Any one have a KA-BAR?

its all in good fun Culpeper, no harm intended.

here is my take on things: yea, there is lots of garbage made elsewhere other than Europe, Canada and the USA, wont argue with you there. There is also lots of good stuff made to extremely high specs and standards in china and taiwan too.....

Kabars are great value for the money and when used properly (aka not abused) they work just fine. If you need to split a log by pounding a rock on your knife....mebey use and ax instead or make wood wedges. Any knife tip will break off or bend when jammedinto a log and then bent, you cant get past that. sure there are better knives, but its all relative. My kabar has been thru hell and back and still looks new, i care for it like i do a child. It has never let me down. I sometimes wonder what the hell people are doing with their knives that they are breaking them so much? My kabars have been used to : chop 12" logs, chop saplings, clear brush, make shavings and kindling, chopped meat, slcied meat, sluatherd a goat (for food, not the devil) , sliced and choped thick rope, cut snow blocks etc etc etc. If i can get a knife to do all those things and it does'nt break after three years, i'm sold on it.

nuff said (except that our beer IS better) :D
 
It just goes to show you that the ability to make a good blade has nothing to do with national origin.
 
Bushman5 said:
its all in good fun Culpeper, no harm intended.

here is my take on things: yea, there is lots of garbage made elsewhere other than Europe, Canada and the USA, wont argue with you there. There is also lots of good stuff made to extremely high specs and standards in china and taiwan too.....

Kabars are great value for the money and when used properly (aka not abused) they work just fine. If you need to split a log by pounding a rock on your knife....mebey use and ax instead or make wood wedges. Any knife tip will break off or bend when jammedinto a log and then bent, you cant get past that. sure there are better knives, but its all relative. My kabar has been thru hell and back and still looks new, i care for it like i do a child. It has never let me down. I sometimes wonder what the hell people are doing with their knives that they are breaking them so much? My kabars have been used to : chop 12" logs, chop saplings, clear brush, make shavings and kindling, chopped meat, slcied meat, sluatherd a goat (for food, not the devil) , sliced and choped thick rope, cut snow blocks etc etc etc. If i can get a knife to do all those things and it does'nt break after three years, i'm sold on it.

nuff said (except that our beer IS better) :D
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No problem. And I agree with what you post. I like Canadians. We have a long standing agreement to insult each with taste and fight together with a vengeance. BTW, why do they call it "Canadian" Bacon?
 
I agree. As much as I love picking on our slightly mentally diminished friends from the north, my mother was born there, and I do have a high degree of respect for them. Just don't insult the beer again, our microbrews are better.
 
And yes, because I am an utter genius, I do mean in the most serious tone that ALL canadians are mentally diminished!!! HAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Now how am I going to take over the world tonight?
 
racer944 said:
And yes, because I am an utter genius, I do mean in the most serious tone that ALL canadians are mentally diminished!!! HAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Now how am I going to take over the world tonight?
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Start with Canada and but first watch Canadian Bacon.

RCMP Officer at Headquarters: Welcome to Canada.
Boomer: Hold it right there, Canuck!
RCMP Officer at Headquarters: Who are you?
Boomer: I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a citizen with a constitutional right to bear arms!
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Edwin S. Simon, NBS News Anchor: It is the height of six American football fields, or five Canadian football fields. As if Canadian football really counts.
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Roy Boy: Are you sure we're in Canada?
Honey: You smell anything?
Roy Boy: No.
Honey: Exactly. Canada!
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RCMP Officer at Headquarters: I don't know what you're talking aboot, eh?
Kabral: Aboot! It's ABOUT! And what's with this 'eh' business?
Roy Boy: [pointing a gun] We have ways of making you pronounce the letter O, pal.
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I don't think we coined the term candaian bacon at all, I actually hate it, not greasy enough.
Our beer is something to be proud of, though.
 
In honor of this "Ka-Bar" thread and all good people from North America I purchased the following for a whopping 120.76 + shipping.


KBD1
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D2 Extreme Fighting/Utility Knife
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Liam Ryan said:
I really like that spear point, make sure to give us a review.
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No problem. The spear point is 1095 steel. The other knife is the D2 stuff. I don't have a problem with the handles on these knives after watching them beat one with a sledge hammer several times.

BTW, I think those guys in that shop are hilarious. That shop is a mess. I think they perform these experiments when the boss is gone. :)
 
Culpeper said:
No problem. The spear point is 1095 steel. The other knife is the D2 stuff. I don't have a problem with the handles on these knives after watching them beat one with a sledge hammer several times.

BTW, I think those guys in that shop are hilarious. That shop is a mess. I think they perform these experiments when the boss is gone. :)
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1095 is excellent steel. I much prefer the spear point to the clip point. It seems to lend itself better to bush work.

Beating on a knife with a sledge sounds like something Cliffy would do.
 
There have been several recent threads about our neighbors to the north. A couple were driving a truck home at night, rolled it into a lake. They hiked 8 km to some hot springs, and stayed there until rescued. Then one good old boy in Canada rolled his four wheeler onto himself, waited 3 days for rescue while fighting off coyotes. Then there's Professor Popsicle, who jumps into frozen lakes to demonstrate hypothermia.

Canucks are tough! I don't think I'll be starting anything with them! Plus, they make Yukon Jack!
 
Well, I got those two Ka-Bars. The spear point is descent and the D2 seems a little better. The serrated edge on the D2 didn't look sharp at all. I just sort of ran my thumb lightly across and felt the recognizable feeling of getting nicked by a razor blade. Funny thing about these particular knives. When I opened the box it smelled like a new pair of boots even though the handles are synthetic. In all, not too shabby for a couple of tactical knives for less than $130 with shipping. Spear point was about $45 and the D2 about $73. These knives are generally and probably underrated by most serious knife users, which is a shame. These are USA knives but the Taiwan quality is probably no different considering the simple effective construction Ka-Bar uses. If someone issued either one of these knives to me I wouldn't complain.
 
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