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Kabar folding hunter
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:06 pm
by edge213
Here is a Kabar coke bottle FH.
Anyone know the age of this one?
Appears to be delrin handles.
Re: Kabar folding hunter
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:31 pm
by zzyzzogeton
No model number under Kabar = pre-1966.
Delrin handles = 1961 or later.
If the handles are some other plastic than Delrin, e.g., celluloid, phenolic, etc, post 195x (whenever KABAR became Kabar then 195x to 1960.
The year the stamp change was made eludes me right now and I'm not at home to look it up.
Re: Kabar folding hunter
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:03 pm
by edge213
Thanks for the info.
Re: Kabar folding hunter
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:22 pm
by tongueriver
zzyzzogeton wrote: The year the stamp change was made eludes me right now and I'm not at home to look it up.
I have read 1951, but I can't verify that.
Re: Kabar folding hunter
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:11 pm
by zzyzzogeton
Checking my notes, according to the Kabar guru, gunsil, Kabar is post-1952, i.e., 1953 and onwards.
Re: Kabar folding hunter
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:16 am
by FRJ
Nice knife, David.
I've got an old swell center like that too.