Ka-bar Stockman, unique handles?

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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Ka-bar Stockman, unique handles?

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Very curious to learn more about this ka bar stockman, I purchased from one of our very own here back at a show in Abilene

I love the case 75, and this was basically the same frame so I had to have it!

Tried to do my own research, but couldn’t find anything

I did see one old pic of a similar stockman that was sold on eBay awhile back. That’s it
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I don't remember seeing any KA-BAR handles quite like this. Bolsters look like steel rather than NSL and if that's the case it could be a WWII era knife. Strange things happened then due to lack of raw material availability.
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btrwtr wrote:I don't remember seeing any KA-BAR handles quite like this. Bolsters look like steel rather than NSL and if that's the case it could be a WWII era knife. Strange things happened then due to lack of raw material availability.

I was open to maybe being re handle, but I was able to find another that was the same. Which was reassuring
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Yes, that is a good sign and good work to find that example. Are the bolsters steel on your knife?
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I believe so In regards to steel
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Well, that is a WW2 era tang stamp, and I have seen Olcuts with that type of celluloid. Blades appear to have had a fairly heavy cleaning.
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Gunsil wrote:Well, that is a WW2 era tang stamp, and I have seen Olcuts with that type of celluloid. Blades appear to have had a fairly heavy cleaning.
Now that you mention it I have seen this material on large OLCUT coke bottles. I think they had this pattern in a blue as well. Cool looking material and nice knife.
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