KA-BAR COLLECTOR SERIES FIRST LIMITED PRODUCTION ISSUE 1978

#3 - 1978

FIRST LIMITED PRODUCTION ISSUE 1978 USING BLADES LEFT OVER FROM THE 1977 USMC REPLICA CLUB ISSUE.

The first post war production issue was in 1978. This issue is unique in so much that what became the standard 3/8 inch thick open recess tang pommell was held on by a pin that went all the way through the pommell the same way that the previous limited edition replica was made and not the later standard half way pin

The handle was the standard leather type with a thin fiber spacer at top and bottom,

The blade & pommelwhere black parkerised & crossguard painted black, with the early standard Ka Bar.Olean.NY. logo on one side of the ricasso and the early version of the USMC with distinctive round "C" on the other.The top clip was sharp but not ground. and the blade grind went almost as high as the fuller.

The early box which became the standard blueprint design did not have a number on the end like the later one and two printed leaflets were enclosed for description and maintenance later replaced by the single long one AD593 dated 3/78

The Leather sheath with wide letters and spread letter "M" USMC stampings was sown & stapled together with a small .275 staple,

 

 

Later 3-78 details & care leaflet

THE EARLY USMC STAMPING WITH THE DISTINCTIVE ROUND "C"

A THIN FIBER SPACER