While the American knife industry got its start around 1800, the origins of KA-BAR date to a century later. The company first emerged because of a merger between a knife maker and a razor business.

In celebration of its 120th anniversary, renowned knifemaker KA-BAR is opening up its custom knife shop, called State and Union, with a limited release of a new blade called the Tuko. KA-BAR has ...

“ The Legendary Ka-Bar Name Has a Legendary Story The term Ka-Bar was derived from the Kodiak Brown Bear. Tyler Freel Anyone familiar with knives knows a Ka-Bar for the USMC fighting and utility knife ...