Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath German Field Equipment - hole in the tang

- hole in the tang is punched and not drilled

Two production variants exist

Above the Insignia the number 690 is painted over the original number

Show the boys what you have done and can do

but it has no major damage or tears

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath German Field Equipment - hole in the tangOriginal 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