Unfamiliar KA-Bar

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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glaschef
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Unfamiliar KA-Bar

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I picked this up at a flea market , and I cannot seem to find anything about it.
It doesn't seem to be a Little Hunter or a Finn.
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Gunsil
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Your knife is a post WW2 model 5206 SAB. The 5 prefix on your 206 is the code number for leather handles, the SAB for saber ground blade. Models 206 were available pre-war but my pre-war brochures only show P206 which is a flat ground 4" blade with celluloid handles. They may have made some 5206 SABs pre-war but the brochres end in 1938. Your mark of KA-BAR over Olean, NY and having an aluminum pommel makes it post war but before the mark became KA-BAR over USA.
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Re: Unfamiliar KA-Bar

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Gunsil is the THE MAN for KA-BAR!! ::nod::
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glaschef
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Re: Unfamiliar KA-Bar

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Wow , I didn't expect such a thorough response .
Many thanks for your information and expertise .
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