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    Ever broken a Kabar?

    ....if so - how? Did it snap at the blade/hilt junction (as most internet pics show), or at the blade tip? Prying/levering? Twisting? Batoning? Taking out a sentry with a kidney thrust??????? :)

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    Blade/tip.

    I lost count of how many times I walked a new Pvt/Pfc 0331 down to supply, and some wretched asshat slid a busted Ka-Bar across the counter. They would do it without pulling the blade from the sheath, and every damn time I pulled out the knife to make sure it was serviceable, it had a busted tip.

    So yeah, none of my serious use knives are Ka-bars. Do I own one for nostalgia's sake? Yep. But when I was a lowly enlisted swine, I carried something else in the field, and the Ka-bar stayed in my wall locker for inspections. I usually carried a 5" Randall on my deuce gear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SeriousStudent View Post
    Blade/tip.

    I lost count of how many times I walked a new Pvt/Pfc 0331 down to supply, and some wretched asshat slid a busted Ka-Bar across the counter. They would do it without pulling the blade from the sheath, and every damn time I pulled out the knife to make sure it was serviceable, it had a busted tip.

    So yeah, none of my serious use knives are Ka-bars. Do I own one for nostalgia's sake? Yep. But when I was a lowly enlisted swine, I carried something else in the field, and the Ka-bar stayed in my wall locker for inspections. I usually carried a 5" Randall on my deuce gear.
    Curious when that would have been that they were issued? Serious question. I was 0351 in the 80's and had to buy my own.

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    Yes... but I was using it to baton firewood. Still think they are a good knife for the money, I'm just willing to spend more for better now.
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    Lent one out when I, too..was an 0351 in early-mid eighties...came back broken about 2" down from hilt. Never did understand how..was miffed.
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    Kabars (well off brand like Ontario) were issued to pistol bearers until the new bayonet came out in the mid 2000s. Most units kept them in the armory along with their bayonets but since they were K TAMCNS and not Crane reportable they could be kept anywhere


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    I am not a Marine...

    However my Uncle was (Korea vintage). He of course kept the "Marine love" for his Ka-bar. I had a lot of time with one over the years and after I got older/wiser to knife craft, the Ka-bar just became a souvenir.

    This change in thought toward the knife when said uncle was having difficulty dressing a deer with one (to show me how it's done of course) and broke the blade tip at some point. Normally he would use his buck folder to skin a deer, but I think he was trying to show off his "Marine-ness" to me at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Diss View Post
    Curious when that would have been that they were issued? Serious question. I was 0351 in the 80's and had to buy my own.
    We had them in the armories, but they were never issued.

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    k Bars

    Bent the hilt on a couple and broke the tip on one wised up when I made Cpl. and had Randells and Striders and left the Kbars in the armory after that.
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    Broke about 1/2" off the tip throwing it at a plywood hooch door, it stuck in many times before it broke, it was a Kabar but at the time you could buy them for around $20.

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