Ka-Bar 1278 KA bar, Heavy-Duty Warthog W/Sheath

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I like having a method for fire lighting on my main knife, and the Warthog knife sheath is ideal for simple modifications as it is wide and flat.

Here is the Warthog knife in the middle, for size comparison with the Coldsteel Tomahawk (Modified length 18”) and Mora Heavy Duty Companion knife. In this Ka-Bar Warthog Knife review we will test it in the field and see how it performs doing a variety of camping and bushcraft skills with it. I also used it several times for chopping down dead small standing trees and it performed great. Obviously not as good as an axe or hatchet, but the weight and design of the knife executed the task very well.The spine of the blade, both close to the tip/point and the spine closer to the handle work nearly as good as each other. With the spine closer to the tip getting a slightly more sparks as the spine edge is a bit thinner and sharper so to speak. I also test the spine of the knives combined with a ferrocerium rod (Or ferro rod for short.) to see how well of a spark it produces for fire lighting. The spine of the knife and the ferro rod produced sparks well. The knife felt very well balanced, although obviously heavy. The balance point was pretty well on the start of the blade.

Anyone here have any ideas or know anyone who works at Ka-bar who can solve the mystery of the mismatched Warthogs???I love using my tomahawk, axe and kukri for chopping work. However, I wanted a tool a bit smaller lengthwise, but would still work reasonable enough on smaller to medium chopping tasks. Like de-limbing branches, cutting down saplings for shelter, processing small firewood, etc.