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antique KA BAR info
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 8:57 pm
by trav
wondering if anyone could give me info on this old KA BAR like how old model name ect...
thanks
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 9:02 pm
by peanut740
20's-30's dogs head folding hunter.
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 1:39 am
by stockman
Roger, on the original Dog Heads, were they all 20's to 30's?
Thanks Harold
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 2:32 am
by 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.
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 2:41 am
by trav
so it's actual bone on the handle?
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:01 am
by peanut740
Yes.
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:24 am
by trav
what is a knife like this worth?
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 11:32 am
by 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
Re: antique KA BAR info
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 12:27 pm
by peanut740
With that big chuck missing from the handles <$100.