A stunning piece of history. Weight, balance, feel.
The real deal. American strength.

I am a knife collector who owns a collection handed down to be through 4 generations of my family and wanted to add an iconic knife to the collection..... That was the excuse I told my wife when I purchased this knife. However the truth is that I had binged watched most of the seasons of The Walking Dead and the entire season of The Last of Us and wondered....what would be the absolutely best knife available to kill zombies and survive the apocalypse? After many hours reading reviews, first hand accounts from actual combat encounters they all came back to the Ka-Bar knife. I will be honest, it isn't sexy or pretty. But it is simply a very well-made tool of death. It has a full tang to resist breakage, a slip resistant leather handle, robust finger guard, a surprisingly sharp factory edge and blackened blade. The version I purchased had a very nice plastic sheath that clipped the knife in even without the handle snap. Hopefully I will never have to kill a zombie but if I do, I will have this knife at the ready

From fine cutting steaks to chopping through branches, this beauty will get the job done. Just don't forget to touch her up with the whetstone from time to time and be generous on the oil. Do that and she will serve you well

Mine came with a black sheath, not O.D. green as pictured. Maybe it's just my eyes, but the picture looks like dark OD green to me. I don't really mind what color the sheath is, but someone else might.
Knife came very sharp right out of the box, with all lines and angles straight as they should be. Very nice knife and well made.
Reviewer who said that the sheath can dull the edge is correct, but that is easily fixed by gluing a thin strip of soft plastic inside the sheath to contact the edge, or just be careful about holding the edge away when putting in or pulling out.
Also love that the sheath is ambidextrous for us lefties.
Finally, keep in mind that the color of the leather will get darker over time, especially if you handle it with sweaty hands. Almost black after many years. That's not a bad thing, it's just what happens.
Overall this is a great knife for the money.

It says us army but have not been military issue since Korea. Great knife plan to use it