From KA-BAR's State & Union custom shop comes a historical class
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2022
- KA-BAR’s State & Union shop has made a small batch of these iconic Red Spacer knife. The leather washers are shaped by hand and dyed to create an aged appearance. The pommel is ground down to replicate the dimensions of the original. Each red spacer is hand made to be slightly longer than the current spacer used on KA-BAR Fighting/Utility Knives. The blade is sandblasted, then cold gun blued. The sheath undergoes an aging process to darken the leather and match the original sheath color.
To find the Knife:
www.kabar.com/products/6417
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The rubber o rings is genius. Great collection thanks for sharing!
You are very welcome. Thank you 🙏🏼
The dogs head has a better guard by far! But that new one is the best!
I agree completely
Got my USMC KaBar back in the 80's. Blade is powder coated brown, and the clip is extremely sharp. I've used mine so much the handle had gone dark, from use. Its a very good knife. I have a leather sheath for mine. I still carry it when I go hiking/camping. I do not chop or baton with the knife.
A member of the family
I started doing the same rubber band o rings about a year or two ago. Needed it when testing if I wanted a mini Ka-Bar on my chest rig (the jurry is still out); however I did the same to my ek 45 knife. It works wonders for grips that aren’t already something special.
Simple fix that is cost efficient
Great video! Thanks for adding us to your collection.
You gotta love the history
Man-what a score. That is a beautiful addition to your already impressive collection!!
I really love our countries Military blades
I kneel at the breadth of your collection! I am not worthy!
This is a neat knife. I just got the dogs head today.
I’ve never been a ka-bar guy, but over the last month I’ve amassed a collection of like 6 of them now, including a ww2 one. I paired the ww2 scabbard/sheath with my dogs head because a normal kydex doesn’t work on it.
Also I got a standard usmc and I put some ageing stuff on it that I was using at work… the leather turned out beautifully and looks like an oak colour now.
It’s really great to see you make the knives your own. Ka-Bar’s are habit forming 👍🏼
Reading the KA-BAR specs the USMC version of the red spacer KA-BAR has blade length of 7.125 inches whereas the Dog's Head Model has 7.00 inches of blade length (probably a typo). Both models are also thinner, longer, and heavier than the traditional KA-BAR (non red spacer) Models. All very interesting.
I just bought one it's👍 Awesome thanks for sharing sir!!
My pleasure. Thank you for watching
Very nice blades sir. Ty for sharing ✌♥🔪😁
My pleasure and Ty for watching
That is a nice thick guard on the state and Union
Yes it is.
Sorry if this was covered…didn’t hear you address it: where did you get the leather-covered kydex sheaths? They’re perfect!
Mica at blackbearck.com tell him that I sent you 👍🏼
Will do, thanks brother!
I support veteran run businesses
Excellent video man. Glad to see you wanted to give this to a someone who served in our armed forces. How did you get you USMC leather wraps so shiny? Very cool idea with the O rings.
Have you hear about Ka-Bar and Spartan Knives collaborating on 4 knives? Kabar had Spartan do a Magnacut USMC! This is amazing! Stay sharp bud!
Thank you. The leather came that way. They did a fine job on it. I have heard about the collaboration but do need to look into it.
Mine too from the 80s reissue came not sure looked like blueing but had a slight texture to it but long gone now
That’s too bad.
I’ll post something on the FB page
@@haveaknifeday no I mean coating I still have my blade
i got a box full orings from harbor freight ..i did all my knifes today even the camillus vietnam i got today
Very cool. How’s they turn out?
@@haveaknifeday much better then last ones..& cheaper...grip feels better to
Have you used your ka bar on the fire starter
That description was for the red spacer doesn’t match that knife.
Is the butt cap on the red spacer version sintered steel like the normal models?
This is from Ka-Bar's State and Union. Thank you for taking the time to contact us.
Our records indicate that the butt cap to the #6417 (Red Spacer Knife) is made of a powdered metal.
I hope this information is helpful.
Regards,
Beth
Revision!! I was just emailed with updated information.
I apologize however we received wrong information. The butt cap on the #6417 (Red Spacer) is actually made of 1045 bar stock.
Regards,
Beth
@@haveaknifeday Thanks for the update!
@skiddlyd.244 you are very welcome
What was the total cost for your custom Veff serrations per blade?
Damn, but that is a good question. I can’t remember off the top of my head. It depends on what size you get. You can send him a photo of the knife you want done and say, four .5in serrations on it. He can quote you directly.
Feel free to let us know about how to get in on the raffle / give away. As a vet, I would gladly give a donation for the opportunities to help my brothers and also to win a fine knife. My brother from Jump school retired MARSOC. He and I got in a lot of trouble in Jump school getting bombed at the Front Leaning Rest and then rappeling through the courtyard to avoid the two CQs and then being woke up in the women’s section by the SDO.
We did extra duty through ground week, tower week and a lot of fun in the Gig pit.
But the memories were worth the efforts
@@haveaknifeday ROGER THAT!
Who does the veff serration mods for you?
Tom Veff himself. veffsharpening.com/page6.html
@@haveaknifeday Been collecting for awhile and always thought only the M-16 folders from Kit Carson had them. Thanks for dropping some knowledge on me.
Oh, no worries. We Dont know til we know. I’ve know Mr. Veff for a while now and my wife and I have gone to Oregon just to visit with him and his wife.
What size O-rings did you use?
I’ll look when I get back home from work today
#15 O-Rings
Have you ever seen the kabar given to the top students during recondo school in Vietnam?
No, cannot say that I have. Must be something to see though.
@@haveaknifeday i’ve actually never seen a picture of it I read in the Tiger force book it was a kabar however …Deff would of been the hardest kabar to get lol
That would definitely be a blade to behold.