Modell 17 "ASTRO"

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Model 17 "Astro"
5 1/2" blade of 1/4" stainless steel stock.
4 3/8" Black Micarta handle,
fastened with removable stainless steel bolts. A slot in the heavy tang and matching hollow inside the handle may be used to carry matches, fishhooks, line and other survival items. Large stainless steel hilt, silver-soldered. Wrist thong. This RANDALL MADEtm model was especially designed for the seven Mercury astronauts, who carried them on America's first manned space flights. Astronaut Gordon Cooper did the final design, and two of these historically valuable knives are on display in the Smithsonian Institution.

#17 "Astro"
Standart Ausführung
Klinge: Stainless Steel
Handschutz: Stainless Steel
Griff: schwarzes Micarta
Scheide: braune #C-Style

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