Serial No. 1020/61

[billythekid]

Hi all,

 

I recently recieved an Imperial Non-magnetic US Navy dive knife - No 1020 of 1,156 such knives ordered by the Navy in 1961. The 7 3/8" blade is made of a tungsten cobalt alloy (Haynes Alloy No. 25). An interesting bit of kit -

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Bill

[tsellati]

Congratulations on acquiring such a nice example :thumbsup: .

 

Tim

[billythekid]

Tim - thanks very much for the kind reply; much apprecaited.

 

Kind regards,

 

Bill

[gunbarrel]

Very nice!! :thumbsup:

[tsellati]

Bill,

 

I am interested to learn more about the symbol seen in the fifth picture. It appears to be a downward facing arrow between two waves crests. Is this a proof mark applied by Imperial or is this a U.S. Navy acceptance mark for the knife?

 

Thanks for the education.

 

Tim

[AK101]

I am interested to learn more about the symbol seen in the fifth picture

 

Same symbol here in Knife knotes 10, scroll down to the EOD knife.

 

http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/knife_knotes_10.htm

[tsellati]

Same symbol here in Knife knotes 10, scroll down to the EOD knife.

 

http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/knife_knotes_10.htm

 

 

Thanks fo the link. Yes, the marking on the EOD knife is reminiscent of the one on the knife above. However, the one on the EOD knife appears to have been applied by electropencil and the downward "arrow" looks more like the letter "L". Perhaps just poor tip control on the electropenicling.

 

Tim

[billythekid]

Bill,

 

I am interested to learn more about the symbol seen in the fifth picture. It appears to be a downward facing arrow between two waves crests. Is this a proof mark applied by Imperial or is this a U.S. Navy acceptance mark for the knife?

 

Thanks for the education.

 

Tim

 

The symbol you're refering to is the "Nonmagnetic" symbol use by the US military during this period. Much appreciate the kind replies - thanks again !

 

Best regards,

 

Bill

[Gary Cain]

That is a great example of a fairly uncommon (at least in the collecting world) knife! Great score!

[bigjohn327]

Hi all,

 

I recently recieved an Imperial Non-magnetic US Navy dive knife - No 1020 of 1,156 such knives ordered by the Navy in 1961. The 7 3/8" blade is made of a tungsten cobalt alloy (Haynes Alloy No. 25). An interesting bit of kit -

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Bill

thats areally nice knife. I have one just like it around the house somewhere. I must look for it . Do you know anything else about it? thanks j

[bigjohn327]

hi again my knife serial # is 1050/61,,,,,,,,,any idea on value?.....thanks john

[mrhell]

Very nice knife. :w00t: :drool2:

[billythekid]

hi again my knife serial # is 1050/61,,,,,,,,,any idea on value?.....thanks john

 

I hope this is within the rules of the forum, to discuss value ? I'd give a ballpark value of $1,000 to $1,400 - depending upon condition, provenance, etc. etc.

 

Kind regards,

 

B.

[bigjohn327]

thanks for the reply...good luck in the hunt...john

[bigjohn327]

any thoughts on how to find out who it was issued to?

[billythekid]

any thoughts on how to find out who it was issued to?

 

These knives were not issued to any one person, but were "mission issue" and were then returned to storage / locker. According to the few articles (mostly by Frank Traaska) they were very tightly controlled - due to their high cost (and easy to ruin in regard to their antimag properties).

 

Kind regards - B.

[bigjohn327]

thanks for the reply.....it appears that a few escaped . as one sold on ebay in september. I got mine at a flea market for 5 bucks

[bigjohn327]

thanks for the reply.....it appears that a few escaped . as one sold on ebay in september. I got mine at a flea market for 5 bucks

can anyone tell me the correct sheath for this knife as the one on this string is different from an earlier one ......thanks ..........always interesting chat.....john