Need help identifying WW2 era Camillus fighting knife

[Adam Gitschlag]

I recently acquired what appears to be a WW2 era Camillus fixed blade knife. The blade length appears to be very similar to a USN MK1. It is a flat ground blade, vs a Sabre ground blade though. Also, the handle construction is very different. The handle is grooved stacked leather washers with Bakelite spacers at the ends, similar to a M3 knife. The pommel is also a flat metal oval, much like the M3 knife. The tang is also hammered/peen’ed like an M3, vs the screw type on USN MK1. It has a large, heavy flat cross guard.
In all my years of collecting military knives, I’ve never seen this model. Any ideas?

 

[Adam Gitschlag]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0oux7St3qZh9WAqVR-Rj-hVrg#West_Pensacola
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0hMS0Ya-gWUyZkRiAQBWLYMEg#West_Pensacola

 

[tltt]

Look sort of like this ? -

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https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/fo...14-an-unissued-imperial-pilot-survival-knife/ .

Imperial and Imperial Schrade sold commercial versions that fit the description also.

Edit - Yes we cross posted. These are a Post WWII knife, that fits between WWII and the more common Jet Pilots Survival Knife with hexagon pommel.

 

[Adam Gitschlag]

Yup, thank you, that looks to exactly be it! I have numerous Jet pilot knives too, I didn’t even post a comparison picture with one, because I thought this knife design had much more in common with the USN MK1. But yup, the construction looks identical to the picture that you posted! Did Camillus make many of these early jet pilot knives? I’ve never seen one before!

 

[tltt]

Camillus? Not that I've seen, only Imperial (and commercial versions by Imperial Schrade, and sometimes private commercial labels like Sears). The most common commercial versions are the Schrade H-15 series, but the style had a few other names when sold commercially -

 

[Adam Gitschlag]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0MW1VW8FIYi1_MaR9W6bzlz-g#West_Pensacola
yup, here is a picture of mine, in between a M3 knife and a USN Mk1. The blade design is very similar to the WW2 Seabee knife that was made by Western and later reproduced by Camillus. But this Camillus knife is definitely original, I really appreciate TLTT identifying it, I was scratching my head, lol.