Dating a ka-bar knife
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Are you wanting to know how to determine a WW2 Kabar, from recent manufacture?
If so, then that can be a little more confusing. Also, even though Kabar was one maker of that style of knife, there were many other brands of the same style of knife that were issued over the years.
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Most were referred to as "Kabars" no matter who the maker was. Sort of like "Band-aid" or "Kool-aid" aren't necessarily related to the named product. Thanks for the links As far as how to tell a genuine from a fake, I just don't want to buy a packistan or China made rip-off Thanks for the vendor's website Old Lefty, I was going to buy one but now I think I need 2, I just don't know which I should buy now Definitely one "Genuine USMC style" and one other.
Keeping with the "as Issued" type I just wasn't sure if serrated blades were "as issued". Originally Posted by old-lefty. Find all posts by ADC. Posting Rules You may not post new threads. All times are GMT The time now is How do you tell a Genuine KA-Bar from a fake? I searched the net for a few days but I thought I'd ask here How do you tell which is real or which is fake?
Were there more than one type of steel? The historical lineage of KA-BAR began with a group of 38 men who applied on April 29, as an association to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to form a Limited Partnership whose purpose was to manufacture and sell cutlery.
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Although the partnership was formed in , it is believed that cutlery items were not produced or sold until Experiencing financial difficulties, not unlike many knife manufacturers at the time, the Tidioute Cutlery Company was dissolved at the turn of the century. In January , Mr. Brown, a young man much involved in the industry, purchased the assets of the company.
By March, a new association headed by Mr.
Brown applied to the Governor of Pennsylvania to form a corporation, to be known as the Union Razor Company, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling cutlery. On January 25, , after operating under the Union Razor name for less than a decade, Brown and the Board of Directors decided that the company's name was no longer representative of its expanding product line and changed its name from Union Razor Company to Union Cutlery Company.
Shortly after the company's name change, in , the City of Olean, New York, approached Wallace Brown and the company's Directors and proposed for the company to relocate its operations to their city. Within one year, the Union Cutlery Company was convinced that Olean, New York was the best site for their "new" operation and by December of , efforts were underway to move the company.
With the Olean facility operating successfully, the Tidioute, Pennsylvania plant was closed down and by , operations were in full swing at Union Cutlery Company's new location at North Ninth Street, Olean, New York.
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In the s, when the company began to prosper and grow, there was a transition period of mixed markings which embellished the blades and handles of the older Union Razor knives and newer model Union Cutlery knives. There have been many versions of how the KA-BAR name was adopted, but all evidence points to a letter received from a fur trapper. This particular fur trapper's testimonial turned out to be one of the most significant ever received by the Company.
He wrote, in very rough English, that his gun had jammed and that he had therefore relied on his knife to kill a wounded bear that was attacking him.
In thanking the company for their quality product, the trapper described using his knife to "kill a bar. World War II to His brother, Emerson Brown, was quick to assume the role of authority at the company, but his tenure was cut short. Danforth Brown lead the company through many changes: Marine Corps for issue to fighting personnel.
Union Cutlery's wartime production totaled more than 1 million knives. One difficulty under Danforth Brown's leadership was his unsuccessful attempt to transfer the manufacturing operations from New York to Dawsonville, Georgia in This experiment lasted only one year.
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The company was then regrouped back in Olean at its original factory site. Fortunately, the manufacturing facilities in the Olean plant were not completely discontinued, so the retreat was accomplished without a great deal of disruption in production. After Danforth Brown's death in March of , the company changed hands several times.