Catfishcraig Posted March 14, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2014 Last week I picked up a 2nd pattern USMC canteen with an enamel canteen on eBay for a bargain. Today I could barely keep my hands from shaking long enough to hit “Buy it Now” button on my smart phone. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Military-KA-BAR-Fixed-Blade-Knife-USMC-Olean-NY-with-Sheath-/281285382284?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=dSzTe73Ub6qL5sNAzhfe%252B0Gxb%252BQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony V Posted March 14, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 14, 2014 Congratulations ! Very nice score. Keep up the good work, there is always room for more. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still-A-Marine Posted March 14, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 14, 2014 Great deal. Congrats. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted March 14, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 14, 2014 You got a steal on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted March 14, 2014 Thanks! I'll post more pictures when I get it. Hoping it is the variant with the smooth ground pummel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted March 14, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 14, 2014 I love it when you see a bargain on ebay with BIN. You keep asking yourself, should I do it? There must be something I'm missing. If its real someone else would have bought it... aw what the heck I'll do it, aw cr** I hope it is what it is...when it arrives... thanks for sharing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted March 15, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 15, 2014 very nice knife with a great price - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeder3 Posted March 15, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 15, 2014 Lol ccyooper. Or there's when you go back and forth and decide to buy, ah crap someone bought it literally 2 seconds before you pushed buy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted March 15, 2014 I honestly did not practice my due diligence with this one. I just hit BIN as fast as I could. It was afterward i got a little nervous and looked at the sellers rating, what kind of other stuff they sell, and the other usual protocols I take. I got lucky this guy is a good seller and sipped it That same day ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne Posted March 15, 2014 Share #10 Posted March 15, 2014 Well, it's a very nice knife ... and it has a very special spacer next to the guard, very similar to wat you find on Robeson and PAL knives You did great indeed !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 15, 2014 Share #11 Posted March 15, 2014 For those who don't know, the red spacer Ka Bar is the first pattern of WWII USMC Ka Bars and the hardest to find. Check out http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/480-red-spacer-usmc-ka-bar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted March 18, 2014 I received the knife on Saturday. It looks like the its the variation with the welded and ground pummel that Greg Robinson spoke of in his post. Pics as promised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted March 18, 2014 Blade is in great shape with some of the original blueing still present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted March 18, 2014 Sheath has skull and crossbones barley visible and the Marine's last name "Hoy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted March 18, 2014 The Marine's name is also etched on the handle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 18, 2014 Share #16 Posted March 18, 2014 Can you make out a first initial? There were only a few Hoys in the Marines in WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #17 Posted March 18, 2014 Can you make out a first initial? There were only a few Hoys in the Marines in WWII. I've looked closely on both the handle and the sheath and there is no 1st initial. If you look closely at the sheath the are three lines and an arrow pointing down just below his name. I'm not sure what that means. I poked around on ancestry and found a few Marines by that name but I cannot pin it to any of them. Thanks Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still-A-Marine Posted March 18, 2014 Share #18 Posted March 18, 2014 Outstanding knife and pretty hard to find in that condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 18, 2014 Share #19 Posted March 18, 2014 The skull and crossbones was used by Marine recon units: during the Korean War there were two Hoys in recon units that I have found so far (haven't found any yet from WWII): Walter and Chew. Walter is from California, where the knife came from. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfishcraig Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted March 18, 2014 Thank you Bob for the research! It sounds probable that Walter Hoy is the Marine I'm looking for. How probable is it that the knife could have been used in both WWII and Korea? Did they reissue Kabar's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still-A-Marine Posted March 18, 2014 Share #21 Posted March 18, 2014 Thank you Bob for the research! It sounds probable that Walter Hoy is the Marine I'm looking for. How probable is it that the knife could have been used in both WWII and Korea? Did they reissue Kabar's? All the Ka-Bars used in Korea were WWII leftovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackfm44 Posted March 19, 2014 Share #22 Posted March 19, 2014 Well done!! What do red spacer examples normally sell for in fair condition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 19, 2014 Share #23 Posted March 19, 2014 $300-400 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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