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KA-BAR Military Knives
KA-BAR military knives carry an unbroken service record that runs from Guadalcanal to the present day. When the Marine Corps adopted the KA-BAR Fighting/Utility Knife as the Mark 2 combat knife on November 23, 1942, it set the pattern every military fixed blade since has been measured against: a 7-inch 1095 Cro-Van clip point, stacked leather handle, and a design that works as hard opening ration crates as it does in a fight. Every knife in this collection is made in Olean, New York, the same Western New York facility KA-BAR has called home since 1911.
KA-BAR USMC Fighting Knives
The 1217 USMC Fighting Knife is the direct descendant of the WWII original, with the USMC-stamped blade, leather washer handle, and brown leather sheath. The 1218 serrated version adds cutting power on webbing and synthetic materials, and the 1250 Short USMC and 1252 Short serrated compress the pattern into a 5.25-inch blade that carries easier without giving up the geometry.
US Army and Navy Fighting Knives
The 1220 US Army Fighting Knife and serrated 1219 wear the Army stamp on the same proven platform, while the 1225 US Navy Fighting Knife continues the USN Mark 2 lineage that sailors carried through the Pacific. The 9141 Vietnam Commemorative honors that service history with period-correct details.
Fighting Knife Variants and Commemoratives
Beyond the service-branch classics, the family runs deep. The 2217 Big Brother stretches the pattern to an 8-inch blade for heavier work. The 2225 Mark I revives the Navy's smaller WWII deck knife. The 1317 Dog's Head carries the historic Union Cutlery blade mark, and the 1313SF Space Force Space-Bar takes the pattern somewhere the 1942 Marines never imagined. American-made shorts, serrated variants, and commemorative editions round out the deepest military knife lineup in production.