Help Authenticate This Knife!

[Reibert]

... I have a Karbar Navy Mk2 and a Camillus USMC and I would like to
know how to date them. I believe mine are both Vietnam era as
both have the markings on the guard and not the blade.

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Camillus Fighting Knife - EDGED WEAPONS - U.S. Militaria Forum

[Aaronlopa]

I've spent a couple days digging around the net trying to
find out more on dating Ka-Bars. There is not a lot of
real good info but from what I can tell, the knife posted
looks to be a ww2 knife.

The small lettering, the thinner pommel (1/4" thick as opposed
to 3/8") and the pommel being pinned all the way thru, all point
to a ww2 knife.

Thanks! You and I probably looked at the same information then because that's exactly what I saw that made me believe it was WW2

[Chopperman]

Very interesting reading.
I believe my Camillus to ba a late ww2 piece. It has the thin
pommel and is thru pinned but is marked on the guard and
not the blade. That would put it at about 1945.

My Ka-bar has the 3/8 pommel and is peened, not pinned
and has the oxblood colored handle. I would say that puts
it somewhere between 1962 and 1974.

I was hoping that blade or guard markings would help but
M.H. Cole's book "US Military Knives #3" shows at least a half
dozen different variations of the KaBar markings.