Help identify this sheath please

[rick carpenter]

I got this sheath at a garage sale and don't know what it was used for. I hope someone can help. It's ~9.5" tip to handle loop, ~1.25" wide symmetrical molded blade void in the pocket, and ~5" blade pocket length. It has a touch-up sharpening stone, and thin brass formed sheet metal protective plates at the blade tip front & back which are open at the tip. It looks to have been used a lot for many years. The symmetrical pocket makes it look like it was for a dagger, but I don't know that a dagger would have been sheathed in such a utilitarian design or would have seen the obvious heavy use this one looks to have seen. Anyone know what it was for?

Bonus shot of our garage cutie.

 

[Steevo]

A roofers knife? (or linoleum knife)

 

[RivennHewn]

I know Schrade made similar sets.

But I don't recognize the blunt end at the bottom of the sheath.

 

[Fedwrench]

Government Pilots survival knife sheath. Does the metal run all the way up the back or just cover like the bottom inch. Different makers like Ontario or camillius.

 

[Steevo]

I think Fedwrench nailed it.

 

[G_P]

Government Pilots survival knife sheath. Does the metal run all the way up the back or just cover like the bottom inch. Different makers like Ontario or camillius.

Correct.
I have one from Camillus that my uncle brought back from Vietnam. It's dated 5/1967. No idea how a Captain in the Marines got a pilots survival knife though. I did not get it until long after he had passed away.

 

[RivennHewn]

Google:

MIL K 8662-E Camillus Pilots survival knife

 

[Fedwrench]

Originally developed as a pilots survival knife in the 1950s, they quickly became popular with non aviation types in need of a low cost durable knife. The Marines had their Kabars, and a good portion of the Army had the pilots survival knife. The ones made by camillius were probably the best versions. It wasn't a Randall by any stretch of the imagination but, it got the job done for many generations.

 

[rick carpenter]

OK thanks y'all, it's definitely a pilot's knife sheath. I didn't think about that, I always thought about big ol' Kabars when I thought about military knives. @Fedwrench, the brass actually wraps front to back about 1.25", not open like I said at first.

Now to figger out a tool to fit in it. I don't need a drywall saw sheath as I already made one, so maybe some Fantasticos or Cobolts when I do disaster demo.

 

[PugetDude]

Now to figger out a tool to fit in it.

Maybe consider a ....
MIL K 8662-E Camillus Pilots survival knife

 

[georgiadave]

The metal tip is to prevent the knife tip from penetrating the sheath (and the wearer) during ejection from the aircraft. There is quite a commotion during the sequence.