MY Kabar Short List:

[stvpourciau]

1. Warthog (have one coming!)-*1247 Received, it's awesome!*
2. 1271 Fighter
3. USN Mk1, leather handled
4. Gamestalker
5. Dozier "Big Easy" Slipjoint (love me some slipjoints! )
6. Combat Kukri (becker thread put the bug for owning one into me)
7. Bk2

*NEED to replace broken 1245 Tanto*

AND I'll probably be picking up a "piggyback" the next minute that I have $10 to spare..

Also desired:
short tanto, JAB Potbelly, grass machete, cutlass machete, desert MULE folder, D'eskabar

Man that "Pig Sticker" sure is beautiful, I'm sure that I'll be buying one off ebay at highly raised prices sometime in the future

Just thought that I'd let yall know how responsible you are for the loss of all my cash!

Now we all know where my $$$ will be going for quite some time; AND GET THIS, I don't even own an U.S.M.C. Classic! xD

*P.S.* [EDIT] Please post your KA-BAR Shortlist as well, this IS a thread. I intended it's purpose to be both fun and educational in comparing list.

 

[FreebornErik]

I got a Potbelly last month, it came with the piggyback with both the piggyback sheath and the sleeve in the potbelly sheath. I was sort of surprised, I didn't expect it to have the standalone sheath. So, if you're planning on getting both, you could think of it as either a very expensive piggyback with a free potbelly, , or a $10 off on the price of the potbelly.

Me, my short list is in no particular order:

- JAB Gamestalker (maybe 2)
- BK-24
- BK-15
- JAB Baconmaker
- I've also been thinking about trying to score a set of the Zombie scales for my potbelly, I like high visibility, and it seems a better option than hunter orange spray paint on the factory brown scales.

Don't have a USMC Classic either, though I do have a fairly reasonable Western Knives copy that has been in the family for about 60 years.

Erik

 

[stvpourciau]

I've also been thinking about trying to score a set of the Zombie scales for my potbelly, I like high visibility, and it seems a better option than hunter orange spray paint on the factory brown scales.
Erik

I pray constantly that KA-BAR will someday to decide to include a high visibility handle option on all of their knives. Love me some Kabar and I'd say that 98% of use them as woods knives, which makes blaze orange, high vis. yellow, or neon green a necessity.

 

[bigghoss]

I just ordered two from my short list (grass machete and BK16). The only other's from my short list currently aren't in production yet, all beckers(RBK, BK6, BK10).

My long list includes a MK1, black F/U, cutlass machete, kukri machete, BK4, and BK7.

 

[stvpourciau]

I just ordered two from my short list (grass machete and BK16)

Hmm, the BK16 has caught my eye as well and I looked it up after reading this. With a Becker of that Size and Blade shape, I don't really see much value in owning a Gamestalker as well when I could have this awesome short, skinning capable 1095 Becker. I don't own any Beckers as of yet..

Something for me to think about.

Also receiving the Original Warthog model has negated my immediate desire for owning a Mk1. I'll still be wanting one because it's such a nice looking knife but my primary Need for it as a smaller belt knife that can do some "heavy" work has now been filled by the Warthog 1247.