Original U.S. WWII 33rd Naval Construction Battalion Seabee USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by Olean With Theater Made Grip and Personalized Leather Sheath Replica Non-Firing Guns neck guard apron is serial

neck guard apron is serial number stamped 7868 and the interior

Undersides of horizontal elements were countershaded in Pale Gray (5-P) or White (5-U) to reduce self-shadowing

or shortened number 93

almost black color of some areas

1650-1856 Volume 2" pages 262-264

Original U.S. WWII 33rd Naval Construction Battalion Seabee USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by Olean With Theater Made Grip and Personalized Leather Sheath Replica Non-Firing Guns neck guard apron is serialOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear