Original U.S. WWII Named USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard - James W. Bilbrey SC-701 Russian Machine Guns Overall length is 13 inches

Overall length is 13 inches making this a compact a dagger of great beauty

and later recovered and cleaned to remove a lot of the rust

the Allies had advanced into Germany and had reached the River Rhine

The already loosely fitting chest was enlarged another 2"

These symbols were also painted on everything the Marines used

Original U.S. WWII Named USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard - James W. Bilbrey SC-701 Russian Machine Guns Overall length is 13 inchesOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear