Fritz Posted October 8, 2017 Share #1 Posted October 8, 2017 Found this yesterday at a local market, fairly scarce survival machete used by both Australia and USAAF pilots, the condition of this one seems better than the norm, nice 44 dated sheath. Is this the only company that made this mode survival machete? Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted October 8, 2017 Couple more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactroop Posted October 8, 2017 Share #3 Posted October 8, 2017 Seen the machete before, first time I've seen this sheath, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted October 10, 2017 Share #4 Posted October 10, 2017 Found this yesterday at a local market, fairly scarce survival machete used by both Australia and USAAF pilots, the condition of this one seems better than the norm, nice 44 dated sheath. Is this the only company that made this mode survival machete? Fritz A great find, Fritz. Those blades are extremely scarce, especially here in the USA. I am not sure if any other company made these machetes but I think it is certainly possible. My own example is not marked EAST BROS. Rather, my blade is unmarked except for USAAF marked on the left grip. The scabbard with my example was made by Bonney & Clark Ltd., not by Gold Seal as your example is. So, it is conceivable that there may have been at least two makers. Have you looked in Ron Flook's book for info on this machete? I don't have my copy handy here. It is shown in Cole's III on page 142. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted October 10, 2017 Share #5 Posted October 10, 2017 Very Nice and a great example Fritz! Have one as well but don't recall mine being marked. I have seen some of these used by the 5th AF crews as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted October 10, 2017 Thanks Gents! I'll have to pull my coles book out. I don't have Rons book. I'll have to add a copy to my library Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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