Ka-bar knives

[Estand]

TAM, check out Ontario's Fixed Blade Knives. I highly recommend any of them, made in the US, in biz since around 1900.
IMHO the go to for affordable & quality + US made w/lifetime warranty.

Check out 499 Air Force Survival Knife w/ Leather Sheath (5" Black Plain)
http://www.bladehq.com/item--499-Air-[abbreviated profanity deleted] ... e-w--16931" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am partial to these models also and can attest to their use in the field:
SPEC PLUS SP1 Marine Combat
SPEC PLUS SP8 Machete Survival
OKC 18" Field D Handle Machete

[oohrah]

Ah memories. I still have my Viet Nam KaBar. A gift from my platoon sgt, when he rotated. I was a green 2ndLt, and he trained me. His name is scratched in the scabbard. I will never part with it.

[joe817]

[quote="Estand"]TAM, check out Ontario's Fixed Blade Knives. I highly recommend any of them, made in the US, in biz since around 1900.
IMHO the go to for affordable & quality + US made w/lifetime warranty.

Check out 499 Air Force Survival Knife w/ Leather Sheath (5" Black Plain)
http://www.bladehq.com/item--499-Air-[abbreviated profanity deleted] ... e-w--16931" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I had one of those and carried it daily while out on field exercises when I was at Ft. Sill back in 1970.

[Taypo]

TAM, check out Ontario's Fixed Blade Knives. I highly recommend any of them, made in the US, in biz since around 1900.
IMHO the go to for affordable & quality + US made w/lifetime warranty.

Check out 499 Air Force Survival Knife w/ Leather Sheath (5" Black Plain)
http://www.bladehq.com/item--499-Air-[abbreviated profanity deleted] ... e-w--16931" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am partial to these models also and can attest to their use in the field:
SPEC PLUS SP1 Marine Combat
SPEC PLUS SP8 Machete Survival
OKC 18" Field D Handle Machete

For some reason, Air Force and Survival Knife don't feel right being in the description. Makes me picture a Swiss Army knife with a corkscrew, a bottle opener and nail clippers on it.

[J Wilson]

TAM,
If you order the KaBar,I don't think you will be real happy with the quality of the sheath.The real military sheaths were good,the civilian ones not so good

[The Annoyed Man]

TAM,
If you order the KaBar,I don't think you will be real happy with the quality of the sheath.The real military sheaths were good,the civilian ones not so good

Kind of what I was thinking too.

[Taypo]

TAM, check out Ontario's Fixed Blade Knives. I highly recommend any of them, made in the US, in biz since around 1900.
IMHO the go to for affordable & quality + US made w/lifetime warranty.

Check out 499 Air Force Survival Knife w/ Leather Sheath (5" Black Plain)
http://www.bladehq.com/item--499-Air-[abbreviated profanity deleted] ... e-w--16931" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am partial to these models also and can attest to their use in the field:
SPEC PLUS SP1 Marine Combat
SPEC PLUS SP8 Machete Survival
OKC 18" Field D Handle Machete

For some reason, Air Force and Survival Knife don't feel right being in the description. Makes me picture a Swiss Army knife with a corkscrew, a bottle opener and nail clippers on it.

Be sure to volunteer for SERE school and tell them that ;)

I volunteered for the schools that kept me from having to SERE :)

[n5wd]

TAM, check out Ontario's Fixed Blade Knives. I highly recommend any of them, made in the US, in biz since around 1900.
IMHO the go to for affordable & quality + US made w/lifetime warranty.

Check out 499 Air Force Survival Knife w/ Leather Sheath (5" Black Plain)
http://www.bladehq.com/item--499-Air-[abbreviated profanity deleted] ... e-w--16931" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am partial to these models also and can attest to their use in the field:
SPEC PLUS SP1 Marine Combat
SPEC PLUS SP8 Machete Survival
OKC 18" Field D Handle Machete

For some reason, Air Force and Survival Knife don't feel right being in the description. Makes me picture a Swiss Army knife with a corkscrew, a bottle opener and nail clippers on it.

Huh? The Air Force's knife was 2" shorter than the Ka-bar, but that was the only difference. Nothing extra on it like a corkscrew or other stuff. The length difference was primarily a function of where the knife was worn, on the survival vest as opposed to the waist location of the Marine's Ka-bar.

[rbwhatever1]

I have an original issue Ka-Bar I carried for many years along with a Commemorative USMC stamped Ka-Bar and wouldn't give them up for anything. I have zero experience with knockoffs...