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Posted 7 years ago
Bobbaloo
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3 1/4" long. Belonged to my dad. (1923-1996) Could have been purchased anytime from the 1940s on. Blades have a few black spots, but not pitted or rusted. Sharp
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There was a fellow on here, NevadaBlades, who would have enjoyed this thread, haven't seen him around in a bit. Nice pocketknife. What's your mystery?
No mystery. Sorry, I'm not familiar with the protocol on this site. Just looking for someone familiar with this knife.
Here Bobbaloo, Jay's Knives link:
http://www.jaysknives.com/kabar.htm
Nice knife, hope this helps! :^)
Here's the page that I think has a knife like your dad's:
http://www.jaysknives.com/kabar_1.htm
Jay's Knives is a good site for looking up knives. Welcome to CW, there's a lot of knowledgeable, and friendly people here, enjoy! :^)
The exact form of the Kabar name has undergone many revisions: with a hyphen between the syllables, a dot, or nothing, as well as going from all capital letters to all lower case and many combinations. Until about 1952 it was spelled "KA-BAR" which was the trademark of the Union Cutlery Co. which eventually changed its name to Ka-Bar Cutlery and then was sold a half dozen times in the next 20 years. In 1963 the Federal government required all cutlery to have the country of origin marked on it so from 1964 on the tang stamp would have included "U.S.A." Therefore you knife was produced between those dates.
Also, the handles on your knife are a synthetic plastic material named (by DuPont) "Delrin." It began to be developed in the early 1950's and in the U.S. Dupont started producing it commercially in 1960 (it is produced under other trade names), so that narrows it down even more.
That's great info. Thanks!