Well here it is a less than a month and this is what I have aquired so far. I was just given the bayonets ( minus the dress bayonet). I assume the one is for a k98. What about the smaller one of the two no markings on it.
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OK figured it out this is what should be the first one the first pic is what I just gotComment
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I was wondering if anyone one could tell what kind of bayonet this is there are no marking on it.
thanks edComment
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here is a pic of the serial no. on the other bayonet do these go forComment
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here is the makers mark. also the leather on the frogs is dry and you can not read the markings on the back what can I do to save them.
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I have heard it said that you should not use leather cleaner/softener on TR leather. I'm not completely sure. Maybe one of the more learned guys on the Forum will help you. If you get no responses, you could always join the Bayonet Collector's Network. They are probably more into what you are currently collecting, from the looks of things.
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Well It's a start...
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I probably would call myself a collector of anything ww2 given the chance and right price. Here is something I missed at the last auction anyone know what it is, went for $140.00 did I miss a good deal?Comment
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sorry here is a pic, hopefullyComment
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Hi Ed...welcome to the hobby and the WAF!
Based on your comment, "...here it is less than a month...", I assume you are a new collector and that is a good thing. Your other comment, "I probably would call myself a collector of anything ww2 given the chance and right price" concerns me because, over my hobby "career", I've seen a lot of collectors with this approach get disillusioned when they realize a lot of what they've collected is either altered, outright fake, or in such condition that the time and money they've spent has been for naught.
In the first photo, the WKC combat bayonet is a nice piece in collectible condition. The unmarked bayonet you're trying to identify is likely not as collectible. Same for the dress bayonet and the DRK EM hewer missing their scabbards. (The value of a piece missing the scabbard is generally much less than half that of a complete piece.) By virtue of the fact that you were willing to buy the bayonet in your last post without knowing what it is or whether it was worth the knockdown price indicates you're taking a 'scatter-gun' approach to collecting. Thirty or forty years ago, the odds may have been in your favor, but they are definitely stacked against you now.
Hope I don't come across as discouraging, but I would hate to see another enthusiastic newcomer leave the hobby thinking we're all a bunch of jerks or crooks.
My (admittedly, unsolicited!) advice would be to try and decide what you really like (daggers, bayonets, decorations, helmets, etc.), buy some books, stay active here on the Forum, and do your homework. Buy the best-conditioned items you can afford (even if it means you don't buy as many items - remember...quality, not quantity).
Probably not what you wanted to hear - take it with a grain of salt if it wasn't - but advice that I think will give you a much better chance of being happy with the hobby in general - and your collection in particular - years from now.
Best,
SkipLast edited by Skipper Greenwade; 07-06-2008, 01:48 PM.Comment
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Heres a free tip, only buy quality items...
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The reason I have kinda ventured into this arena is I started with lugers, but you just do not see guns at estate sales. I have in the past seen helmets, penants, and the daggers I finaly bought. At the time I purchased the dress dagger and medical hewer I could not post here on the forum. So I just took a chance I paid $260.00 for the hewer and $45.00 for the dress bayonet. I do not like buying from dealers because finding these items for me is half the fun. Plus my parents and other family members go to these estate sales all the time, so they do all the finding, then I go look. I tend to try and buy things from people who are possibly vets, the hewer and dress dagger came from a guy in his eighties. The guy threw the scabbards away a long time ago. Plus people just give me some of it. the two bayonets were just given to me I have a helmet and rifle form ww1 that was given to me, brother found them in a basement he was cleaning out. He gave me one helmet and took the other he found and sanded it and painted it. Yea I know he is an idiot sometimes but the luckiest person I know.Comment
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Here is a pic of the helmet and gun nothing special but not bad for a basement findComment
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here is anotherComment
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