Kabar Union Hobo

[chorizotaco]

[chorizotaco]

Nice set Dan!! That is not Rodgers bone which was made by the Rogers company. Union/KA-BAR used their own bone and it changed several times over the years. All of it was extremely good looking bone, in my mind much nicer than Rogers. I do tend to think the knife is a mismatch, put together from a KA-BAR and an earlier Union since the arched Union mark was discontinued well before the KA-BAR brand was adopted. I could be mistaken, but all I have seen and owned have the straight line Union mark on the fork. The separate parts and even the boxes without knives do come up for sale on occasion.

Okay Gene here's my question.

I've attached pictures of the fork so my question is if the arched Union stamp was well before Ka-bar how is it that the KA-BAR shield is attached to the fork with the Union stamp? It doesn't look to have been messed with and the shield is pinned to the fork. Could they have found an old Union fork and built this set?

[Gunsil]

You have a good point Dan. Just plain odd to see the arched mark on a KA-BAR branded product. Slot knives are the easiest knives to swap blades/handles on though.

[chorizotaco]

Here's an unused rarer stainless version that came with a leather knife purse. Also the big KA-BAR "Sportsman".

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What year is the SS one? It's gorgeous!

[Gunsil]

Thanks Dan!! No idea of the year, KA-BAR/Union Cut used stainless early on. No way to date them exactly to a given year, but pre 1941.

[btrwtr]

Gene that stainless and Sportsman are super!

Here is a knife that has been in my shop for so long I can't remember where I got it. It didn't have and scales on it and I finally got around to putting some bone on it. The bone is KA-BAR factory bone but certainly not as old as the knife is. Hard to find UNION TIDIOUTE stamp. Patent dated 1907 and knife likely made very shortly after that date.

[doglegg]

Fantastic old knife and great job on the bones.