Stag Ka-Bar's Fixed or not Let's See EM

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nutoknives

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Love me some STAG Ka-Bar's

Most post here as of late,
lot's of young blood here,
new production especially with
Becker's, Dozier, Boss, Johnson, and all of Tooog's Blades

this Post for Stag as a handle material none Better IMO, so Let's see Em That Pretty Steel you Need to show
 
DSCN1510.jpgDSCN1511.jpgDSCN1513.jpgDSCN2254.jpgDSCN2252.jpg OK, here's a couple of superb oldies!! The first one is a mint salesman's sample marked 272G-5 from around 1923-1924. The second one is a mint 264-5 from the mid to late 1920s. The model name for the first one was "Trusty" and the model name for the second one was "Explorer". In my opinion it doesn't get much better or prettier than this! The "2" prefix on old KA-BARs was the code number for stag, and the "G" suffix was the code letter for stag butt or pommel.
 
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DSCN2147.jpgDSCN2148.jpgDSCN2149.jpgDSCN2152.jpg A few more!! Two super rare model #267 "Robin Hood"s and one #667 Robin Hood in jigged bone, an early 259 "Pistol Grip" and a 264-5. Gotta love these rare stag handled knives!!
 
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DSCN2233.jpg There is only one one material that trumps stag although it is rarely seen on hunting knives, but KA-BAR did make one model in genuine mother of pearl and they are super rare. These two aren't mint but they are so hard to find I will gladly take them in used condition. I do have a larger mint example which is the queen of my KA-BAR collection but do not have a photo of it handy. The model number on these two is 762-5 and the model name was "Faithful".
 
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That's what I want to see Thanks Gun absolutely Superb

1199 with Dressed Bolsters and Sambar Stag



KEEP EM SHARP
 
I could do this all day, kind ofphoto 1.jpg surprised nobody else has shown any great stag KA-BARs here. This is a very rare model 266 called "Primitive" in the old brochures.
 
DSCN2459.jpgDSCN2460.jpg C'mon zzy, you must have a few nice ones yourself!! Here's a couple of early stag folders, I have fewer folders than fixed blades by far, and most of my KA-BAR folders are bone. I do love the crown jack and the lock back!!
 
DSCN1567.jpgDSCN1568.jpgDSCN1569.jpgDSCN1570.jpg Here's one more goody before I get back to work making some desserts for tomorrow and Friday. This one is the model 238, called "Bearcat" and discontinued early on. Was also available pre-KA-BAR. The one pictured is a contract knife marked "NUVALU" with an arrow through the word, and US Athletic Co over Chicago below the Nuvalu stamp. These Bearcats came in wood handles (more common) and stag, most of the stag ones have the most beautiful gnarly stag ever seen. This one is dang near mint condition and the stag is typical KA-BAR stag dyed and varnished. Some of these model 38 KA-BARs will be found with steel butt caps and some with nickel butt caps.
 
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Yeah, but they are in a tub on a shelf out in the shop with a lot of s#$/^ from my dad's work shop piled in front of it. When my mother sold their house, I had several pickup loads of stuff that I just piled in the shop (and in the garage and the equipment shed and the barns and the garage apartment and the .... ) and haven't had time to sort through.

I inherited my packrat genes legitimately.:D My dad grew up during the Great Depression so poor that he had to bum stuff from the church mice. Between him and his cousin who worked for him for 30 years, they taught me well in how to not throw potentially useable stuff away. On more than one occasion, I have said "Wait a minute, I have something we can use." to "southern engineer" a fix.
 
Well my folks were also children of the great depression but I am the family packrat. I bet if we visited one another we would find the same conditions in garages and other parts of the house. I was also raised with the idea that if one wanted a job done right one was better off doing it oneself, so I have tools for many different applications all over the place, even if they only get used once in a long while. Most of my knives are in the house since there is too much moisture in my garage, but most are in tubs also and I can never find the one I am looking for without spending a lot of time doing so. I do have a spare bedroom that has KA-BARS all over the shelves and furniture so I can usually find most of them. Best are in the safe but that is also a jumble of different brands and hard to find a specific one without spending a lot of time sorting through them. Have a great thanksgiving everybody!!!
 
Awesome Gun, Keep em coming no old one's like you, and what zzy has just as many? Got to get to that shed zzy

A Ka-Bar-Lo



KEEP EM SHARP
 
DSCN2462.jpgDSCN2463.jpgDSCN2464.jpg Just found this one while looking for something else. It has a very rare etch on the blade and gorgeous stag scales!! I'm starting to get ready for the show in Sevierville, TN Dec. 10-12, hope to see some of you there! I'll likely dig out some more nice stag KA-BARs for this thread as I go through knives for sale and not for sale to take to the show where I will have two tables.
 
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DSCN2467.jpg Two from the safe, top is a rare 272-6 "Trusty" with the early "blob" pommel, and the lower is a 265 "Expert". Beautiful stag on these early knives! The 262s are fairly common with 4&1/2 inch blades but the 5&1/2" shown here is a scarce find, especially in it's near mint condition.
 

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Keep em coming Gun I for 1 Love them Stag knives Thanks for sharing and have a Great Show down in TN
 
DSCN2472.jpgDSCN2474.jpgDSCN2475.jpg Here's a sweet model 262 called "Faithful" in the old brochures. This one has a rare NO-STAIN STEEL etch, an early term for stainless. Great stag again on this example.
 
DSCN2483.jpgDSCN2484.jpgDSCN2485.jpgDSCN2486.jpgDSCN2487.jpg I definitely have a stag KA-BAR problem, here are some of my "Little Hunter" models and one "Little Trading Post" model. The little hunters have saber ground 3&1/2" blades while the Little Trading Post has a 3" blade. The ones marked Case, Western, and Henry Sears were all made on contract by KA-BAR/Union Cut Co., all are pre-WW2 knives.
 
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