<style></style>The Camillus Cutlery Company of Camillus, NY was the only manufactuer of this knife, which was fashioned after the Marine Raider Stiletto.
Production of the Raider Stiletto was quite small by production standards, totalling only 14,370.
Of these, a small number were produced in black parkerizing for the Canadian Airborne, making it one of the most rare, expensive and collectible fighting knives of WWII.
The sheath was another first of its type, the design later copied for the V-42 stiletto and M3 fighting knife, this example having the first "Type 1" sheath.
Members of the 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion were issued this stiletto upon completion of jump training in Fort Benning, GA.
Production of the Raider Stiletto was quite small by production standards, totalling only 14,370.
Of these, a small number were produced in black parkerizing for the Canadian Airborne, making it one of the most rare, expensive and collectible fighting knives of WWII.
The sheath was another first of its type, the design later copied for the V-42 stiletto and M3 fighting knife, this example having the first "Type 1" sheath.
Members of the 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion were issued this stiletto upon completion of jump training in Fort Benning, GA.
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