Fake Kabar Cleaver??

[zzyzzogeton]

I didn't realize that Kabar made kitchen cutlery until I found a 12 knife Steak Knife set at a garage sale.

Now, looking around on fleebay I found the following "Kabar" cleaver. I think it "may" be a fake due to the "Kabar" on the blade - to me it looks like it was put on the knife with a little bitty punch or with an electric etching device. At least I have never seen Kabar being so sloppily applied. Opinions?

The cleaver


And the "stamp"


And some weird blemish at the upper ricasso position

 

[midnight flyer]

Sounds like your knife is mentioned here:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/170928-Kabar-cleaver

And you can actually see pictures of it here if you don't pay attention to all the silly zombie stuff:

http://tinyurl.com/lazcc7w

Most of the time the pictures will lead to a link so you can follow up as you wish.

Robert

 

[zzyzzogeton]

Yep - looks just like the one I found. I also see where Mr. Levine said that there was inadequate documentation available to make a decision either way.

Maybe toooj or officialkabar knows.

 

[Toooj]

zzyzzogeton,

Real KA-BAR Cleaver. In the 1950s-60s...maybe up to the 1970s.
We don't have a lot of documentation on the Kitchen knives of that period. I'll sort through our collection and see about item numbers.
Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Paul Tsujimoto
Sr Eng
Prod Dev and Qual
KA-BAR Knives

 

[zzyzzogeton]

Thank you, toooj. I like part numbers.

Now I'm glad I took a chance and put the minimum bid on it. No one else bid on it and I got it.

I think it will display well in an old barn wood frame until I wear out the other 9 cleavers I have ( my grandfather also ran the local slaughter plant/meat locker, so we have a LOT of old cleavers and butcher knives) and need to use it as a back-up.