Help me find 1990s Ka-Bar for my Pops

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christianzero

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My Dad served in the Gulf War and recently got his Ka-Bar stolen out of his truck. I know Ka-Bar wasn't standard issue during the Gulf War, but that was his knife of choice anyway. He had it all these years until now, and I was looking forward to him passing it on to me and then me to my son after that. Unfortunately, it was stolen.

So, I'm looking for a replacement to give him as a gift. I don't know much about the Ka-Bar steel used then vs. now. I also don't know how the handle differs from then vs. now. I'd love to get some help to find one as close to his original as I could.

Thank you in advance.
 
Unfortunately, you can’t replace the knife. Whatever you get, no matter how similar, would still be a replica of the original. It would never be the knife that he carried during the war.

For that reason, I would focus on getting him the best knife rather than the same knife.

n2s
 
not2sharp said:
Unfortunately, you can’t replace the knife. Whatever you get, no matter how similar, would still be a replica of the original. It would never be the knife that he carried during the war.

For that reason, I would focus on getting him the best knife rather than the same knife.

n2s
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Fair point. I have a Spartan Ka-Bar, so I thought about getting him one of those. But, he's an old dude, and I think he'd appreciate a "similar" or same year or whatever Ka-Bar. I've been sifting around eBay, maybe I'll find one there.
 
tltt said:
If you want one of that vintage though, you're looking for a White Box era model -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266460062319?hash=item3e0a41e26f:g:7ZQAAOSwE-BlLwj3&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAAwJH32NGhCV6IkmyNOwhKLxWqgcouFLOunjKemiAnl6VI7EG54/nxZfajjwewkbFKx8q4GGrn+mwaTeFNeGNdE+F/DoJnefWLfai+54i25PEsVAEqZZRVk+k3X5dpr8eyskVtgbTvzYujIYYCabg1eLwJlRlT5tgoWiT+feGP7M2p3bl2Wib6wb4uJ0bmzoaNh88fDGViMq1NaWGjgTvOYmHZtoz+BVY2+srLOpgbVlVTTPrPGUrHF4PDSGmdl76c1A==|tkp:Bk9SR9D6h_WfYw.

This old auction will show you the box, etc.... There are enough out there finding one on Ebay won't be too much trouble.
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You know, I didn't even think to look on there. I did find one close to his original year. Maybe that'll go through. Thanks for the recommendation.
 
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