And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My dad, retired Cdr. USN, had a Kabar exactly like that one; I'd sure love to know whatever happened to it, but alas, it is gone.
He also had an as-issued 1911 with holster & web belt, but it was in new condition; air crew didn't often have to shoot their way out of the cockpit on a carrier. That too was lost; which hurts, but then my kids both live in Australia so I have no one to pass it on to even if I had it.
Anyone know anything about knives marked USN on the ricasso area at the base of the blade on one side, and Camillus N.Y. on the other? My neighbor gave me one years ago, in its leather scabbard. A name is scratched into the face of the scabbard.
If only walnut and steel could talk.
ReplyDeletePretty pistol, and I don't believe I've seen a better photo of a Kabar. That leather grip appears properly Sno-Sealed and ready for patrol duty.
ReplyDeleteMy dad, retired Cdr. USN, had a Kabar exactly like that one; I'd sure love to know whatever happened to it, but alas, it is gone.
ReplyDeleteHe also had an as-issued 1911 with holster & web belt, but it was in new condition; air crew didn't often have to shoot their way out of the cockpit on a carrier. That too was lost; which hurts, but then my kids both live in Australia so I have no one to pass it on to even if I had it.
Anyone know anything about knives marked USN on the ricasso area at the base of the blade on one side, and Camillus N.Y. on the other? My neighbor gave me one years ago, in its leather scabbard. A name is scratched into the face of the scabbard.
ReplyDeleteThose are "Mk 2 Dive Knives". Usually issued with grey plastic scabbards. Blades are blued.
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