Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard by Boyt - Dated 1943 Antique Gun Parts Crossing the Arno on 31

Crossing the Arno on 31 August was relatively uneventful

William Bausch

The blade ricasso is marked CROWN / VR / 8 ' 90 on the blade ricasso

embarking on August 13th

stamped with the name

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard by Boyt - Dated 1943 Antique Gun Parts Crossing the Arno on 31Original 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