WW2 KA-BAR's. How to determine if you have an authentic knife.

[@softmetals3702]

awesome great history and very informative cheers to men like you keeping this stuff alive makes me want to start hunting these again

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

you're most welcome!

[@echohunter4199]

Excellent briefing sir. And I admire your collection, it must’ve taken years to build.

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

Thank you, it has indeed.

[@knifedelights7473]

Thank you for showing and explaining this.

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mark0648]

Rare and great explanation of how to tell the difference between the era of kbars … Not much on line to tell if you have a WW2 one or later… Thanks for the wisdom! Semper Fi!

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

There is so much bad information out there. I had to make this video and straighten things out.

[@BassRocket]

I found my grandfathers KA-BAR U.S. military issued fighting knife in the closet as a child and cut the shit out of myself messing with it. That knife was razor sharp even after all those years and my grandfather had passed away before I had the honor of meeting him in person.

[@williamgunnarsson]

All of your knives are highly collectable. My understanding is, that they stopped stamping the blades themselves, because it was thought during the war, that it might weaken them and they didn't want to take the chance of them snapping when used in battle. I picked up a KA-BAR recently that has a shorter handle than usual and couldn't understand why. Everything else guaranteed an authentic WW2 specimen.Thanks to your posting, I see that there are others like it, as well. What is interesting, too, is that in the side view, the blade and handle are staggered with the handle rising slightly above the blade. This doesn't seem to be as common among the US Navy marked knives. I was wondering if you were based in the US or do you live in the UK ? I've collected KA-BARs for around 40 years and it has been a wonderful hobby. Can't get enough of them. I saw in the back of a 1948 shooting magazine ( can't recall the name) where some outfit was selling military surplus, brand new unissued KA-BARs, including the sheath, for $1.50 and used ones for a dollar ! Obviously they had no clue as to how collectable they would become. I am so glad that there are still people like yourself, who can appreciate the importance of these knives. Still curious, did you travel all the way from England to attend the Shotshow, or are you living in the US ? It's the accent, you know. Thanks for sharing your KA-BARs with us.

[@johnbouchard9447]

I have what I believe is a early kabar type knife. The only markings on it is US over camillis and it has the quarter inch pinned pommel. Any idea what I have. Thanks

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

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[@FoneStar78]

Have you encountered any knives that have no markings on the guard? Mine has no markings there but says "KA-BAR" on one side of blade and "USMC" on the other. I'm thinking it's authentic but maybe was broken and had another guard made for it at some point in its life.

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

it's authentic as is. Not all knives had guard stampings.

[@tommcqueen3145]

🙂👍

[@noahhix7156]

Can I send you pictures of mine? I need your expertise

[@WildBlueYonderDay]

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