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thanks for confirming that I'm only 3/4 as dumb as I thought I was.You are right ....... they make one like that and call it Dogs head utility knife ....... so two doggies instead of one.
I think I am OK with linking these since Kabar participates here on the manufacturers forum.
Thanks for the info Mr P, it's certainly a great-looking knife, and I can understand why you would want to honour your dad by carrying a KABARMy late father served for the U.S. Navy during WWII. He had a KABAR MK2 issued, as well as a Remington 1911. I wish I had his, but, I don't think he came out of the service with it.
From the KABAR, Olean, N.Y. website:
The Red Spacer KA-BAR is arguably the most collectible KA-BAR Knife made during World War II. The distinct red spacer below the hand guard and above the leather washer has caught the eye of collectors for decades. Though originals are rare and expensive, KA-BAR’s State & Union shop has made a small batch of this iconic knife with the Dog's Head blade mark. The leather washers are shaped by hand and dyed to create an aged appearance. The pommel is ground down to replicate the dimensions of the original. Each red spacer is hand made to be slightly longer than the current spacer used on KA-BAR Fighting/Utility Knives. The blade is sandblasted, then cold gun blued. The sheath undergoes an ageing process to darken the leather and match the original sheath color.
This morning ...... I worked up the courage to drench the steel of my new dogs head with mineral oil and lightly rub it with Scotchbrite Ultra Fine. ( shows off the grinds )
I wiped it off and washed it. .............. I liked it yesterday ....... I like it a lot more today.
I like your little Boker quite a bit Mr. Jack.
The only Kabar I own is a Peanut! 
I do have SOG's tribute from the late 80's though 
Great lines!
Thanks Jeff
Beautiful! Like many of us, I have always loved Loveless designs
You have some beautiful FBs Mr P, handsome shotgun as well, and superbly photographed, as always
I always mean to carry this Boker Savannah more often (too many knives, not enough opportunities!)
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Thanks Mr P, that's the reason for it, I have them on most of my FB's, I need all the help I can get!Thank you Mr. Jack.
That nice Boker you are showing would look mighty fine with one of J.J.'s fancy leather lanyards. We might need a lanyard course.
but you're not apt to lose it with that bright orange one.
Plus, Firecord is good emergency tinder 
Plus, Firecord is good emergency tinder
Very nice picture Mr. Jack ........ and a fine knife !
Tinder you say ? ........ I reckon there is more than one way to skin a cat !
I bought this Blackie Collins designed Smith & Wesson Outdoorsman when I was twenty years old. S&W made these in-house in Massachusetts.
440 C Stainless, Wessonwood, 10 inches OAL. It has a unique screw out brass pommel, where items can be stored in the brass lined handle.
I have always had five matches, a toothpick, a needle, and a few feet of thread enclosed in it. Quite a few times the items came in handy.
It was my only fixed blade hunting knife for over 30 years. Took it hunting, fishing, and camping many times.
About 7 years ago, I decided to bring it back to its glory days and cleaned away all of the surface scratches. Renewing the sheath was more of a chore.
It will be fifty years old next year ...... ready for fifty more.
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Thank you my friend
Very nice picture Mr. Jack ........ and a fine knife !
Tinder you say ? ........ I reckon there is more than one way to skin a cat !
I bought this Blackie Collins designed Smith & Wesson Outdoorsman when I was twenty years old. S&W made these in-house in Massachusetts.
440 C Stainless, Wessonwood, 10 inches OAL. It has a unique screw out brass pommel, where items can be stored in the brass lined handle.
I have always had five matches, a toothpick, a needle, and a few feet of thread enclosed in it. Quite a few times the items came in handy.
It was my only fixed blade hunting knife for over 30 years. Took it hunting, fishing, and camping many times.
About 7 years ago, I decided to bring it back to its glory days and cleaned away all of the surface scratches. Renewing the sheath was more of a chore.
It will be fifty years old next year ...... ready for fifty more.
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OldHercDude
, I'm not surprised you carried that knife on so many adventures 
Not very modern, but nicely and rarely human.I bought it from an old Sheffield knife shop called Morton's. Stan Shaw did work for them, as did many Sheffield cutlers. My knife was made by a long deceased cutler named Stuart Mitchell, who many years later, and entirely by coincidence, made my U1 knife
