Original U.S. WWII Late War Unissued Navy Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS with U.S.N. MK2 Scabbard British Lancer Pulling the hammer back withdraws

Pulling the hammer back withdraws the striker from the breech block allowing it to be lifted on its pivot pin by means of a small fixed knob on the right side of the block

4th served in both II and III Brigades

The ramrod is the correct and original tulip type with the straight shank

The reverse ricasso is etched with the full Ernst Pack & Söhne "Siegfried Waffen" trademark

however unlike the French issue

Original U.S. WWII Late War Unissued Navy Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS with U.S.N. MK2 Scabbard British Lancer Pulling the hammer back withdrawsOriginal 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