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Received my Ka-Bar today!
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Nice knife -- bigger than I expected it would be, much bigger than my M4 bayonet for example. I scoured the literature in the box to make sure it was authentic Ka-Bar, too. I got it through Sportsman's Guide and there is so much Chinese stuff out there I wanted to be sure. And yes, it's from Olean, New York.
There's a nice brochure included and it turns out there's a newer "next generation verion" as well as a nice tanto, a Warthog, a mini-Warthog (named after the ugly/beautiful plane?) and many others from Ka-Bar -- even a Kukri type machete. This was only $36 through the Buyer's Club. A very good deal. The best sheath I've seen in a while, too, nice thick leather. I'm going to enjoy this for a lifetime.
I also got another Swedish Mora, the diving knife, and have another tactical utility on back-order. For $9, you can't hardly beat the Moras for sharpness and above-average quality. That stainless blade polishes to a mirror surface too. But the Ka-Bar is first rate.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
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There's a nice brochure included and it turns out there's a newer "next generation verion" as well as a nice tanto, a Warthog, a mini-Warthog (named after the ugly/beautiful plane?) and many others from Ka-Bar -- even a Kukri type machete. This was only $36 through the Buyer's Club. A very good deal. The best sheath I've seen in a while, too, nice thick leather. I'm going to enjoy this for a lifetime.
I also got another Swedish Mora, the diving knife, and have another tactical utility on back-order. For $9, you can't hardly beat the Moras for sharpness and above-average quality. That stainless blade polishes to a mirror surface too. But the Ka-Bar is first rate.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
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I have the 1245 and 1221 models.
http://www.awbansunset.com/
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
Thanks.
NSDQ!
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." -Isaiah 6:8
https://www.kabar.com/
http://www.sportsmansguide.com
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
The next generations are very nice, check out the website ya can find some really nice sheaths on there!!! You guys would cry if ya knew what I pay for these! Unfortunatly Im not allowed to buy them for anyone else, if I buy them I must give them as gifts!! But i have been known to give a few away from time to time!!
Hey Niner post the pics of yours!
Here's a pic of one of mine!
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
JuJu(warm enough up there for you PA?)[:o)]
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Those Marines steal!![:(!]
Charlie
"It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
JuJu(where has that boy been anyhow?)
"A blood trail is life" (Ted Nugent)
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
I wouldnt oil any knife without cleaning it before using it. Some oil is toxic and can be transferred to the food you are cutting with it.
JuJu(got any big catfish lately?, thats my favorite fishing now)
"A blood trail is life" (Ted Nugent)
Take care, dont fall in and fry a mess up for me.
JuJu(who can barely sit still in the cold to deer hunt)
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
Ya gave Lonnie one with a handle! The one ya gave me has no handle and ya told me it's the latest thing in perfectly balanced throwing knives. I believed it to. [:(]
Don't matter anyway, Mrs njretcop is using in her flower pot to hold up her African Violets.....
njretcop@copmail.com
Charlie
I saved the picture you took.
Here's my Ka-Bar 1245 compliments of PaBooger.
This is my 1221 taken with a Brand New $10 Digital Camera.
http://www.awbansunset.com/
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
"If they won't give us good terms, come back and we'll fight it out."
-- Gen. James Longstreet
try www.bladez.com/kabar.html
example:
KA-BAR 1211
USMC Fighting Knife, 7" Black Epoxy Powder Coat blade, Kraton handle, Black leather sheath, CS
$54.95 $33.25 On Sale!
Meanwhile, I like this 'un.
In answer to 358-Win's question, the Sportsman's Guide item number is AX4M-55576 for this Ka-Bar. Price is $39.97, Buyer's Club discount price is $35.97.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
Kabar is actually a subsiduary of Cutco! We work for Cutco, most of the Kabar is assembled next door in the other plant! I work in the blanking dept, so I get to do some of the preliminary work on them! Occasionally I get to work in heat treat which is also in our dept!
I used to assemble the Kabar's but too many women in that dept! Not that I don't like women it's just that they are always squabbling!![:D]
Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!
To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
This was the Ancient law of Youth
Old times are past, old times are done:
But the Law runs true, O little son!
SEMPER FI
Son if you didn't learn something today, you wasted the whole day. (Jasper N. Lee, my granddaddy)