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What model is this kabar knife?

I like it eveled. Simple but beautiful lines and useful. Good one.

Thanks dogleg. It was a surprise when I opened the package, it's a lot bigger than I was expecting. Good snap, tight as can be. Nice blade shapes. I'm glad to have it, just wondering what it is. Here it is next to a Buck 110, to show it's size.

I thought it would be similar to the 1026, but this knife is on a different level.

I don't know the model number either except that I really like it,my kinda knife, good find

Looks like a loomfixer. I collect the CASE version, but don’t have a Kabar yet. They’re great knives.

Thanks colonel26. Loomfixer gives good search results, great reading and viewing. Those old Case ones are beautiful.

Is it a Tear Drop or Sway Back ? Looks like a S-B to me but that could be camera angle.
kj

Sway back is probably the better description.

Case calls it a #17 Pattern. A few call it a "swayback jack", some call it a "Half Hawk" but most folks, like Cuz and me, call it a "Loom Fixer".

By the way, this is a "Tear Drop" also called a "Bullet End Jack".

eveled wrote:Thanks colonel26. Loomfixer gives good search results, great reading and viewing. Those old Case ones are beautiful.

I got into loomfixer Knives a few years ago. I’d seen them and wanted one for a while, but I started having a lot of trouble with my hands due to some real bad Carpel Tunnel (sp?) issues. It got so bad before I had surgery that the loomfixer was all I could use with reasonable comfort. They’re one of the most comfortable to hold knife patterns I’ve ever come across.

Since getting my hands fixed I don’t carry one as much. Maybe I need to fix that.

If I don't keep a tight rein on myself, I could become a Loom Fixer Hoarder.

Chris, your plastic handle Kabar with "Loom Fixer" on the handle is clearly a swayback jack. I say "clearly" because your directly overhead picture shows the backward curve of the handle. Names given by a manufacturer were for marketing reasons, a 'catchy' name to catch buyers. They did not care as much for accurate pattern names.
kj

Yes definitely a sway back jack, not a teardrop. My fault I misspoke. I went back to edit the title

Since getting this knife and finding out about Loom fixers. I’ve bought another KaBar a Case and 3 Rough Riders. The KaBars are my favorite. I’ve got a lifetime supply of Loom Fixers and sway back Rope knives now!

eveled, great group.

Hey! Maybe I wanted them sideways! Just kidding thanks for fixing it.