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KA-BAR: The Next Generation Of The Ultimate Fighting Knife Paperback – January 1, 2001

by Greg Walker (Author)

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The KA-BAR Fighting/Utility Knife is the most widely recognized and popular combat knife ever to be produced in the United States. Since its introduction on 23 November 1942, the KA-BAR has performed brilliantly on the battlefields of Europe, the South Pacific, Korea, Southeast Asia, Central America and the Middle East, earning its moniker as the "ultimate fighting knife." Early in 1995 the KA-BAR company decided to update the venerable combat veteran to ensure its combat readiness for the next century and immediately began assembling a team of the top military combat men in the country. On this team was the author, Greg Walker. In this book Walker gives readers an inside view of the exacting design criteria, cutting-edge materials, extensive factory tests and exhaustive real-life field tests that went into the historic redesign of the blade, handguard, handle, pommel and sheath of the ultimate fighting knife of the future. The new fighting knife excelled at these rigorous tests, earning the right to be called a KA-BAR.

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80 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Paladin Press
Publication date

January 1, 2001
Dimensions

8.5 x 0.25 x 10.75 inches
ISBN-10

1581601204
ISBN-13

978-1581601206
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Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Paladin Press (January 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1581601204
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1581601206
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.25 x 10.75 inches

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JJ Schwartz

A fair amount of padding; it could have been better

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2004

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Frankly, I read this fairly quickly; it isn't difficult reading. It also reads quickly if you skim over the fairly large chunks of biography, the promotion of past publications, the guys in special ops that Mr. Walker knows and the whose who in knife and sheath making. (I have to wonder about how the taxpayer's money is spent when seemingly at government expense Mr. Walker, while TDY as a reservist to Panama, carries out some of his knife testing in Limon Bay to encounter Gruber fish "with only spear guns." But, hey, if Uncle Sam can spend gazillions of bucks on roads that go to nowhere...)
Anyhow, lots of big pics of Ka-Bars courtesy of Ka-Bar. It would have been nice having fewer of those (they get a tad repetitive) and more of the testing of the Ka-Bar, which is what the book is supposed to be about. Lots of letters from Ka-Bar and the Ka-Bar project consultant which, I guess, is ok but adds up to a certain amount of additional padding. The appendix is the "original brochure" which is nice (more padding). I suppose that the original brochure didn't feature complete detail drawings but that would have been nice. Included ad drawings with numbered parts cry out for more detail, cross sections, miscellaneous dimensions.
But I'm being overly picky. The bottom line is that the Next Generation Ka-Bar is a knife with a lot of thought given to the materials and design and I'm sure it's every bit as good and probably better than the original. Mr. Walker's book; well, it costs more from Paladin. Glad I got it through Amazon...

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B. Bain

Interesting book

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2008

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This is an interesting book about how the KA-BAR: Next Gen came about. I would have liked some real life stories from the Marines, Navy, etc. used the original during WWII or other conflicts. There is a letter from KABAR with the testing statics on the new knife that didn't mean anything to me. Overall, an easy, quick read about knife development.
Three stars because it could have had more about the original Ka-bar.

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John Nelson

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2015

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A good basic guide to the combat Ka-Bar knife.

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2009

If you are a collector of military combat knives, specifically the famous Ka-Bar knife, you may want to read this book. To those too young or unaware of the history of this knife, this text offers a clear and concise chapter on the original Ka-bar knife. This knife was first introduced to the military November 23rd, 1942. This fighting/utility knife quickly became the most popular and recognized combat knife ever made in the U.S. It proved itself in World War 11 and every other combat conflict we have had since that time. Many knife experts regard the Ka-Bar as the "ultimate fighting knife." This fully illustrated 81/2 by 12 80 page book is the result of gathering numerous experts on combat knives. The goal was to produce a new generation of Ka-Bar knives. This book will appeal to anyone who is interested in the process of making a quality knife.

Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Knife Handling & Knife Defense for Police Officers official manual).

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Charlie LURP

Self Promotion at its finest

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2008

Once more Walker spends an entire book trying to promote himself even when the facts don't support it. In this case the original design was created by well known knife writer Chuck Karwan.

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