rambob Posted April 30, 2007 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2007 This is the most pristine 1905 bayonet I have ever seen. It has absolutely no wear to the gray, parkerized finish, no damage and the brown plastic grips are perfect. The markings are AFH U S 1942. Now the only heartbreaker is that someone took a grinder and carefully/lightly ground off the flaming bomb mark between the U and S, leaving all of the other markings untouched. I am fascinated why some dumb sh*t would feel the urge to blemish one of the most perfect 1905 bayonets in existence. BTW. This came in the hoard I got from the WWII Supply Sargeant, so it doesn't surprise me that it is basically mint and it came with a mint scabbard. He was picky and only "liberated" the best stuff from the Army. If I didn't know that this bayonet came directly from a Supply Sargeant, I would have guessed that the bayonet was demilled by the Army prior to being surplused. Another guess is that for some reason it was rejected, maybe due to hardness/softness of the steel or other factors. If this was the case, how did Sarge get his hands on a rejected bayo to bring home. Don't you all love a good mystery?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted April 30, 2007 Share #2 Posted April 30, 2007 another possibility is the bayonet was given away post WW2 to one of our allies who didn't particularly want a US ordnance mark on their bayonets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted April 30, 2007 Share #3 Posted April 30, 2007 another possibility is the bayonet was given away post WW2 to one of our allies who didn't particularly want a US ordnance mark on their bayonets. The logic in world armed forces is fantastic. I would understand if somebody from other country and army grinds off the "U.S." symbology because it belongs - from his point of view - to the foreign armed forces. But bomb symbology? The bomb symbology which is totally abstract for the foreigners and it does not mean in other continents? Fascinating logic. G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambob Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted May 1, 2007 Everyone, this bayonet came directly back from WWII via a Supply Sargeant with sticky fingers, so the explanation for the ground flaming bomb mark must lie with something done by our government or Army, during WWII. I really blundered onto this supply sargeant due to an ad I put into a small community newspaper about buying WWII items. The box I bought was absolutely full of mint equipment and two bayonets with scabbards. This one and another mint 1905 shorter length bayonet, with black parkerizing. The only problem with that one is someone must have dropped it on the point on a hard surface, because about 1mm of the point is dull and slightly bent to one side. If it wasn't an absolute cherry otherwise, I would try to fix it, but I don't want to make it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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