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PILOT SURVIVAL KNIFE™
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CORAL LINEN MICARTA HANDLE SCALES - SILVER GUARD
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BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD HANDLE - BRASS GUARD
SPECIFICATIONS:
OVER ALL LENGTH:
BLADE STEEL: A2 LAMINATED TOOL STEEL
BLADE LENGTH: APX
5.0"
BLADE DIMENSIONS:
3/16" thick
BLADE DESIGN: CLIP POINT
BLADE GRIND:
HOLLOW GRIND
BLADE FINISH:
First production knives had a gun metal "BLUED" finish
BLADE HEAT TREAT: 60-61Rc
ORIGINAL
MSRP: $150.00 USD
The images above are of two different
PILOT SURVIVAL KNIVES made by NEWT LIVESAY at the Water Street Shop and
later the Raines Street Shop. The "Coral Linen Micarta Handled"
model is the rarer of the two, IF IT HAS THE NICKEL SILVER double guard
on it. The darker handled "Brazilian Rosewood Handled" model has a
Yellow Brass double guard on it. As far as I can remember I never
put a nickel silver guard on a Rosewood handled Pilot Survival knife.
These knives came with KYDEX sheath that was made for hanging upside
down on a flight vest or on the belt.
This original Livesay Pilot Survival
knife with the nickel silver double guard was made on contract.
There was a few made and sold to the public in 1993, 1994. (Less than
ten to the best of my memory) I did not keep a good record of
sales with this knife for some reason. Most of the contract knives
and the civilian knives will be stamped 93, 94, or 95 referring to the
year it was made. The civilian model that I made the most of
was the darker handled
Pilot Survival with the "Brazilian Rosewood Handles"
This knife had a Yellow Brass double guard on it, there was less than
twenty of these knives ever made. .
Both of these knives sold for $150.00
each when made. I raised the price of the Burgundy Linen Micarta handles
knives to $175.00 when I started selling them to the public. This
Coral colored Micarta used on these knives was manufactured in the early
1950s. Rare color
I apologize for the mis-information on
the color of the early model knives. I had listed it as Burgundy,
when it should read CORAL.
I recently sold an original Coral
handled Pilot Survival stamped 95 for $550.00 to a collector. He
also purchased an original
Pilot Survival knife with
Brazilian Rosewood handles dated
95.
This knife has been discontinued, and
is no longer a production knife.
MORE PHOTOS OF THE
PILOT SURVIVAL KNIFE ON LINE SOON.
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