- Ka-Bar USMC Fighting Knife 1217 · Clip Point7″ blade · 0.165″ spine · 11 oz · 1.188″ tall (published)
Ka-Bar USMC Fighting Knife 1217
The Ka-Bar USMC Fighting Knife 1217 is a 7" clip point fixed blade in 1095 Cro-Van, flat ground. The handle is Stacked Leather. It is the longest-bladed of the 30 bushcraft and camp knives here, at 7".
- Blade
- 7″
- Weight
- 11 oz
- Steel
- 1095 Cro-Van
- Price band
- Mid
Batoning, carving and fire prep
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against kabar.com, knifecenter.
- Spine thickness
- 0.165″
- Blade shape
- Clip Point
- Grind
- Flat
- Steel
- 1095 Cro-Van
- Overall length
- 11.875″
- Weight
- 11 oz
- Lock
- Fixed
- Handle material
- Stacked Leather
- Country of origin
- USA
Why a clip point
The front third of the spine is 'clipped' away in a concave sweep, dropping the point below the spine line and putting it out in front. That makes a finer, more controllable tip than a drop point — better for piercing, slightly weaker under load. The Buck 110 pattern is the archetype.
Every clip point here →About 1095 Cro-Van
Ka-Bar's 1095 with chromium and vanadium added — a little more wear resistance, still very much a carbon steel.
1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All 1095 Cro-Van knives
Features
- Full fixed tang
- Flat grind
- Made in USA
- Carbon steel blade — will patina