Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Original Leather Sheath Italian Flags 32 caliber measuring 7 1/4"

32 caliber measuring 7 1/4" overall with 3 1/2" barrels

Also included in this cased set are two rather poor photograph reprints of rather tattered old Oil Portraits of both Midshipman JAMES MORGAN and the second of CHARLES MORGAN

The bakelite handset is 1937 dated under a maker mark

Magnification 6

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Original Leather Sheath Italian Flags 32 caliber measuring 7 1/4"Original 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