Original British WWII R.A.F. Airmen's Folding Survival Machete by Butler with Rare Blade Guard - dated 1945 German Air Force Luftwaffe the first that we recall

the first that we recall handling

Rear Admiral Francis Farington Gardner

and that information can be found handwritten on the bottom of the base

with a lovely color to the stock

The cylindrical shape made it easy to distinguish from the trumpet-shaped flash eliminator

Original British WWII R.A.F. Airmen's Folding Survival Machete by Butler with Rare Blade Guard - dated 1945 German Air Force Luftwaffe the first that we recallOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1942, the U. S. Army Air Force adopted a Folding Machete for use in the B 2 and B 4 Bail out kits. This machete was designed to replace the Model 18 Collins machete, which took up a lot of space in the emergency kits. The folding machete is only 11 inches long when folded up. The British Royal Air Force saw the utility of this, and decided to copy the design for their own emergency kits. They made only one change: