though it's issued and sold as both a
"Combat" Knife and a
"Survival" knife it is better known today (in Bushcraft circles) as an "
RAF/MoD Survival Knife".
It's the one the
RAF and
MoD have been issued and used for displays.
It's often sold with
RAF,MoD,Combat, and sometimes
"NATO" prefixing it.
(this factory that makes them calls them
"MOD survival Knife")
http://www.sheffieldknives.co.uk/acatalog/Military_Knives.html
to be anal about it has another name it's "real" name is:
Wilkinson sword Type "D" Survival knife
there are several different versions! (pictures borrowed from British blades)
Mine will always be a "RAF/MoD survival knife" or wilki "D" to me
what you perhaps didn't know is that before Ray Mears was a TV personality he openly used and promoted the use of the
Wilkinson sword Type "D" Survival knife in the past with an opinel knife for fine work and a small axe!
it's there clear as day, he'd even modified one!...also
page 15 of the survival handbook by raymond mears published in 1990 there is a picture of the wilkinson sword survival knife, beneath the picture it reads
"The wilkinson sword survival knife, designed by the author to combine the ideals of a woodsman's knife with the requirements of an expeditioner."
(used by Peter Duncan and Lofty wiseman on "Duncan dares" 80's tv)
so there!

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