Hi, I just picked up this nice sunbone from a gentleman. He knew nothing about it but, talked to a friend and said he heard of a prototype from the 40s between case and ka bar.
Would love to know if this an prototype, or someone replaced the blade with an ka bar stamped blade.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated!!
Tim
Case/Ka-Bar Prototype?!?
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Re: Case/Ka-Bar Prototype?!?
Frankenknife. Ka-bar master blade, someone has put it in a Case elephant toe (aka sunfish) frame.
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If your religion requires that you hate someone, you need a new religion.
When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.
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Re: Case/Ka-Bar Prototype?!?
Ken has it right, cobbled knife. One easy "tell" is the steel pivot pin in the master blade which sticks out like a sore thumb. Also, they didn't really make "prototypes" back in the day, that term is a marketing ploy by modern companies. KA-BAR did make a few models for Case but they are all marked Case, there are no genuine original knives with both Case and KA-BAR marked blades.