first of the new year dress ka bar

butch · #1

first knife from me finished this year
1 dress kabar
i will try to get some better pictures but this will have to do for now

Fred Sanford · #2

Man is that baby nice. Really nice looking Ka-Bar.

lerman · #3

:eek: this one is GREAT, the blade looks vary good

snuffaluff · #4

oh wow!! That's purty!! Did you say after x-mas sale?

and can I get a clip with that? hahahaha... I gotta keep it in my pocket somehow

lerman · #5

:eek: this one looks GREAT, the blade polish is awesome.

cobrajoe · #6

Wow! What a polish! That's honestly the best looking kabar I've ever seen :D .

How about making a warthog the next kabar you dress up? That thing always made me smile :)

butch · #7

cobrajoe wrote:Wow! What a polish! That's honestly the best looking kabar I've ever seen :D .

How about making a warthog the next kabar you dress up? That thing always made me smile :)

thats the real deep bellied one right ]http://www.harnerknives.com/coppermine/ ... 2793sm.jpg[/IMG]

snuffaluff · #8

oh wow! now it's even nicer looking. Is that real wood and if so, what kind?

uhiforgot · #9

Another great looking knife! But with a polish like that it would HAVE to be STRICTLY a dress knife... I'd be too worried about getting blood on it :eek:

-Jeff

FedRich · #10

I take it that's the "blood stripe" running down the handle? Very nice work, something any Marine NCO would be proud to own.

cobrajoe · #11

[quote="butch"]thats the real deep bellied one right ]
Indeed it is

http://www.arobron.pl/images/Ka-Bar%20B ... pochwa.jpg

I know I have strange tastes in blades :D
Besides, it has a really cool name.

Th232 · #12

That's lovely! Don't worry about getting the light box set up, that's already amazing!

Puyallupknifegu · #13

Butch...that is just BEAUTIFUL!!! Any Marine would be proud to own that!!

Tim

rcbalt2 · #14

Absolutely stunning. Great pics.

dialex · #15

Hi Butch.
Thanks for sharing your great work. Always a pleasure.
Too bad the knife is useless (you realize you can't actually cut all kind of crap with that thing, like you do with a regular KaBar)

Well, not quite useless, it makes for a great conversation piece - not to mention it looks good on the display stand too :)

butch · #16

yep even tho i made it with cpm154 and it is hardened to 61Rc
and is real world useable no way i would ever want to mar the blade or nicsilver butcap and guard
i still have to put the final edge on it and i know all it will do at most is open letters and shave arm hair to show off
but its a pride thing and we all know how marines have that espree de corp thing
its like they beat that into us at PI :D
any how thanks and just remember its too nice looking for most to use but it was made so it could if need be (ive see marines fight hand to hand in dress blues before :D )

jaislandboy · #17

Looks great Butch......nice job! :cool:

Axlis · #18

Very sweet looking Butch, thanks for sharing with us!

bigkahunasix · #19

As the resident Retarded...oops Retired Gunnery Sergeant and quite possibly
(depending on your time on PI) on of the ones who beat the Esprit de Corps
into you in the first place I can only say OUTSTANDING, MARINE.
Muscle, Fire, Steel, Pride (espirit de corps), all those things you were born with and that the Corps helped polish and hone show thru in that blade.
Wish I could feel the balance, it looks magnificent. Congradulations. Bigk6

butch · #20

bigkahunasix wrote:As the resident Retarded...oops Retired Gunnery Sergeant and quite possibly
(depending on your time on PI) on of the ones who beat the Esprit de Corps
into you in the first place I can only say OUTSTANDING, MARINE.
Muscle, Fire, Steel, Pride (espirit de corps), all those things you were born with and that the Corps helped polish and hone show thru in that blade.
Wish I could feel the balance, it looks magnificent. Congradulations. Bigk6

thanks bigsix i was 1138 1996 looking out over the grinder
hope things are going ok for you now
semper fi