2016 at 20:04

I have a knife somewhere that shows extreme case of gassing. I ran across it a few weeks ago but cannot find it right now. I will look again tomorrow and post a pic if so. The shrinkage looks to start at the bolster ends which tend to look turned up but progresses to the top and bottom of scales. Knife also has shrunk in the center of scale around the shield. The image in hand looks as if the scales shrunk in the middle area of scales and raised on the edge areas. Can't remember what brand of knife right off, maybe quality of scale materials reacts different?

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