Genuine USMC Combat Knife by KA-BAR® With Leather Sheath
Canada's source for KA-BAR Knives
Leather Handled Fighting/ Utility Knives
The most famous fixed blade knife in the World - "the KA-BAR®" - was designed to serve US troops during World War II and is still doing its job, with honors, more than 60 years later.
Leather Handle
The Brown handle on the USMC “KA-BAR®” Combat Knife is made from leather. Leather is a durable natural material that has provides years of service on military issued KA-BAR knives.
KA-BAR's famous oval-shaped leather handle construction is accomplished by compressing leather washers on to the tang, shaping and coloring them, and then fastening them on with a pinned-on butt cap.
The butt cap or pommel is attached to the handle of a knife with a steel pin. The pin is inserted into the butt cap, driven part way though the tang, then ground off and painted.
1095 Cro-Van Steel Blade
The Fixed Blade on the USMC “KA-BAR®” Combat Knife is made from 1095 CRO-VAN Steel and features a Flat grind. 1095 CRO-VAN steel is an easy to sharpen, plain carbon steel used in knife making. Proven to be one of the most popular steels used in KA-BAR Knives. With a Rockwell hardness rating of 56-58, this Clip Point shaped blade is 7 inches long and is stamped with USMC.
Field sharpening the genuine KA-BAR is easy with its sharpened edge.
Brown Leather Sheath
Included with the USMC “KA-BAR®” Combat Knife is a leather sheath with "USMC" and the Marine Corp Logo stamped on it.
Features
- Overall length 11.88 inches (30.18 cm)
- Blade length 7 inches (17.78 cm)
- The blade is a Sharpened Clip Point
- This Fixed Blade knife features a 20 degree edge angle
- Flat grind blade with USMC stamped on it
- Brown Leather handle
- Comes complete with a 1217S - Brown Leather sheath
- Made in the USA
