Heirloom KaBars

[Indiana Jones]

Well, as I posted before we lost Uncle Curly 2 weeks ago. RIP. He was an enlisted sailor in WW2, but I cant remember his assignments other than he was in the Pacific. He and my Grandfather who was a WW2 Marine (3rd Div) palled around after the war and they were nothing but hell raisers. Both are now gone, Pop in 2011 and now Uncle Curly. Pop had to throw all his stuff overboard halfway back to Pearl from Iwo Jima. What pains me is that he was known as the hoarder of his platoon. He had all kinds of treasures to bring home but they dumped EVERYTHING overboard due to fear of bringing back disease to the States. Orders are orders I guess. Uncle Curly gave me these a few years ago, and I cherish them more than anything else in my WW2 collection. Thought you KaBar guys would like to see them.

 

[rj1974]

Very cool , love those old MK2s .

The one with the scabbard missing the hanger , is it U.S.N. or U.S.M.C. ?

 

[Indiana Jones]

Both are USN

 

[rj1974]

Both are USN

Well then I have a spare scabbard for the one if you want it .

 

[chevydave]

Very cool

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[Sam Salvati]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[byf43]

Very nice!!!!!!!!

Before my Dad passed, he told me to get all of his 'stuff' out of the house.
He didn't want my sisters b/f to get anything.

I've got his USN Mk 2 knife, M1905 Bayonet (original length. 16", I think!) and his Japanese bayonet.
The M1905 is still in cosmoline!

Somewhere in Mom's house, I think, Dad still has a couple of Japanese swords.

I gotta get this stuff out and take some pics of them.

 

[QM2]

Those knives are awesome, and even though I don't know you, I'm sorry for your loss... At least you will have some great items to pass down to your kids one day.

 

[wreckdiver]

Nice treasures. My old WWII Kabar is my favorite although It doesn't have a personal connection to my family.