I was in an antique store today and spotted a knife that caught my interest. The tag said Ka-Bar. But I could find nothing on the knife or sheath indicating a brand name. It appears to be a pretty decent quality older knife in serviceable condition. But I passed because I wasn't sure of what I was looking at. But after getting home and doing a search of Ka Bar knives found this. The knife I saw was just like this, with I'm guessing a 6" blade.
The one I saw didn't look quite as good. There is some surface rust that would clean up. The handles were in great shape. It appears to be plated with something, nickel maybe?
It had this style sheath. The sheath on the one I looked at was almost pristine. In was in MUCH better condition than this. But this was the only similar photo I could find online with rivets and this type of belt loop.
I'm thinking about going back tomorrow. I wish I'd taken photos in the store, but these are pretty representative of what I saw. Is this a Ka-Bar? If not, what?
The one I saw didn't look quite as good. There is some surface rust that would clean up. The handles were in great shape. It appears to be plated with something, nickel maybe?
It had this style sheath. The sheath on the one I looked at was almost pristine. In was in MUCH better condition than this. But this was the only similar photo I could find online with rivets and this type of belt loop.
I'm thinking about going back tomorrow. I wish I'd taken photos in the store, but these are pretty representative of what I saw. Is this a Ka-Bar? If not, what?