SKIPH Posted April 10, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 10, 2021 Hey Gang! Picked up a couple of things today at "Warpath Militaria". The MK2 is a guard marked KA-BAR, USN MK2, about as mint as you can get w/o the original packaging. The Army Air Corps Survival Machete is a CASE XX with about 50% original bluing, and the metal edge protector. The machete had some old brush sap and some light rust. Placed it under hot water, and used a Brillo pad to clean it up, no pitting. The edge had some gouges near the front rounded edge, so I took a file, and smoothed the dings down, w/o damaging the blades integrity. The steel is a soft, easy to sharpen quality, then I ran it a couple of times over a hand held knife sharpener. Came out better than I thought, considering it had been well used. and dinged up. I used my old army shaving brush to apply the "LSA" the the blades. I might just throw the machete in the trunk of the car as a functional blade. Can someone explain to me why pictures keep turning upside down when posted? SKIP NOTE- Turned the pic upside down in my files, reposted, no change, still upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrabassett Posted April 10, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 10, 2021 Nice pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt14k Posted April 10, 2021 Share #3 Posted April 10, 2021 Nice haul Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted April 10, 2021 If you check out the rounded edge at the tip, you can see where it was pretty ragged, only did a little edge work with the file. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony V Posted April 10, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 10, 2021 Skip Congratulations ! Great additions to your collection. Great addiction we have ! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted April 10, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 10, 2021 As a matter of quick clarification Skip, that Case machete is US Navy and not an Army Air Corps item. It is officially the model type V-44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted April 10, 2021 Dustin- Thanks, I was always under the impression they were Army Air Corps. V-44 to me has always been the Bowie Style versions. Thanks for the clarification. SKIP Note- Dustin, just found the thread from Sep 2013, and your explanation. Must have missed that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted April 10, 2021 Share #8 Posted April 10, 2021 Skip, sometimes the photo, even when turned right-side up, remain saved as upside down. You might try turning them right-side up, then saving them, closing the photo viewing software, than opening up and seeing if they were saved right-side up. In some photo viewing software, the original file is stored no matter how you view the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted April 11, 2021 Bill- Advice taken, will see if I can download pics upside down, sadly, this is the only place they turn upside down. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted April 11, 2021 Share #10 Posted April 11, 2021 A couple of very nice items, Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvanic1882 Posted April 11, 2021 Share #11 Posted April 11, 2021 Nice knives!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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