1980s Wilkinson Sword Survival Knife unused in Box!

Just… Wow!
Wilkinson Sword Survival Knife Mk I
from the late 1980s and in unused condition!
Designed by Ray Mears

We see maybe one like this each 2-3 years. We have only ever seen 2 others in this condition with the original packaging and accessories.

This is the MkI Knife in highly-polished steel finish. The blade is in excellent condition with a few very light horizontal surface markings from the Scabbard.

It comes with its original cardboard box sleeve and inner box. Also intact are the owner’s leaflet, survival kit tube and button compass and survival kit contents.  Its serial number is engraved on the tang.  The Wilkinson Sword logo is engraved on one side of the Blade and the Royal coat of arms/appointment on the other.  The only item missing is the small card Warranty tag normally tied through the lanyard rivet,

HISTORY
Designed by the world-renowned UK bushcraft instructor Ray Mears*, the Survival Knife was released by Wilkinson Sword circa 1986. The MkI came with a silver-coloured locking pommel nut. The MkII had a brass-coloured locking nut.  The Knives either came in a cardboard inner box with wadding to secure the Knife inside or a polystyrene inner box cut out to take the Knife plus lid. Each was numbered 0***/1*** and 2*** respectively. Two versions of the Knife were available: light satin bead-blasted finish and highly-polished steel, which looked almost like chrome. It was withdrawn a few years later to eventually be replaced by the Dartmoor Knife in 2003, which was a redesign of the original Survival Knife.
*Under UK Patent Application No GB2171628A dated 3 Jun 85.

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