Interesting Ka-Bar - iKnife Collector2024-03-28T22:04:42Zhttps://iknifecollector.com/forum/topics/interesting-ka-bar?feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy buddy and I have been sear…tag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-23:3181080:Comment:15346292018-03-23T02:50:44.083ZWill Gunterhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/WillGunter
<p>My buddy and I have been searching for about two years. About a week ago he bought a military knife book on eBay for 20 bucks. Last night my phone starts ringing so I answered it and all he said was “guess what I found?”. Between the two of us we have searched probably 20 books and countless hours on the internet with no luck. Funny how it works, he bought the book for a different knife</p>
<p>My buddy and I have been searching for about two years. About a week ago he bought a military knife book on eBay for 20 bucks. Last night my phone starts ringing so I answered it and all he said was “guess what I found?”. Between the two of us we have searched probably 20 books and countless hours on the internet with no luck. Funny how it works, he bought the book for a different knife</p> glad you found it............…tag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-23:3181080:Comment:15345542018-03-23T01:56:50.269ZSue OldsWidowhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/SueOldsWidow
<p>glad you found it...................i guessed it was late 40's early 50's</p>
<p>glad you found it...................i guessed it was late 40's early 50's</p> I found ittag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-22:3181080:Comment:15343162018-03-22T20:40:32.140ZWill Gunterhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/WillGunter
<p>I found it…<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602499?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602499?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602581?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602581?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602752?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602752?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a></p>
<p>I found it<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602499?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602499?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602581?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602581?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602752?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770602752?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p> Hummmmm......
After the end o…tag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-21:3181080:Comment:15342022018-03-21T17:47:30.602ZSue OldsWidowhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/SueOldsWidow
<p>Hummmmm......</p>
<p>After the end of World War II, Utica Cutlery Co., Conetta Cutlery Co., Camillus Cutlery Co., and (beginning around 1980) the Ontario Knife Co. all produced the Ka-Bar under contract for the U.S. military.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Shackleford,_Steve_p._387_2-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-Shackleford,_Steve_p._387-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>From approximately 1945-1952, Weske Cutlery Co. of Sandusky, Ohio purchased leftover and…</p>
<p>Hummmmm......</p>
<p>After the end of World War II, Utica Cutlery Co., Conetta Cutlery Co., Camillus Cutlery Co., and (beginning around 1980) the Ontario Knife Co. all produced the Ka-Bar under contract for the U.S. military.<sup id="cite_ref-Shackleford,_Steve_p._387_2-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-Shackleford,_Steve_p._387-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>From approximately 1945-1952, Weske Cutlery Co. of Sandusky, Ohio purchased leftover and overrun parts from wartime Ka-Bar knife contractors and assembled them into knives for commercial sale, polishing out the original manufacturer and military markings, and fitting them with ungrooved leather handles.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><span> </span>Though<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._R._Case_%26_Sons_Cutlery_Co." title="W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.">W.R. Case</a>made two prototype Ka-Bar knives as part of a contract submission in 1942-43, no contract was ever awarded to Case for the production of military Ka-Bar Combat/Fighting Utility knives, either during or after World War II. In 1992, Case would release a modern commemorative of these prototypes, the Case XX USMC Fighting Utility Knife. The Case XX USMC Fighting Utility knife is actually manufactured for Case by Ontario Knife Co<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>.</p>
<p>"KA-BAR" was a trademark of one of the four wartime manufacturers, Union Cutlery Co. and had been used on several of their previous knives since 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-How_KA-BAR_Got_Its_Name_5-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-How_KA-BAR_Got_Its_Name-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Freeth_2005_32_6-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-Freeth_2005_32-6">[6]</a></sup><span> </span>They stamped this trademark on the ricasso of all the Mark 2 knives they produced - and were second only to Camillus in terms of production, producing about 1 million knives during the wartime contract.<sup id="cite_ref-Shackleford,_Steve_p._387_2-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-Shackleford,_Steve_p._387-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>Marines as early as 1944 began universally referring to their new combat knife as the "KA-BAR", regardless of manufacturer.<sup id="cite_ref-SLE_23-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-SLE-23">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><span> </span>The popular designation of the knife may also have resulted from contact with Marine Corps close combat instructors in San Diego, who appear to have used the term Ka-Bar when training recruits in the skill of knife fighting</p> tag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-21:3181080:Comment:15343502018-03-21T02:39:22.187ZJan Carterhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/JanCarter
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<p><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2679787561?profile=original"/></p> My father had one...he was in…tag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-21:3181080:Comment:15342742018-03-21T02:32:14.109ZSue OldsWidowhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/SueOldsWidow
<p>My father had one...he was in the army...served state side ..WWII</p>
<p>My father had one...he was in the army...served state side ..WWII</p> tag:iknifecollector.com,2018-03-21:3181080:Comment:15341742018-03-21T01:06:04.506ZWill Gunterhttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/WillGunter
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2679787860?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2679787860?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770603056?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2770603056?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a></p>
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