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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
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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
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Comment by Dennis Hibar on October 20, 2022 at 2:39
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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.
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Looking good :)
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Comment by J.J. Smith III on October 19, 2022 at 19:07
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It's beautiful Dennis.
Nicely done.
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