Help with pattern?

The KA-BAR brand originated as a trademark of the Tidioute Cutlery Company. Tidioute was later taken over & renamed the Union Cutlery Company which continued making the brand until Union eventually adopted it as the company name in 1952. Cutco Corporation later acquired the company in 1996.
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Kenrab
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Help with pattern?

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I picked up a rough black KA-BAR jack in Arkansas and need any info on it. 3 -1/4 -3-3/8" clip main stamped KA-BAR , secondary pen stamped Union Cutlery, Olean NY. In rough black. Any help greatly appreciated.
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Not sure what the official pattern number from KA-Bar would be but I would call this a sowbelly jack knife. Handles aren't what I would call rough black but rather jigged black composition handles. Rough black will normally have a more erratic texture.
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I agree on the handles..J.O'.
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If it has the Union Cut Co stamp, than it is pre-1945 ish. That stamp mark stoped after the mid-40s. The scales are most likely bone. As for pattern, not sure, kinda like a sow belly or a serpentine jack.
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Do a hot needle test on the handles. Won't hurt that knife. I'm curious. J.O'.
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