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[doyler]

Case developed a machete for the Space Program and these were prodiced for sale to the public at one time.THese  were discontinued in 1972 from a copied article I have.

 

This came with a display case and is a numbered item.I dont see to many of these out there.

 

Case produced a second model but it was called the NASA knife in the mid 1980s

 

Has the shipping box,display case,blade guard which is numbered to the machete(#2430) and matches the machete.

 

Nice item but a little out of my focus and thinking of moving it along.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by doyler, 20 September 2017 - 06:17 PM.

[doyler]

Blade guard and copies of articles from a knife guide several years ago..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[doyler]

http://www.cartertow...E/Case Nasa.htm

[SKIPH]

Ron- Thanks for showing! SKIP

[sactroop]

Were these coming out around the same time that Randall was pushing designs for the space program too?

[doyler]

Were these coming out around the same time that Randall was pushing designs for the space program too?

 

Could be.

 

I haven't ran across much information on the program.

[m1ashooter]

Very cool.  Would have been a hard landing if they missed the water and had to hit land.

[doyler]

Very cool.  Would have been a hard landing if they missed the water and had to hit land.

 

 

I agree.

 

Don't think those capsules bounced very well...  

[Frank Trzaska]

In the early days they were not sure where they were going to land so all astronauts went through survival training in Panama among other places. The machete was part of the survival kit in the capsule. Pretty cool item, I have owned a few of the replicas through the years but never had the opportunity to get a real one.

 

All the best

Frank Trzaska

[kwill]

They actually used these in their survival training.

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[capt14k]

Never knew such a thing existed. What do they sell for? Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Edited by capt14k, 15 October 2017 - 12:48 PM.

[kammo-man]

This is great.

Never knew they existed.

owen

[Spy vs Spy]

Only heard of these, never had the pleasure of seeing one up front. Thanks for sharing this with us Ron. Sure is a cool piece.
That astronauts survival training sounds though.

Best
Martin