Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard Category_Snider Rifle Accessories This very nice example features

This very nice example features the standard 4" barrel and fully matching serial number 775

The left side of the receiver marked Tulle / M80 next to MLE 1866-74 indicating manufacture at the government arsenal at Tulle

Before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

Crossguard: 3”

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard Category_Snider Rifle Accessories This very nice example featuresOriginal 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