1930 ERA KA-BAR UNION CUTLERY CO FOLDING KNIFE Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 130.39 Time Left - Bid Count 20 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 End Time Monday, December 08, 2008 Location Green Valley, Arizona See more about '1930 ERA KA-BAR UNION CUTLERY CO FOLDING KNIFE' Description                   1930 ERA UNION CUTLERY CO KA-BAR FOLDING KNIFE This knife belonged to my Father. I believe he acquired it in the very early 30's at Carl Meister's bar and sporting goods store in Stillwater, Minnesota. It well could be one of the earliest KA-BARs' made by Union Cutlery Co. in Olean, New York. My Father took me deer hunting for the first time in 1942,  I was 16. We hunted with possibly a dozen or so of his friends from around Stillwater. Our camp, a very large wall tent, was pitched east of Sandstone near Cloverton, Minnesota. Neither he nor I got a deer that first year. However, in 1943 I got my chance. I was standing in the alders on a bend of McDermott Creek when a buck stuck his head out of the alders about 50 yards away. In my excitement I shot too quickly and my bullet knocked the buck's right antler off just above his skull. The buck staggered back away from the creek and tried to climb a steep embankment. I kept shooting until he collapsed. My Dad told me afterwards the buck dropped from the shear weight of all the 30-30 slugs I had put into him. My Dad then lent me this knife and guided me through the field dressing of my first white tail buck, an 8 pointer. After serving in the south Pacific I returned too late to hunt in 1946 besides I was newly married. My Dad had purchased a bar in Stillwater in 1945 and he wasn't able to get away so when I was packing up to go in the fall of 1947 he gave me this knife. I have used it to field dress every animal I have harvested since: white tails in Minnesota and Wisconsin, mule deer and antelope in Montana and elk, Coes white tail and javelina in Arizona. Both blades have been kept very sharp and my Dad would never let anything but a stone be used to sharpen the edges. I have broken his rule a time or two but so far I haven't destroyed the edges. The stag grip on one side cracked and I had to apply some epoxy to insure the piece wouldn't be lost. The opposite stag handle has a hound's head with KA-BAR embossed into it. The main blade has 'UNION CUT CO" on one side and "KA-BAR" and "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." on the other side. The skinning blade has what is only a partial "XXXON XXX CO" on one side and nothing is discernable on the other. The multitude of times the knife has been immersed in blood and cleaned off in snow or water has taken its toll. The blades show minor surface pitting and much discoloration. However, the blades are still very sharp and will still do the job of field dressing and skinning any animal. The back springs are very strong and tight and it takes a good fingernail to deploy a blade. The knife is 5 1/4 inches long closed. Place a Bid!