Ka-Bar owners club

glenfiddich1983 · **Reply #30 on:** April 18, 2019, 12:30:08 PM

Thanks!

sak60 · **Reply #31 on:** April 18, 2019, 02:00:41 PM

Quote from: glenfiddich1983 on April 18, 2019, 11:07:45 AM

Here are some pictures I took last weekend of my Ka-Bar BK7

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Looks good.

glenfiddich1983 · **Reply #32 on:** April 18, 2019, 03:21:03 PM

Quote from: sak60 on April 18, 2019, 02:00:41 PM

Looks good.

Barry Rowland · **Reply #33 on:** April 18, 2019, 03:42:36 PM

That's a handsome knife Glen

zoidberg · **Reply #34 on:** April 24, 2019, 05:25:43 AM

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #35 on:** April 24, 2019, 06:46:33 AM

Come to think of it where is my kabar?

JR

glenfiddich1983 · **Reply #36 on:** April 24, 2019, 08:07:59 AM

Quote from: zoidberg on April 24, 2019, 05:25:43 AM

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Ray S · **Reply #37 on:** April 28, 2019, 06:04:56 PM

My newest Kabar: Got it at a yard sale the other day in kind of sad shape. Although the stainless steel blades were flawless,the back spring(which was made of carbon steel)was corroded from the celluloid handles out-gassing.The nickel silver bolsters were a brownish-black color from it as well. Figured I could re-handle it and save a nice little knife;and the $5 price tag was OK too.
The model is Kabar's T-75 which featured a clip master blade and a scaler/hook disgorger secondary blade.They came with yellow celluloid handles which normally aren't known for deteriorating but as always there is an exception to the rule. This is the smallest of three similar knives;the T-29 being the intermediate size and the T-49 the largest. I'm not quite sure how they come to these designations but that is what they are.
When I got it home the first thing I did was strip off the old handles which crystallized in my hands.Upon inspecting the knife I found that the mark side brass liner had a crack running from the center rivet almost all the way across as a result of the out-gassing. When the celluloid degrades,it attacks the carbon steel and the brass viciously but leaves stainless untouched. What is insidious about it is it can work under the surface without being noticed on the outside.I had one knife do that and it ate through both liners and cracked in half when I went to operate the back lock.
Anyway after a thorough cleaning with Mother's Mag Wheel Polish and some light sanding I got some Plexiglass I had left over from a sign job and made patterns from the old handles. I drilled a hole in each for the center rivet(the others had broken when I removed the handles)using a hand drill so as not to crack it and cut the pieces to length to fit between the bolsters.As I was going to epoxy the handles on I only needed the center rivet to index them properly.
Using my 1x30 belt sander I rough sized the edges and finished them off with a couple of different files and then sandpaper. I then filed the contours to get them flush with the bolsters and finished them off with 320 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper first dry and then wet for the final finish before polishing. Polishing was then done with Mother's Mag Wheel Polish. I was going to cut into the mark side handle to fit the small hook sharpening stone that was in the original handle but decided to wait on that.
And so is finished my refurbished fish knife.It makes a nice addition to my accumulation as it has the late style stamp whereas my others have the early all-capitals stamp. Here are pics of the before and after and of my other KA-BAR fish knives to show the various sizes.

Ray S · **Reply #38 on:** April 28, 2019, 06:06:47 PM

And here it is with it's new handles and a pic of it's bigger brothers.

Barry Rowland · **Reply #39 on:** April 28, 2019, 06:37:35 PM

Very nice Ray!

SteveC · **Reply #40 on:** April 28, 2019, 06:43:00 PM

Nice job repairing the handles !

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #41 on:** April 28, 2019, 08:29:17 PM

I found the one, idk where the other is

JR

Barry Rowland · **Reply #42 on:** April 29, 2019, 02:48:44 AM

dkop1 · **Reply #43 on:** April 30, 2019, 06:01:52 PM

I'm game! though I've only got one, it's a trusted companion and has de-limbed many a tree.

Swinger · **Reply #44 on:** June 18, 2019, 04:35:17 PM

WWII Vintage Navy issue

I don't know who I.L. Martin is

broken tip and blueing loss at the point show it's seen some use. I got it near razor sharp....good enough for me.

Barry Rowland · **Reply #45 on:** June 18, 2019, 04:47:12 PM

Nice find!!

derekmac · **Reply #46 on:** June 18, 2019, 05:10:58 PM

Hopefully this PhotoBucket link works...

Dunc · **Reply #47 on:** June 18, 2019, 06:20:20 PM

Great photos guys

Swinger · **Reply #48 on:** June 18, 2019, 08:51:33 PM

Quote from: Barry Rowland on June 18, 2019, 04:47:12 PM

Nice find!!

I've had it forever. My father had it forever. I don't know where he got it from, either from his father, who was I think was a navy pilot in WWII, or god knows where. I'm 41, and I can remember this knife in the big safe downstairs since I was a child.

sak60 · **Reply #49 on:** June 25, 2019, 05:34:33 AM

Quote from: Swinger on June 18, 2019, 04:35:17 PM

WWII Vintage Navy issue

I don't know who I.L. Martin is

broken tip and blueing loss at the point show it's seen some use. I got it near razor sharp....good enough for me.

Nice example

Barry Rowland · **Reply #50 on:** June 25, 2019, 03:01:25 PM

. I love a knife with a story!

Dunc · **Reply #51 on:** April 22, 2021, 09:59:01 AM

Thought I’d post my latest collection pic , what are your thoughts on the new USSF range , I guess it all depends if you like the colour. I think from a collection point of view they are important and a bit fun at the same time considering it was born out of an April Fools joke.

0FD6FAAD-D016-4AA1-90FB-4DB4DAB6B1AC by Duncan Moore, on Flickr