| (USMC) Knife, Fighting Utility (USN Mark 2 utility knife) | |
|---|---|
.jpg) USMC Ka-Bar knife with leather sheath | |
| Type | Knife |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
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| Production history | |
| Designed | 23 November 1942 |
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| Produced | 1943–present |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 0.7 lb (320 g) |
| Length | 11+7⁄8 in (30.16 cm) |
| Blade length | 7 in (18 cm) |
| Blade type | Clip point |
| Hilt type | Stacked leather washers |
| Scabbard/sheath | Leather (USMC) or plastic (USN) |
Ka-Bar (/ˈkeɪ.bɑːr/; trademarked as KA-BAR) is the contemporary popular name for the combat knife first adopted by the United States Marine Corps in November 1942 as the 1219C2 combat knife (later designated the USMC Mark 2 combat knife or Knife, Fighting Utility), and subsequently adopted by the United States Navy as the U.S. Navy utility knife, Mark 2.[1][2][3] Ka-Bar is the name of a related knife manufacturing company, Ka-Bar Knives., Inc. (formerly Union Cutlery Co.), of Olean, New York, a subsidiary of the Cutco Corporation.
Although Ka-Bar Knives, Inc., currently makes a wide variety of knives and cutlery, it is best known for the Ka-Bar Fighting/Utility knife, which has traditionally used a 7-inch (17.8 cm) 1095 carbon steel clip point blade and leather-washer handle. The National Stock Number (NSN) is 1095-01-581-9100.
- ^ Walker, Greg (2001). KA-BAR: The Next Generation of the Ultimate Fighting Knife. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press. pp. 13–20, 77. ISBN 1-58160-120-4.
- ^ Shackleford, Steve (ed.), Blade's Guide To Knives And Their Values (7th ed.), Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, ISBN 1-4402-0387-3, ISBN 978-1-4402-0387-9 (2009), p. 387
- ^ Petzal, David E., "The 20 Best Knives Ever Made: The Jar-Head Favorite, Ka-Bar Marine Corps Fighting Knife", Field & Stream Magazine, Vol. CXIII, No. 2 (June 2008), p. 73: "The USMC 1219C2 was first manufactured in January 1943 by the Camillus Cutlery Company of Camillus, New York".