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Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:49 am**

Thank you Muskratman for restoring this fine knife! Your work is excellent! I can not thank you enough!!!

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:23 pm**

Muskratman does some fine work. And that is a jewel.

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:57 pm**

Cool old knife. Could you please take the time to write KA-BAR instead of Kabar? The company is still KA-BAR. MM did a good job but I can still tell it's been worked on.

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 3:56 pm**

Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:57 pm Cool old knife. Could you please take the time to write KA-BAR instead of Kabar? The company is still KA-BAR. MM did a good job but I can still tell it's been worked on.

It looks nearly untouched. Can you tell us what you see that showed us it’s been worked on?

I heard he’s the best (not that it’s any competition or anything)

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:48 pm**

Kaleb is one of the best.
Nothing wrong with the work that I can see.

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:33 pm**

Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:57 pm Cool old knife. Could you please take the time to write KA-BAR instead of Kabar? The company is still KA-BAR. MM did a good job but I can still tell it's been worked on.

Actually I believe it’s Ka-Bar Cutlery Inc. but no need for the spelling Police on a knife forum. Lol

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:15 pm**

No youre wrong wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:33 pm
Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:57 pm Cool old knife. Could you please take the time to write KA-BAR instead of Kabar? The company is still KA-BAR. MM did a good job but I can still tell it's been worked on.
Actually I believe it’s Ka-Bar Cutlery Inc. but no need for the spelling Police on a knife forum. Lol

Sorry, but the big building in Olean says KA-BAR in huge letters. KA-BAR collectors prefer KA-BAR to Kabar, if you're not a KA-BAR guy you wouldn't know. When Union Cut Co changed their name to KA-BAR Inc in 1952 the blade mark changed from KA-BAR to Kabar and the quality of the Kabars was not up to the quality of the KA-BARs. Of course the modern KA-BAR is really just a marketing firm, they don't actually have a factory to make knives.

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:18 pm**

May I ask, what is it that shows it was worked on? Not thatI would lie about it, I am just curious.

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:17 pm**

Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:15 pm
No youre wrong wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:33 pm
Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:57 pm Cool old knife. Could you please take the time to write KA-BAR instead of Kabar? The company is still KA-BAR. MM did a good job but I can still tell it's been worked on.
Actually I believe it’s Ka-Bar Cutlery Inc. but no need for the spelling Police on a knife forum. Lol
Sorry, but the big building in Olean says KA-BAR in huge letters. KA-BAR collectors prefer KA-BAR to Kabar, if you're not a KA-BAR guy you wouldn't know. When Union Cut Co changed their name to KA-BAR Inc in 1952 the blade mark changed from KA-BAR to Kabar and the quality of the Kabars was not up to the quality of the KA-BARs. Of course the modern KA-BAR is really just a marketing firm, they don't actually have a factory to make knives.

Good info. Thank you.

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:29 am**

Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:49 am Thank you Muskratman for restoring this fine knife! Your work is excellent! I can not thank you enough!!!

I'm no expert, but I'd have not known your knife had been worked on, WR.
Kaleb did work on 2 knives for me last year, and I was most pleased with the results.
That's a fine knife you have there!

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:24 am**

Thank you,Sir!

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:31 pm**

Nice knife, I would love to have one. Harold

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:06 pm**

No youre wrong wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:17 pm
Gunsil wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:15 pm
No youre wrong wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:33 pm

Actually I believe it’s Ka-Bar Cutlery Inc. but no need for the spelling Police on a knife forum. Lol
Sorry, but the big building in Olean says KA-BAR in huge letters. KA-BAR collectors prefer KA-BAR to Kabar, if you're not a KA-BAR guy you wouldn't know. When Union Cut Co changed their name to KA-BAR Inc in 1952 the blade mark changed from KA-BAR to Kabar and the quality of the Kabars was not up to the quality of the KA-BARs. Of course the modern KA-BAR is really just a marketing firm, they don't actually have a factory to make knives.
Good info. Thank you.

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Try as you may, you cannot change facts. The spelling on the top of the form you posted is correct at the top of the form, KA-BAR Incorporated. Jeez, most everybody knows this. Go to Olean, they call themselves KA-BAR.

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:08 pm**

That’s what I was saying. It says KA-BAR Incorporated.

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:18 pm**

No, you weren't. You were saying it was Ka-Bar. And yes, you were mistaken. Here is a 1950s pocket knife box that clearly shows the logo and name of the company.

Like Abraham Lincoln once said: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:12 pm**

KA-BAR, INCORPORATED is what the official papers say.
Same as the great box you posted.

You are right. Most people do spell it wrong all the time…

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:35 am**

Wow!

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:57 am**

All I asked was, how did someone know it had been restored/reworked, not an argument of semantics. Moderators, if need be, pull the post…..

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:58 am**

stockman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:31 pm Nice knife, I would love to have one. Harold

Thank you!

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:23 am**

Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:57 amModerators, if need be, pull the post

its been on our radar and hoping that the thread evolves into a more supportive dialogue than it has been.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:42 am**

Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:57 am All I asked was, how did someone know it had been restored/reworked, not an argument of semantics. Moderators, if need be, pull the post…..

It looks untouched to me and I’d love to know also.

It’s a great knife, I’ll bet 99.9% of collectors would have zero clue it was cleaned up

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:50 pm**

bestgear wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:23 am
Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:57 amModerators, if need be, pull the post
its been on our radar and hoping that the thread evolves into a more supportive dialogue than it has been.

Thank you, I have been hoping the same also. I just wanted an answer as to how it could be noticed as being restored. I am not looking to sell or dupe anyone, just trying to learn.

Posted: **Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:24 pm**

Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:50 pm
bestgear wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:23 am
Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:57 amModerators, if need be, pull the post
its been on our radar and hoping that the thread evolves into a more supportive dialogue than it has been.
Thank you, I have been hoping the same also. I just wanted an answer as to how it could be noticed as being restored. I am not looking to sell or dupe anyone, just trying to learn.

You didn't do anything wrong, WR.

I believe the argument is regarding the spelling of the name KA-BAR, not whether a restoration on you knife is obvious or not.
It's all good, buddy!

Posted: **Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:49 am**

I do not see anything from the photos that would make me think that the OP knife has been worked on, other than the blade appears to have an aged patina while the bolsters are polished smooth. If you had not stated that Muskrat Man had reworked it, I would not have known.
He does do great work, and I think that is a beautiful knife!

Posted: **Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:56 am**

Reverand wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:49 am I do not see anything from the photos that would make me think that the OP knife has been worked on, other than the blade appears to have an aged patina while the bolsters are polished smooth. If you had not stated that Muskrat Man had reworked it, I would not have known.
He does do great work, and I think that is a beautiful knife!

Thank you, much appreciated!

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