Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath U.S. Uniforms and the elastic is still

and the elastic is still quite springy

with which command he remained until the year before the outbreak of the civil war

Etched into the leather is J

being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on August 10th

000 European Rifles between 1861 and 1865

Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath U.S. Uniforms and the elastic is stillOriginal 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