New KA-Bar Shorty.

[Ringel05]

Just arrived today, the little brother of the classic KA-Bar fighting knife.

 

[Concerned American]

Just arrived today, the little brother of the classic KA-Bar fighting knife.

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Looks like they held true to the styling. I tried to ship my full sized Kabar back from Vietnam, but it got confiscated. I still have my grandfather's from WWII though.

 

[toobfreak]

Just arrived today, the little brother of the classic KA-Bar fighting knife.

Looks great but I've never been fond of the round grips.

 

[Ringel05]

Looks like they held true to the styling. I tried to ship my full sized Kabar back from Vietnam, but it got confiscated. I still have my grandfather's from WWII though.

This one's only 9 1/4" long with a 5 1/4" blade and it's light. I was actually expecting more heft to it but this one could wear all day and forget it's there.
KA-Bar has a huge line of knives now of all sorts. They even have the traditional look handle with a tanto blade instead of a clip-point.

 

[Ringel05]

Looks great but I've never been fond of the round grips.

I find this one a little thin, I may wrap it in thick leather to beef it out a little more.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I find this one a little thin, I may wrap it in thick leather to beef it out a little more.

You could do a paracord wrap that way it can perform two jobs if need be.

 

[Ringel05]

You could do a paracord wrap that way it can perform two jobs if need be.

I thought of that after I posted the leather wrap idea.

 

[hjmick]

Nice. I have a Fighter, I think it may need a companion...

 

[mudwhistle]

Just arrived today, the little brother of the classic KA-Bar fighting knife.

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I have a couple of KA-BARs....but my favorite knife is my KATZ. I bought it from one of the guys on one of the other teams back in 92'.
Still razor sharp.

 

[JGalt]

Just arrived today, the little brother of the classic KA-Bar fighting knife.

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Dammit man! You made me dig out my Air Force survival knife, but it was an Ontario, not Ka-Bar.

You can make knives more useful as a tool by grinding down the top part of the bolster where your thumb rests. That gives you more control over the blade and more force for chopping, without that top part getting in the way of your thumb. Also putting a 25-30 degree angle on the edge of the blade. I've been too lazy to re-edge the blade on mine.

 

[Ringel05]

Dammit man! You made me dig out my Air Force survival knife, but it was an Ontario, not Ka-Bar.

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You can make knives more useful as a tool by grinding down the top part of the bolster where your thumb rests. That gives you more control over the blade and more force for chopping, without that top part getting in the way of your thumb. Also putting a 25-30 degree angle on the edge of the blade. I've been too lazy to re-edge the blade on mine.

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Nothing wrong with Ontario knives.

 

[Ringel05]

I have this old Ranger knife I bought eons ago, it's a Chinese copy, bought it back when I didn't know any better. Still it's sharp as a razor but only has the single paracord wrap around the flat, full tang.

 

[Lastamender]

Looks great but I've never been fond of the round grips.

Never a teenager?

 

[Ringel05]

Nice. I have a Fighter, I think it may need a companion...

If you like tanto over clip point here's the KA-Bar shorty.

 

[mudwhistle]

I have this old Ranger knife I bought eons ago, it's a Chinese copy, bought it back when I didn't know any better. Still it's sharp as a razor but only has the single paracord wrap around the flat, full tang.

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Looks like something you could stuff in your boot. You need a flat handle to do that comfortably.

 

[Ringel05]

This is my EDC (pocket) knife.

Great knife for a cheap Gordon I bought at Harbor Freight. I did add the TALON grip material to it, handle was pretty slick.

 

[mudwhistle]

I got me one of these last year. Heavy as all get out.

 

[mudwhistle]

I got me one of these last year. Heavy as all get out.

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And I got this one for Christmas.

UnitedCutlery.Com: LOTR™ - STING™ the Sword of Frodo Baggins with Wall Plaque - UC1264

www.unitedcutlery.com

 

[White 6]

Just arrived today, the little brother of the classic KA-Bar fighting knife.

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Nice. KA-BAR is my favorite all-purpose fighting knife. I was at the gun show, here this weekend. Standard KA-BARs were going for $95.00. I have never seen them that high before. I remember buying them for $45.
That is a nice one. Is it smaller than a standard size?

 

[AZrailwhale]

And I got this one for Christmas.

UnitedCutlery.Com: LOTR™ - STING™ the Sword of Frodo Baggins with Wall Plaque - UC1264

www.unitedcutlery.com

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Does it glow when Orcs are near? It's a pretty knife/sword.