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Any ideas on what this is? - Tools and Hardware

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Thanks guys, I've been asking other geezers in real Hardware stores about that thing for years. I looked up the betel nut and found a picture of a cutter similar to this one.
That looks remarkably similar to a Ka-bar survival knife that was issued to pilots in the Vietnam era although they were stamped Ka-bar and had the phosphor coating. I worked in a ships armory during...