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Thank you sir! That is a great suggestion! I was looking at that and I will apply it for sure in my future projects. Have a good one!

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У меня отец то же был связистом на войне. В рукоятку ножа была вделана маленькая фотография, мой отец и его фронтовой друг. Ножен, к сожалению не было.

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Thank you so much Kathy! I am not an expert on that but definitely looks way better than before. Yeah, try to refresh it a bit as well. Make sure to wait enough after washing. Just to have time to dry properly. Any leather conditioner will help to bring shine back and give softness to the leather. Good luck with yours! If you have any concerns and additional questions, please let me know ☺️

@Kathy Kelton wash with shampoo as is gentle, can sand it carefully with fine paper and treat it with olive oil works very well

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Hello Grant, That took me forever 🙈 but as you say it was definitely worth it in the end. I am glad I did that. I am considering melting down aluminium next time. Still would be correct time period. Thanks for watching Grant, cheers!

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Hello Tristan, nice seeing your comment. Yes, it was aluminium. I am glad you think so! Thank you! Take care!

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I believe you can order the leather handle washers from Kabar, I think. I know I've seen them online some where. I have a Kabar that my uncle had when he was in the Marines, but he took very good care of it. It is on its second sheath. Dog got the first one, or so his story goes.

That is a truly nice looking knife. Yes, I saw on their website like a handle kit for traditional ka-bar knife. Thanks for the dog story 😂👍

@@FFD_Restorations Yes, supposedly, and frankly I do not know what to believe. He told some great stories. He was in the Philippines, on leave, and was out and about, when a dog latched onto the knife sheath. He wont say what happened to the dog. But he was invited to a BBQ later that day.

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Thanks Robin, I am planing to do a workshop tour at the end of this year.

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I read a few years ago, that the cats and pals were not military issue. What happened was that only certain people were given either the KABAR knives like the MK-1, or the KABAR MK-2, or the Marine Corps Version. These were for crew served weapons teams, frog men, pilots and the like. The rest of the men who wanted a knife, went to the base exchange and private purchased a CAT or PAL. If those were exhausted or there was no PX, then there were theater made knives. Made from leaf spring steel, aircraft parts, etc. Some of these theater made knives look pretty crude, almost like prison shivs, but others are well made, and have rater colourful grips made from aircraft plexiglass, etc. The scabbard could be decorated as well. Of course, another source for blades were either a captured, or otherwise procured bayonet, that was customized into a very serviceable combat knife.

@@jamesdolan5236 there were definitely gov't contracts for the Cats. It's hard to sort through all the details of all the MANY knives and knife manufacturers used in WW2 because a lot of the records (both gov't and commercial) have been lost, and there's a LOT of just plain hogwash out there now. Much of it is just something somebody's cousin's grandpa told them and they repeated it in an article or forum, and then it got repeated even more until it's accepted as the truth... and no one really knows. "Theater" knives are indeed a fascinating topic all unto themselves... as you said, some were basically junk, but a lot of them were really nice examples of the craft.

​@@jamesdolan5236 you probably already know this, but KA-BAR is a company, not a knife. There's not really a "Marine Corps version," it's just that some were stamped USMC or USN. If you dig around you should be able to find scans of the original measured drawings and specs online. What's come to be known as the "USMC fighting knife" or "KA-BAR" was designed by the US military for the US military, and was made by several different manufacturers. Including the Camillus, KA-BAR, Union Cutlery, and PAL knife companies. . KA-BAR still makes that model today, along with a boatload of their own designs. But they didn't invent it.

​@@jamesdolan5236 as for soldier/sailor-purchased knives, that's a whole other ball of wax! Many were indeed purchased from all the companies already mentioned, who were already making more-or-less similar hunting knives before the official gov't designs were developed. Of particular note is Randall knives. They were a tiny one-man shop at that time, it was just founder Bo Randall who was making them at first. But his knives were highly prized for their sturdiness, good looks and overall quality, and although they were a bit pricy they became very sought-after. Many point to the success of Randall knives in the 1940s as being the beginning of the modern custom handmade knife industry in America. Now-equally-famous custom knifemaker Bob Loveless wrote that he wanted a Randall when he was a young man in the merchant marines, but didn't want to wait for one or pay the high price, so he decided to make his own. He and a handful of others got fairly well-known too in the 60s and 70s, and that REALLY kick-started the custom knife biz as we know it today.

For more info on Randall knives, try to find a copy of "Randall Knives: A Reference Book" by Sheldon Wickersham. It's excellent. For more about Bob Loveless start with "How To Make Knives" by Richard W. Barney and Robert W. Loveless. Bob tells his early story in it, and provides a fascinating walk-through of his stock-removal process. It also contains a long section with Bill Moran, who forged his blades and was one of the first, possibly THE first modern maker who started making "Damascus" knives again. There are lots of other good books and articles about Randall, Loveless and Moran, of course, but start there. You won't be disappointed.

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