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Japanese T30 Bayonet before/after

Thanks go out to Lars Ray and Kevin D for helping me identify this Japanese T30 bayonet that I found at the home of my late father-in-law. I assume he picked it up while serving in the Pacific during WWII. I wanted to clean it up some before hanging it on the wall in my knife room, so took the surface rust off the bayonet and scabbard, re-blued the metal surfaces, and cleaned up the wood scales a little.

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Comment by Kevin D on October 20, 2022 at 7:13: That is indeed surprising. One of the unexpected things that I have encountered in my interest in the military type weapons is the history that is associated with the weapon. Be it a rifle, bayonet, or combat knife. For whatever reason (maybe because I am a nut), the history means as much to me as the item. I never expected the item to carry that sense of history with it and convey something... intangible... that drives me to research; talk to previous owners, family members, about the events that the previous owner encountered and dealt with.

Yes. Unexpected it was. :P

Comment by Dennis Hibar on October 20, 2022 at 2:39: Thanks guys. This was a fun project. What surprises me the most is that neither my wife nor her brother knew that their father had this thing!! Just wish I had info on how he acquired it. He enlisted in the navy in 1942 and served in the Pacific during the war, but that is all I know.