Need help with ka-bar

[slader007]

I have this ka-bar knife but I haven't seen it on the internet and I would like to know some information about it .

http://imgur.com/4tMS2Ct,YbqHbQy#1


Thanks

 

[spikebot587]

might try asking in the kabar sub forum

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/874-KA-BAR-Knives

 

[marcinek]

Welcome. You cannot ask about value at your membership level.

Read the site's rules.:thumbup:

 

[slader007]

I have this ka-bar knife but I haven't seen it on the internet and I would like to know some information about it.

http://imgur.com/4tMS2Ct,YbqHbQy#1

 

[TravisH]

might try asking in the kabar sub forum

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/874-KA-BAR-Knives

:thumbup: Got a few KaBar experts there and KaBar rep posts as well.

Unfortunataely, the value is something that they won't answer at your membership level.


Oh ... and WECLOME!

 

[Phi Sig]

That looks like a KABAR Commando. I believe they were a private purchase knife from WWII.

 

[zzyzzogeton]

The model name was "Ka-Bar Commando". Came in Parkerized (flat grind - no fuller) and bright (with fuller) finishes.

According various internet sources, they were used by the military as:
1 - general issue utility knives
2 - life raft and bail-out bag knives
3 - PX sales
4 - post-war civilian sales
5 - all of the above

Take your pick...

Sources state (haven't seen) that they were in the early post-WW2 catalogs (1947 being one date bandied about)

Some say the Parkerized versions were issue and the bright blades, PX sales. Or vice versa. Depends on who's saying what.

Well made, serviceable knives - to me they are kind of like the 1219C2 - USN/MK2's baby brother, being 6" long to the 1219C2's 7" length.

 

[knarfeng]

Merging this with his other thread in the KaBar Forum.

 

[slader007]

Thank you everyone it helped a lot