USA Made vs Japanese Made Vintage Kabar 1232 Hunter

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@rwa123 7 ай бұрын

Good morning Tom! Your original Kabar 1232 video is how I found your channel. That’s a beautiful pair of knives! Excellent two for Tuesday! Cheers, Dubya

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

I was smiling while doing this video because I remembered meeting you on the last one! I figured you would enjoy this!

@turbodog2189 7 ай бұрын

Great video!!! Love seeing these older Ka-bars showing up on videos!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome, Turbodog! I enjoyed seeing yours also. Lots of history behind the Kabars. Keep charging, my friend.

@865knives 7 ай бұрын

Great walk around of two beautiful iterations of the kabar! Thanks for sharing Tom! Have a great day!

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome 865! I appreciate you watching my friend. Keep charging!

@GunSlingerCal 7 ай бұрын

Was my pleasure brother! Hope you having a great week

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

I am, Gunslinger!

@bigjsknives 7 ай бұрын

Great look at these and the discussion on the history of ownership and where they were made!! Thanks for sharing and comparing these 2 great blades!!

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

You're very welcome,Big J! These are great little knives, for sure. Thanks for watching my friend. Keep charging.

@WilliamsKnifeLife 7 ай бұрын

I have a Kabar 1235, which is a small 4-inch blade that looks just like those. It was my hunting knife as a kid in the 1960s.

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, William. It's great that you have a knife from your childhood. Thanks for dropping by my friend. Keep charging!

@tomritter493 7 ай бұрын

Awsome toM great history too my 1232 is 35 yrs Old bought new great littel knife I love it

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Tom! They are great knives, for sure. I appreciate you watching, my friend. Keep charging!

@Terrysknivesandmanstuff 7 ай бұрын

Great knives and great history!!thanks Tom for another awesome video!!!

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome Terry! Glad you enjoyed it. Keep charging!

@jeremyspaulding7735 7 ай бұрын

It looks awesome! Great video Tom 👍

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeremy! I appreciate you're support, my friend.

@kathleensmith370 7 ай бұрын

I love the stacked leather handles

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

I'm a sucker for stacked leather! Thanks for watching, Kathleen.

@jeffjackson5331 7 ай бұрын

Very nice! You made me dig out my KABAR 1233 and look at it lol. Good thing too because the guard started to tarnish lol. Mine is stamped: Kabar 1233 USA God Bless brother.

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

Glad I could be of some help! Lol. Thanks for watching my friend.

@jeffjackson5331 7 ай бұрын

@@knifedelights7473 yes thank you. You are very welcome

@KnifeChatswithTobias 7 ай бұрын

I think that Western was one of the knives the Boy Scouts chose for a one of their fixed blades. Some really nice 1232. You might be able to tighten those loose leather washers by soaking them in some leather conditioners. They might just be dried up . Interesting how the knife differs from manufacturer to manufacturer. It's also interesting how we don't think twice about how many times companies were bought and traded in past decades but we howl bout it today (I'm thinking Ontario). I was surprised that the Ka-Bar B&T was made in China. I'm not sure why. I knew they have made quite a few knives in China but I just didn't think that one was! Great video. Loved seeing those beautiful 1232s For what it is worth, a Small Rant - I swear every made in Japan made for an American Company was made by Tak Fukuta or Seizo Imai. This could very well be true but more accurately, it was manufactured in the factory owned by Tak Fukuta or Seizo Imai. And yes the factories had high quality standards but they also built them to the specs of the American Company. So if the company set low standards, the knife was not as good as it could be. So a Ka-Bar coming out of one these factories might use a better steel or handle material than say a Frost or Parker knife. - Rant over Hang in there, buddy. Springs around the corner!

@knifedelights7473 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the info, Tobias! And please, feel free to rant away! I guess I geek out a lot, but I like seeing all the subtle and not so subtle differences. I appreciate you watching my friend. Keep charging!