Knife ID Help? KaBar Buffalo skinner? Looks like a Green River 5" Buffalo skinner.

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I have a KaBar Skinner that the blade is probably thinner than a Green River but looks darn close to the Green River 5" Buffalo skinner. I know it is a KaBar as it has a wood handle like the Green River with KaBar burned into the handle. But I have not been able to find any information on it?


I guess the main question is it so rare that it should not be used? And are the blades good enough to be used? Also any information on it would be great.

Thank You

 
Knife looks like an early 1950s skinning knife. "Buffalo skinner" is a bit fanciful, these type of knives were made by almost every company that made fixed blade knives and most were made long after the buffalo were all gone. They were used by some for skinning game but were made for commercial meat packing houses and tanneries. The steel is surely good enough for use and I would not call it too rare to use. I use earlier KA-BAR butcher knives myself in my kitchen since most of them have excellent carbon steel blades that take an excellent edge and hold it longer than all but the most expensive modern stainless steel butcher and kitchen knives.
 
Thank You Gunsil. I figured since it was my Grand Fathers it would have been from the 50's or before but I could find no information on it. And forgot the picture to show how thin the blade is next to a Green River 5" Buffalo Skinner.

The Kabar is the one on the left and the Green River is the one on the right. It is funny that today people talk about how thin the blades of Green River are lol.

 
You ain't joking about how nice these old blades are...I have a few sets of vintage Old Hickory, Ekco Forge, and Forgecraft knives of all shapes and sizes. Man these suckers get sooo scary sharp. I use the Forgecraft in the kitchen myself. That old virgin hi-carbon is what got me into knives and led me to Ka-Bar which has become my outdoor/utility knives of choice.

I about fell over one day when I caught my wife using my 60+ y/o PAL butcher to cut a pizza ON the pizza stone!
Easy fix but gee whiz lady!
 
NCSlice said:
You ain't joking about how nice these old blades are...I have a few sets of vintage Old Hickory, Ekco Forge, and Forgecraft knives of all shapes and sizes. Man these suckers get sooo scary sharp. I use the Forgecraft in the kitchen myself. That old virgin hi-carbon is what got me into knives and led me to Ka-Bar which has become my outdoor/utility knives of choice.

I about fell over one day when I caught my wife using my 60+ y/o PAL butcher to cut a pizza ON the pizza stone!
Easy fix but gee whiz lady!
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You shoulda got her a real pizza cutter, then she wouldn't have had to improvise. Right tool for the job, and all that. :D:D:D
 
zzyzzogeton said:
You shoulda got her a real pizza cutter, then she wouldn't have had to improvise. Right tool for the job, and all that. :D:D:D
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Yeah...I asked about that...
She said he couldn't find it...
I turned around and grabbed it right out of the utensil carrousel where it lives...right behind her!!!
Made me a bit suspicious...

Besides the fact that there's about 20 other knives plus 4 big cleavers on a magnet strip easily available...
I never cut pizza on the stone anyway...its bad for the tool and the stone.
 
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