World War II Īfter the United States' entry into World War II, complaints arose from Army soldiers and Marines issued World War I-era bronze or alloy-handled trench knives such as the U.S. on its line of automatic switchblade pocket knives, including the KA-BAR Grizzly, KA-BAR Baby Grizzly, and KA-BAR Model 6110 Lever Release knives. Beginning in 1923, the KA-BAR trademark was used as a ricasso stamp by Union Cutlery Co.
In 1923, the company adopted the name KA-BAR from the "bear story" as their trademark. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible, with "kill-ab' ar" readable as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". of Olean, New York, began using the name on its knives and in its advertising in 1923 after receiving a testimonial letter by a fur trapper, who used the knife to kill a wounded bear that attacked him after his rifle jammed. The owner of the KA-BAR trademark, the Union Cutlery Co. Other, more modern versions of this knife feature single or dual-edge blades and synthetic handles made of Kraton (a non-slip rubber substitute). (178 mm) 1095 carbon steel clip point blade and leather-washer handle. currently makes a wide variety of knives and cutlery, it is best known for the KA-BAR Fighting Utility Knife, which has traditionally used a 7 in. (formerly Union Cutlery Co.) of Olean, New York, a subsidiary of the Cutco Corporation.Īlthough KA-BAR Cutlery, Inc. Additionally, KA-BAR is the trademark and namesake of a related knife manufacturing company, KA-BAR Cutlery Co., Inc. KA-BAR (trademarked as KA-BAR, capitalized) is the contemporary popular name for the combat knife first adopted by the United States Marine Corps in November 1942 as the 1219C2 Combat Knife (later designated the USMC Mark 2 Combat Knife or Knife, Fighting Utility), and subsequently adopted by the United States Navy as the U.S. (USMC) Knife, Fighting Utility (USN Mark 2 Utility Knife)ġ.23 pounds ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". kg)ġ1.875 inches ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". cm)ħ inches ( Bad rounding here Script error: No such module "Math". cm)
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