Originally Posted by
PingDit
well, in the 1970's, we used to carry an aircrew knife that had a straight blade on it. This was the preferred style. However, it was decided that in order to avoid puncturing the dingy and to aid skinning when in survival mode that it should be relaced with this one (around the mid to late 80's).
PingDit,
The change from straight to curved blade occurred sometime in the early '70's: I still have mine from 1975 and it's a curved blade with a nice stabbing tip! The original knife patch (sewn onto the ovies) was a dull yellow/orange, unlike the green one in the photo.
Then again I still have a Mk 2a bonedome plus varied other rabbits.... which I find impossible to turf out, despite being quite useless and taking up too much space!