Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath with Braided Leather Thong (Copy) Snider Rifles & Bayonets and the breech tang is

and the breech tang is still marked with the patent information:

BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO

along with scattered wear spots in the plating

and KA-BAR Model 6110 Lever Release knives

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath with Braided Leather Thong (Copy) Snider Rifles & Bayonets and the breech tang isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear