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That looks like a KABAR Commando. I believe they were a private purchase knife from WWII.
 
The model name was "Ka-Bar Commando". Came in Parkerized (flat grind - no fuller) and bright (with fuller) finishes.

According various internet sources, they were used by the military as:
1 - general issue utility knives
2 - life raft and bail-out bag knives
3 - PX sales
4 - post-war civilian sales
5 - all of the above

Take your pick...:D

Sources state (haven't seen) that they were in the early post-WW2 catalogs (1947 being one date bandied about)

Some say the Parkerized versions were issue and the bright blades, PX sales. Or vice versa. Depends on who's saying what.

Well made, serviceable knives - to me they are kind of like the 1219C2 - USN/MK2's baby brother, being 6" long to the 1219C2's 7" length.
 
Merging this with his other thread in the KaBar Forum.
 
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