Old (?) Ka-bar traditional pocket knives, anyone still has and uses these?

3.5" closed. 2 3/8" main w/ "KA-BAR" on reverse
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Seems to be pre-WII but not real old.
 
Made wartime or just after, the KA-BAR over Olean N Y stamp did not start until 1942 or 43 with the advent of the military knives so marked and was used for a year or two after the war. This mark was superceded by the KA-BAR over USA stamp and the Carbon KA-BAR Chrome mark and finally the Kabar lower case italicized mark. The KA-BAR over Olean NY mark superceded the KA-BAR over Reg US Pat Off and Union Cutlery company marked knives.
 
gunsil said:
Made wartime or just after, the KA-BAR over Olean N Y stamp did not start until 1942 or 43 with the advent of the military knives so marked and was used for a year or two after the war. This mark was superceded by the KA-BAR over USA stamp and the Carbon KA-BAR Chrome mark and finally the Kabar lower case italicized mark. The KA-BAR over Olean NY mark superceded the KA-BAR over Reg US Pat Off and Union Cutlery company marked knives.
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Any idea what the scales are made of? Unusual color in my limited experience. Good condition for the age.
 
I don't know what the scales are made of. Your knife is in very nice condition! I think the scales are perhaps a similar man-made composition like the colored fiber washers used on some of their pre-war hunting knives.
 
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