Old dirty Kabar 1100 is it worth saving?

The KA-BAR brand originated as a trademark of the Tidioute Cutlery Company. Tidioute was later taken over & renamed the Union Cutlery Company which continued making the brand until Union eventually adopted it as the company name in 1952. Cutco Corporation later acquired the company in 1996.
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Old dirty Kabar 1100 is it worth saving?

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Here is my most recent find. Seems to be in good shape, lots of meat on the blades, the handle is in good shape. The only problem is the tanto blade has some wobble, any suggestions? Should I try to find someone who would fix it?
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Stakeknife here is a link with some remedies for that it might give you some ideas.

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... ade+wobble
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It'd make a good ol toter. Looks like some blade loss on the clip blade, maybe reshaped some. It also looks like someone tried to tighten it up at some point.

That's what we call a HOK (Honest Old Knife). They are a favorite of mine. Knives that have been well used and still have some life in them.
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It reminds me of my long dead Uncles. four Kansas farmers that always wore bib overalls even on Sunday when they went to church. They had brown arms and white foreheads. They would sit around at family dinners and each would tout the fine qualities of the knives they swore by, one liked case, one liked buck and one would claim Kabar was the best. I was just a little squirt but I remember the names of the knives. 1956 or so I suppose.

So now have more than one of each.
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Stakeknife wrote:It reminds me of my long dead Uncles. four Kansas farmers that always wore bib overalls even on Sunday when they went to church. They had brown arms and white foreheads. They would sit around at family dinners and each would tout the fine qualities of the knives they swore by, one liked case, one liked buck and one would claim Kabar was the best. I was just a little squirt but I remember the names of the knives. 1956 or so I suppose.

So now have more than one of each.
SOunds like my family as well. Except it was pretty much all Case. Lol. And I'm still a fan of the overalls. They're comfortable and you can pack all kinds of pocket knives in them pockets!
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Any artifact is worth saving. Even the Japanese knives of the 1960's.(Lord, that brings back memories).

Just ask Arf, The Wonder Chicken. (He'll tell you the same thing). ::nod::
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Nah, better send 'er to me!! I'll dispose of it properly! ::woot::
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It probably needs your expertise. Would you replace the big blade that was cut down? Fix the wobble, polish the blades till I can see the color of my eyes in them? Make the plastic handle magically turn into a beautiful piece of bone?
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Stakeknife wrote:It reminds me of my long dead Uncles. four Kansas farmers that always wore bib overalls even on Sunday when they went to church. They had brown arms and white foreheads. They would sit around at family dinners and each would tout the fine qualities of the knives they swore by, one liked case, one liked buck and one would claim Kabar was the best. I was just a little squirt but I remember the names of the knives. 1956 or so I suppose.

So now have more than one of each.
I'am from Kansas and I knew them guys.

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Have a cousin Named Harold. Last Name Barrett. Big fella played a litte football in high school. Last I heard he worked at that big camping trailer company in Heston I think.
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So are you two really cousins or are ya just playin' with us?
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Colonel26 wrote:
Stakeknife wrote:It reminds me of my long dead Uncles. four Kansas farmers that always wore bib overalls even on Sunday when they went to church. They had brown arms and white foreheads. They would sit around at family dinners and each would tout the fine qualities of the knives they swore by, one liked case, one liked buck and one would claim Kabar was the best. I was just a little squirt but I remember the names of the knives. 1956 or so I suppose.

So now have more than one of each.
SOunds like my family as well. Except it was pretty much all Case. Lol. And I'm still a fan of the overalls. They're comfortable and you can pack all kinds of pocket knives in them pockets!
Mine's been Boker and Case mostly. I'm a Boker USA and Solingen, Camillus USA , and Schrade USA man myself.

That's a nice old knife--ready to be put back to work. That condition is what most of my carried knives are in.
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