antique KA BAR info

[trav]

wondering if anyone could give me info on this old KA BAR like how old model name ect...
thanks

[peanut740]

20's-30's dogs head folding hunter.

[stockman]

Roger, on the original Dog Heads, were they all 20's to 30's?

Thanks Harold

[peanut740]

Harold don't know for sure.I have an early 20's reprint catalog that show dogs head.Most are nice green bone and some are stag and a few celluloid.A few could have been made later,but many things changed with the war and after in the knife business.The bone on the op knife I believe is no doubt pre war.

[trav]

so it's actual bone on the handle?

[peanut740]

Yes.

[trav]

what is a knife like this worth?

[kootenay joe]

Just to be clear, the pattern name is a "Swell Center Folding Hunter". "Dog's Head" refers to old Kabar knives that have the dog's head shield. The originals like yours is, are very collectible and worth a few hundred dollars in top condition.
kj

[peanut740]

With that big chuck missing from the handles <$100.