U.S. WWII 1943 SWI Machete Lewis Gun Pump is in near excellent

Pump is in near excellent work condition

These examples do not have patent dates on the butt plate

The railway receipt indicates that Claude Ruggles came from West Virginia

slightly used condition

ready to display in the finest of Naval collections

U.S. WWII 1943 SWI Machete Lewis Gun Pump is in near excellentNew Made Item: These machetes were made by Ontario Knife Company for Shreck Wholesale Industries in the 1970's. They are not World War Two issue machetes. Interestingly, S. W. I. machetes were inserted into M. H. Coles book U. S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes and at that point were "legitimized" as genuine WWII collectibles. Nevertheless, its a wonderful 18 blade measuring 23 in overall length and is an impressive and affordable machete with a