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This Kabar arrived a few days ago... Standard condition (in my world anyway).

Upon arrival, both blades felt like they had been lubricated with silica sand - No walk, no talk. Mark side handle scale is faded, but the knife is sound, with very few light nicks, dings or scratches.

A little WD-40 Specialist in the joints and blade well overnight helped the blade movement a lot. The pen blade now walks & talks like a platoon leader on the parade field, showing off an astounding half-stop. The main however, still mumbles & stumbles, with no indication of a half-stop at all. I have been able to get a bit of snap upon closing, but opening is a lazy affair all the way. I'll keep working on it though. I don't give up easily.

A light application of Mineral Oil, followed by a brief drying with a soft cloth, brightened up the handle scales and brought out the color quite nicely. Both Delrin scales now display a flat, dull finish, that I quite like, as opposed to the shiny look I usually go for. I think I'll try to preserve that look as I polish up the metal parts. Updates to follow.

Any information offered regarding when this knife may have been manufactured would be really appreciated. I know it's not what would be considered a collector's item, but I'm curious anyway; I like to know those things.
Kabar 1013 Barlow

Unusual Finding... While cleaning this knife up, I discovered that the pen blade has a square-end tang and the main clip blade has a round-end tang. That's a new one for these eyes.
Has anyone else run across this?

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After Mineral Oil Application
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After Mineral Oil Application
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Before Mineral Oil Application
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Before Mineral Oil Application
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Tang... One of each.
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DirtDawg said:
This Kabar arrived a few days ago... Standard condition (in my world anyway).

Upon arrival, both blades felt like they had been lubricated with silica sand - No walk, no talk. Mark side handle scale is faded, but the knife is sound, with very few light nicks, dings or scratches.

A little WD-40 Specialist in the joints and blade well overnight helped the blade movement a lot. The pen blade now walks & talks like a platoon leader on the parade field, showing off an astounding half-stop. The main however, still mumbles & stumbles, with no indication of a half-stop at all. I have been able to get a bit of snap upon closing, but opening is a lazy affair all the way. I'll keep working on it though. I don't give up easily.

A light application of Mineral Oil, followed by a brief drying with a soft cloth, brightened up the handle scales and brought out the color quite nicely. Both Delrin scales now display a flat, dull finish, that I quite like, as opposed to the shiny look I usually go for. I think I'll try to preserve that look as I polish up the metal parts. Updates to follow.

Any information offered regarding when this knife may have been manufactured would be really appreciated. I know it's not what would be considered a collector's item, but I'm curious anyway; I like to know those things.
Kabar 1013 Barlow

Unusual Finding... While cleaning this knife up, I discovered that the pen blade has a square-end tang and the main clip blade has a round-end tang. That's a new one for these eyes.
Has anyone else run across this?

Edited to include tang photograph.

After Mineral Oil Application
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Before Mineral Oil Application
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Tang... One of each.
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Nice knife and good work on it. I see very few Kabar folders.
The round tang explains the lack of a half-stop, I guess. If I've come across the combination I haven't noticed it, and I like to kid myself I would.
I've had some old plastic scales that seem to be oxidized white, and rubbing with mineral oil gets rid of that.
Neither of these illustrates anything we've been talking about:
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I like the swooping belly of the CamilloRemington, and I like the stout base of the Kutmaster.
 
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With Dragonfly season fast approaching, I figured I'd better wrap it up on this 1013 clean-up project and get my camera lenses dusted off. I'm still trying to figure out just who actually manufactured this knife, and when it was likely built. Some say Camillus in the 80's. I really don't know. I did see another like it on-line earlier today, but with a long pull on the main blade; that was interesting. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, but would sort of like to know those things.

Note! I did get the main blade to give a small amount of snap on opening and a fair amount on closing. And, it's honed, stropped, lubed, and ready for pocket or knife roll.

Why the pen blade has a half-stop and the clip has none still baffles me. But hey, at least the handle scale color matches better from side to side now.
Tang Stamp - Kabar 1013 USA


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DirtDawg said:
With Dragonfly season fast approaching, I figured I'd better wrap it up on this 1013 clean-up project and get my camera lenses dusted off. I'm still trying to figure out just who actually manufactured this knife, and when it was likely built. Some say Camillus in the 80's. I really don't know. I did see another like it on-line earlier today, but with a long pull on the main blade; that was interesting. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, but would sort of like to know those things.

Note! I did get the main blade to give a small amount of snap on opening and a fair amount on closing. And, it's honed, stropped, lubed, and ready for pocket or knife roll.

Why the pen blade has a half-stop and the clip has none still baffles me. But hey, at least the handle scale color matches better from side to side now.
Tang Stamp - Kabar 1013 USA


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Interesting post. Mine must have lived in a sock drawer for most of its life as it has never been sharpened. Both blades have excellent snap and half stops. No idea who made it, but I assumed, Camillus or possibly Schrade.
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Surprised to find this one among my dad's things after he passed. We were pretty close, and I was aware of the few pocket knives he kept in rotation, but other than the ducks, this wouldn't have been his style. Had all of the original paperwork too. He was an insatiable duck hunter.
 
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Interesting post. Mine must have lived in a sock drawer for most of its life as it has never been sharpened. Both blades have excellent snap and half stops. No idea who made it, but I assumed, Camillus or possibly Schrade.
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Lucky socks.
 
Nexus-6 said:
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Surprised to find this one among my dad's things after he passed. We were pretty close, and I was aware of the few pocket knives he kept in rotation, but other than the ducks, this wouldn't have been his style. Had all of the original paperwork too. He was an insatiable duck hunter.
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Quite the handsome series of knives they are; the complete Scrimshaw Series.
 
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