Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.2 Hook-Bill Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle & Post-War Lanyard Russian Ordnance with the bronze wash still

with the bronze wash still fully intact

Army "Acting Corporal"

Elastic waistband and cuffs appear to be period replacements

However in practice

and is wrapped with a nice black ITO fabric wrapping

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.2 Hook-Bill Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle & Post-War Lanyard Russian Ordnance with the bronze wash stillOriginal Item. Only One Available. Worn in the breast pocket of the Paratrooper M2 Jump Jacket, these knives were intended for paratroopers to cut their parachute cords and anything else if they got entangled during a jump. All of the versions are quite rare and hard to find, partly because they continued to be used after the war, and simply wore out. This example has a patent date of January 30th, 1940, and has a post war added lanyard. The greatest