USMC Ka-Bar

[Lugerlout]

Thanks fellas................no probs..you just chat among'st yerselfs for a bit......................your advice is appreciated and I will shop around for a nicer wartime example.

Phil

[CBH]

I too am sorry for the hi-jacking , and if you want a working knife go Ka-bar . If you want a collectable knife keep looking . Good luck !
cheers Chris

[Reibert]

Such "commeroratives" were, (still, are ?), in use in US-units in foreign mission´s as "private purchased" knives.

I guess, this Marine carries one of such "commemorative" KA-BAR (USMC Olean, N.Y.), in combat.
Source of the image:
the www.

[Reibert]

Maybe ? ...
Some more informations regarding such knives ? ...

Thx., in advance,
R.

[08SMLE48]

I still carry a ka-bar as do a few other Marines but since it’s not issued most don’t because you have to buy it. And even though it’s just the plain old fashioned ka-bar the new ones are $60

[Reibert]

I still carry a ka-bar as do a few other Marines but since it’s not issued most don’t because you have to buy it. And even though it’s just the plain old fashioned ka-bar the new ones are $60

Here´s a new one:


There´re images showin´ US Soldiers wearin´ such "modern" Ka-Bar´s in current war zones.

[Reibert]

Weeks ago I received a bunch of bayonets.
Among of all of these stuff this knife in really poor condition.

The blade is marked with:
KA-BAR
OLEAN, N.Y.

USMC

blade lenght: ca. 176 mm
overall lenght: ca. 304 mm
thickness of the blade: 4,3 mm
width of the blade: 31,6 mm

The press button ist marked with:
RAU F. CO
PROV. R.I.

[Reibert]

The same knife after cleaning only with warm water:

[08SMLE48]

Here is mine getting rough after many years of use. Not a commemorative just a plain modern manufactured one. I had the box but I can’t find it right now.

[Reibert]

Here is mine getting rough after many years of use. Not a commemorative just a plain modern manufactured one. I had the box but I can’t find it right now.

Thanks for the pictures of your knife.
Did you carry this knife yourself in action, or did you use it privately as an outdoor knife?
If you carried the knife in action, in which unit and where did you serve?
Such, privately procured knives were therefore officially tolerated.