David Nowlin
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Bike, why show a Case, and yes it is a folding hunter but there are other folding hunter patterns. The skinning blade on the KA-BAR is pretty full, it has a lot more upswing than the Case, can't compare apples to oranges here. This type is referred to as a clasp style folding hunter. There was a period during WW2 when KA-BAR didn't use shields but this knife is not from that era. Camillus never made any knives for KA-BAR with a dog head shield, those were only made pre-war by KA-BAR/Union Cut Co or Queen for the KCC knives and later Canal St. KA-BAR did not begin using model numbers until sometime after 1966 so it is also not a model 1184 although it has the same design as 1184 it actually has an earlier model designation. The handle scales are definite replacements.