billythekid Posted July 12, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 12, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsellati Posted July 12, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 12, 2009 Congratulations on acquiring such a nice example :thumbsup: . Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythekid Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted July 13, 2009 Tim - thanks very much for the kind reply; much apprecaited. Kind regards, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted July 13, 2009 Share #4 Posted July 13, 2009 Very nice!! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsellati Posted July 13, 2009 Share #5 Posted July 13, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK101 Posted July 13, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 13, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsellati Posted July 13, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 13, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythekid Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted July 13, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Cain Posted July 14, 2009 Share #9 Posted July 14, 2009 That is a great example of a fairly uncommon (at least in the collecting world) knife! Great score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn327 Posted August 14, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 14, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn327 Posted August 14, 2009 Share #11 Posted August 14, 2009 hi again my knife serial # is 1050/61,,,,,,,,,any idea on value?.....thanks john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhell Posted August 14, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 14, 2009 Very nice knife. :w00t: :drool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythekid Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted September 2, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn327 Posted September 8, 2009 Share #14 Posted September 8, 2009 thanks for the reply...good luck in the hunt...john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn327 Posted September 20, 2009 Share #15 Posted September 20, 2009 any thoughts on how to find out who it was issued to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythekid Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share #16 Posted September 25, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn327 Posted November 22, 2009 Share #17 Posted November 22, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn327 Posted June 26, 2010 Share #18 Posted June 26, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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