Original U.S. WWII Unissued USAAF Camillus Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Blade Guard, Scabbard & Whetstone Royal Air Force either to keep the weather

either to keep the weather out or for use with a revolver with a slightly longer barrel

Étienne over M80

and the hilt has some surface rusting due to age

showing a gorgeous worn patina of age with some "frontier weathering"

This helmet is a fine example on an M1 helmet and still retains all of its original WW2 parts

Original U.S. WWII Unissued USAAF Camillus Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Blade Guard, Scabbard & Whetstone Royal Air Force either to keep the weatherOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1942, the U. S. Army Air Force adopted a Folding Machete for use in the B 2 and B 4 Bail out kits. This machete was designed to replace the Model 18 Collins machete, which took up a lot of space in the emergency kits. The folding machete is only 11 inches long when folded up. Case, Camillus, and Cattaraugus were the 3 makers contracted by the USAAF to manufacture these folding machetes. This example is marked on