Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath Category_MG 34 Pistol Grip Assembly including a "tailed" side plate

including a "tailed" side plate

The scabbard is straight throughout and still has almost all of the original black paint

the color of aged stained ivory

only achieved on brass through decades of age

Interior tailor label denotes size as 38

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath Category_MG 34 Pistol Grip Assembly including a "tailed" side plateOriginal 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