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I was at a Walmart on our hunting trip and found a nice Kabar I have no real reason to buy other than it looked really nice. Made by Ontario in the US, all black metal with nice clean leather handle. I didn't buy it but my daughter asked the next day if I would like it for Christmas and I told her that would be very nice of her. So if you want one you aren't afraid to use, they run about $46. I'll probably never use this one either, too nice.
I've seen some very nice looking new made K-Bars too. I have to hold back because I have too many now and simply don't have use for more. As is I'll end up handing them all to my youngest boy, or his boys...
Ill be picking up another KaBar this week to give to my Nephew on Friday when he graduates from MCRD San Diego.
I'm thinking on going with the classic version.
Semper Fi
Phil
This one was tough, I should have just walked away but I was curious and when I had it in my hands I fell in love with it. I don't need it and was able to hand it back and say no thanks. I have been carrying an Ontario survival knife I bought at the Army uniform shop around as my deer knife for about 25 years and was in the woods telling my daughter how the handle looked just like the one at Walmart when I bought it. It is now black from fat and blood I guess. That was when she asked if I would like the Kabar for Christmas. She's good kid.
46 dollars is a better deal than at MCX, I wonder if there is any difference between the two?
The finish on the new ones is not parkerizing but more like a bake on finish...I think.
How would you tell the difference between baked on and parkerization? The finish is black. It has also been removed from my ability to examine until Christmas.
Parkerization is a crystalline structure on top of the metal. A baked on coat looks like a baked on paint. Possibly it's powder coat, which still looks like a paint for the most part. It won't look like parkerizing.
The website says it is a zinc phosphate finish on the blade. It's pretty tough, the survival knife I have been carrying for 25 years still has it's finish. That particular knife has a baked on paint on the bottom of the handle that has half chipped off.
There you go then. We'll be waiting for pics in a while then...love to see it. Matter of fact, maybe you could lay a few out then? Old V/S new? Guess I should drag a couple of mine out too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
I'll do that. My Kabar collection is quite small however. I only have two originals. I'm more into bayonets than knives.
I'll pull mine out for pics then too...something to look forward to.
The clean one is obviously the current production Ontario, the one on the right in all but the last photo is a Kabar, the one on the left is a Camillus. They are switched in the photo showing the top of the knob. Finish appears to be black phosphate rather than paint.
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Why, you have a thick pommel, peened...! The new center one looks serviceable. After three months of field time it would look like the rest I think. Looks good. Here's mine, much like yours...
Nice, yours looks almost unissued. Love the color of the handle.
In 1978 I was with Recon Pl of my Battalion...and found myself on the USS Alamo(another story). In the next compartment were the SEALs. A close friend of mine went in there and came back with one of these for nothing, so I dove in and asked "Who done it?" When the young SEAL came forward I all but demanded one, he asked what I'd trade? I said since the last guy got one for nothing I wanted one too... Well one of them asked another guy if he had one and he'd replace it later. So it went. It turned out they bought them from QM at a rate of $1 USD ea, and the box contained a baker's dozen. When the knife was rusted up or unusable, they simply threw them overboard... This one has seem no use while I owned it. It was the third one I've had. WW2 marked knife from what I glean and Victory Plastics scabbard...nice...not worth a lot around these parts so I guess I'll just keep it.