THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RARE LITTLE KABAR SHORTY HUNTING KNIFE, SOME FOLKS CALL IT A LITTLE TRADING POST OR A LITTLE HUNTER, THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE TRADING POST MODEL BEING THE SHORTEST HUNTER KA-BAR EVER MADE AND PROBABLY BEFORE 1937. IT MEASURES 6-5/8" OVERALL WITH A 3-3/8" BLADE, THATS WHY IT'S CALLED A SHORTY, IT'S A SMALL HUNTER KNIFE AND THEY ARE GETTING HARDER TO FIND. BOTH THE BLADE TANGS ARE STAMPED.
ONE IS STAMPED KABAR REG. OFF AND THE OTHER SIDE IS STAMPED UNION CUTLERY CO. IT HAS BEEN RESHARPENED DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES. THE BLADE IS RAZOR SHARP (A REAL HUNTING KNIFE) SEE PICTURES. THE HANDLES ARE IN GREAT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS OR CHIPS, IT HAS BEAUTIFUL MATCHING STAG WITH RED, BLACK AND BRASS SPACERS IN THE FRONT AND THE REAR, LOTS OF NICE COLORS WITH 4 STAINLESS STEEL PINS, ALL TIGHT AND RIGHT NONE BETTER I HAVE SEEN! THE FRONT GUARD IS NICKEL SILVER AND WITH A STAG REAR POMMEL, ALL TIGHT AND RIGHT FOR 80 TO 100 YEARS. IT COMES WITH THE LEATHER SHEATH ALSO IN GREAT CONDITION ALL THE STITCHING IS GOOD AND THE RIVETS ARE TIGHT, AND THE TOP HANDLE STRAP BUTTON IS GOOD. THIS IS A REALLY NICE VINTAGE KABAR UNION CUT CO. COLLECTIBLE THAT DOES NOT COME AROUND VERY OFTEN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST ASK, I WILL TRY AND ANSWER THEM, IF I CANNOT I DO KNOW SOMEONE WHO PROBABLY CAN. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Collectible Fixed Blade Knives\Vintage Fixed Blade Knives\Factory Manufactured". The seller is "byidee" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.