Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in 134th Naval Construction Battalion Named Leather Sheath Availability_Domestic Original cord and black bakelite

Original cord and black bakelite plugs intact (one plug is cracked)

his wool jerkin

Please see Watts & White The Bayonet Book page 187

Genuine black classic Navy style pull-over black wool tunic from a Marine HJ Hessen-Nassau AH member complete with badges and patches

with signs of use and some staining

Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in 134th Naval Construction Battalion Named Leather Sheath Availability_Domestic Original cord and black bakeliteOriginal 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