Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard by Boyt - Dated 1943 British Militaria bearing serial number 4307 on

bearing serial number 4307 on the breech block and receiver tang

It has been sharpened a few times

while extensive programmes of re-hilting produced hybrids using the blades from old German regulation weapons and from such things as Vetterli sword and Gras epee bayonets

The pants are marked A-S (Asian Small) on a tag along the waist

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Blade Marked Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard by Boyt - Dated 1943 British Militaria bearing serial number 4307 onOriginal 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