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    Default How about this 42 WT

    Picked this one up because it had orig. grips. Removed them for a 16". https://imgur.com/a/sgnxW

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    wasn't there a bunch converted to fighting knives during the second world war?

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    Appears to be well done, Not Bubbatized!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1563621 View Post
    Appears to be well done, Not Bubbatized!


    I agree. I've seen a few such knives over the years and they have all appeared as yours.
    on a side note, while looking around for knives similar to yours I found this site http://antiqueoutings.com/m1905-bayonet/ it has a story about union fork and hoe using the cut off blade ends on a hoe called the SPEEDLINE

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    Picked up these two knives made from bayonets, and it started me thinking. The first one is a 1942 dated M1905 16-inch bayonet that was ground down into a 7-inch blade and the markings mostly removed (although you can see the remains of the date and the manufacturers number on the inside of the guard, C-64055-UF indicating Union Fork and Hoe). The shape of the blade is a little different from others I’ve seen, like the Wilde Tool cut-down bayonet shown below it in the first photo. Most of the ones I’ve seen made during WWII were 6 to 7 inches long and shaped like hunting knives or the Marine Corps Fighting Knife/USN Mark 2. This one is more like the Western Commando knife L-77 suggesting it was shaped to mimic the L-77’s pointed blade. This would also seem to suggest that it was made as more of a fighting knife than a general purpose knife.




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    did you attach images sir? because they don't show up on my screen.

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    Bayonet to Knife Conversions - EDGED WEAPONS - U.S. Militaria Forum

    It will not let me copy pic.
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    I saw a WT with the wrong handle for for $450.

    Last true one I saw went for $750

    I have one I got when I was a kid that is all there and 16 inch.

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