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I purchased this bayonet directly from the son of the vet who brought it home. He had three bayonets along with two rifles and a Japanese naval sea bag but I only had enough spending money for a bayonet (my friend who was with me bought both rifles and the other two bayonets). I had no idea on value for the sea bag so I left it alone but got the gentleman's contact info to get a translation done on what was written on the bag in Japanese for his future interest. Anyway the gentleman's father, Ernest William Beck Jr, served on the USS Frank Knox and was a part of Bull Halsey's group. He also ended up being one of the first heads of the fire control room when the Frank Knox was first built. Of the three bayonets the gentleman had two were from the exact same maker (National Denki or National Electric) of which mine is one of those two. I fell in love with it not only because of the condition of it but because the bayonet is still slathered in 70+ year old protective grease (I don't think it's cosmolene because the grease doesn't have that distinct smell of cosmolene. However it does still smell). Even the loop on the sheathe where the frog would go through is clogged with grease. I hope you guys like it as much as I do.

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Rifles were in decent shape but my friend got those. As to the sea bag I had no idea what to offer the gentleman for it as none of us (including the gentleman) knew the value of it. I have no doubt the sea bag was legit since all of these were his father's bring backs.

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Beautiful bayonet, Dan Griffin at griffinmilitaria.com has a sea bag listed for $150.00. I’ve purchased a lot of Japanese items from him and I find his prices are reasonable and a really good indicator of fair market value. I hope that helps.

Vic

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