The story
Brand name from 1923 (Union Cutlery Co), said to be derived from the words kill a bear in a letter sent to the company by a fur trapper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
KA-BAR
Today it means: A kind of combat knife used by the United States military and popular with some hunters, campers, bushcrafters, and knife collectors. Full definition →