I Never Realized Kabars Had Any Value

[13BVET]

Been going through my stuff, and found what is apparently a WW 2 Kabar made in Camillus, New York (this is on the blade). Just checked out ebay-apparently they have some value. This pic is exactly what mine looks like. For the life of me, I can't figure out where I got the knife from!

[G-Man]

Yes they do! your lucky especially if true ww2 knife!

[13BVET]

Okay-just double checked-my bad. WW2 would have been Camillus, N.Y. Vietnam was Camillus, New York. Good thing I double check these things!

[Early]

No matter....With Camillus out of business (Camillus, USA, that is...), your knife is a valuable piece. Hold onto it!!!

[Doc]

If I didn't know that my knife is downstairs, I would have thought that was a picture of it....lol.

I bought mine years ago at the flea market at the National Hunting and Fishing Days at the region 8 DEC headquarters for $5. Pretty darn cheap! I didn't expect much in terms of quality, but the price was right and it looked cool. Well, the first thing I discovered is that having sharp edges on both sides of the end of the blade is not a real good idea when gutting a deer I managed to cut my finger with it. I took a grinder to it and eliminated the short length of cutting edge on the top side of the blade. After a while, I realized that the darned thing had held it's edge for a heck of a long time, and yet when I did have to sharpen it, it was very quick and easy to put a super scarey sharp edge on it. That was when I started to suspect that I had a knife with some rather high quality steel in it. I've had that thing for decades and have used it for everything from skinning squirrels to hacking down some sizeable saplings. It basicly does everything I could ever ask of it.

If it had any collector value, I destroyed that when I ground that second edge off. But then, I'm sure whatever value that it may have has been surpassed by all the years of actual use and all the years that I may continue to use it. In other words, it ain't for sale at any price.