Original U.S. Vietnam War Jet Pilot Survival Knife by Milpar With Rare Aluminum Handle and Leather Sheath With Whetstone Brown Bess and they illuminated the sky

and they illuminated the sky

Its KIAs were 1

The lock has some great engraving

The left shoulder features an incredible embroidered 8th Air Forces patch on blue felt background

It may at one time have had that finish

Original U.S. Vietnam War Jet Pilot Survival Knife by Milpar With Rare Aluminum Handle and Leather Sheath With Whetstone Brown Bess and they illuminated the skyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the Vietnam War Era U. S. Air Force Jet Pilot's Survival knife by Columbus Milpar and Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, with a rare experimental aluminum handle. It comes complete with it's original leather scabbard, which still has what we believe to be the original whetstone in the front pouch. The knife was originally designed in 1957 as a joint issue between the Navy Weapons