Very cool mate. I'll have to look up a few of those other books too.
That's a nice collection Ray. The sheath with the staples is an early new type sheath from the Late 70's early eighties. None of the War made knives carried the Ka-Bar stamp or the EGA logo on them.
Quote from: Dunc on April 02, 2017, 07:43:46 AMThat's a nice collection Ray. The sheath with the staples is an early new type sheath from the Late 70's early eighties. None of the War made knives carried the Ka-Bar stamp or the EGA logo on them.Thank you Dunc. In regard to the sheath what I should have said was that when they first designed the sheath for the KA-BAR they used staples like that but it didn't work out in practice so the abandoned it(as I recall).When they first issued the reproduction USMC knives they used the stapled sheath.
Ok so here a few pics of my Ka-Bars This one is one of my most treasured possessions and while it may not be everyone's cup of tea it's one of my holy grails This is a Ka-Bar commerative tribute to Eugen Sledge. The sheath is signed by veterans R.V Burgin and TI Miller who served with Eugene. It's numbered 377 of 1945. The box sleeve is printed with the artwork of Matt Halls painting 'off the Beach' which incidentally I have a print of as well which is signed by R.V Burgin and Sterling Mace.
Mine was obviously intended for use as a fighting knife, as the original owner sharpened the false edge. It's a Camillus, dating from the mid 1970s to early 1990s. Camillus was the first to produce, and made more than Union Cutlery (later known after the war as KABAR) of the Mark II Fighting Knife. My main uses for it is as a woods and gardening knife (based partly on my grandmother using an old butcher knife as a garden knife for years). Today I used it to add a vent to the back of a "ventless" gas can--worked far easier than anything else I've tried to vent them with--the double edged blade stabbed through it like nothing. Photo0733 by cody6268, on Flickr
Had a Case 334 ('92) and an issue Camillus (a USN Mk-2) that was bought back in the 70's. Lost both in the fire so I replaced them with another Case. It's a newer one and I had a custom sheath made. The 334's are excellent quality. I also had a couple of new Camillus issue Marine knives...those were lost as well.I've gifted Ka-Bars to family (and they are great) but always liked the round grip on a Camillus or a Case better. Here's some older pics of the Case and the custom sheath.
Quote from: SAK Guy on April 11, 2017, 07:59:06 AMHad a Case 334 ('92) and an issue Camillus (a USN Mk-2) that was bought back in the 70's. Lost both in the fire so I replaced them with another Case. It's a newer one and I had a custom sheath made. The 334's are excellent quality. I also had a couple of new Camillus issue Marine knives...those were lost as well.I've gifted Ka-Bars to family (and they are great) but always liked the round grip on a Camillus or a Case better. Here's some older pics of the Case and the custom sheath. nice sheath. Looks a bit like a Randall sheath but with a crossover strap. Knife is a looker too.
looks like great leather work. The tie down point reminds me of the early JPK sheaths before the metal tipped ones were issued. Beautiful Moran Warner. Is that Warner the Practical Book of Knives Author?
Quote from: sak60 on April 12, 2017, 04:22:23 AM looks like great leather work. The tie down point reminds me of the early JPK sheaths before the metal tipped ones were issued. Beautiful Moran Warner. Is that Warner the Practical Book of Knives Author?Yes, it's Ken Warner. Bill Moran made a custom knife for him in '67 when Warner landed an in country assignment to cover the Vietnam War. Later on in the 90's, Warner, Moran and Mike Stewart of Blackjack evaluated that knife and developed the Warner Moran Bowie for Blackjack.
Some neat looking knives! No Ka-Bars here, just a Boker reissue M-3 Trench Knife.
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