Re: Old Presto

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Re: Re: Old Presto

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Maltese flatguard wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:42 pm
niceguy2 wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2019 3:12 pm M-2 automatics …..
Found this recently. Such a bad ass picture.
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Re: Re: Old Presto

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The hawkbill Presto has never been identified in any publications as an issue item, either to my knowledge-but I have seen them in the wrapper, with the lanyard. I think the government took what they could get. The question is-was the metal handled Presto made before or during WW2, or was it later?
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Re: Re: Old Presto

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Bill DeShivs wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:34 am The question is-was the metal handled Presto made before or during WW2, or was it later?
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Re: Re: Old Presto

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Bill DeShivs wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:54 am That's actually a WW2 M-2 paratrooper knife. The bail has been removed.
thank you sir, even with the metal scales?
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Re: Re: Old Presto

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Possibly so.
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Re: Re: Old Presto

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Bill DeShivs wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:14 am Possibly so.
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