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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.  

Comment by Kevin D on October 19, 2022 at 20:34

Looking good    :)

Comment by J.J. Smith III on October 19, 2022 at 19:07

It's beautiful Dennis.

Nicely done.