RARE WWII KRAG BAYONET KNIFE w/ 6 1/2” BLADE FROM 1896. LED FILLED POMMEL SLOT.

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TOTAL LENGTH APPROX 11”.
BLADE LENGTH APPROX 6”.
RARE WWII ISSUE KRAG FIGHTING KNIFE. MADE FROM SHORTENED AND RE TIPED
KRAG BAYONET WITH POMMEL SLOT LED FILLED ,AND GUARD RE SHAPED ,REMOVING BARREL HOLE.
THIS KNIFE IS 100% MADE OF FACTORY PARTS AND MODIFICATIONS.
THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF FIGHTING KNIVES GROUND DOWN FROM GARAND BAYONETS ,WITH SIMILAR LED FILLED POMMEL SLOTS AND RESHAPED GUARDS. IT IT THEORIZED IN A REFERENCE BOOK ARTICLE THAT THESE CUT DOWN GARAND BAYONET KNIVES WERE MADE BY PAL KNIFE CO. ,FOR ISSUE TO U.S. TROOPS. MOST CUT DOWN GARAND BAYONET FIGHTING KNIVES DO NOT HAVE LED FILLED SLOTS. NEITHER DO MOST KRAG CUT DOWN FIGHTING KNIVES. TOO ME ,IT LOOKS LIKE THESE KRAG VERSIONS MIGHT HAVE ALSO BEEN MODIFIED BY PAL KNIFE CO.
THIS VERSION LISTED HAS SMOOTH RIVETS ,NOT THE RAISED ONES ON A CRAG BAYONET. BETTER BALANCE WITH GUARD MODIFIED ,AND POMMEL SLOT WEIGHTED WITH LED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FACTORY GRAG  BAYONET KNIFE POSSIBLY MODIFIED  BY PAL KNIFE CO. ,FOR ISSUE TO U.S. TROOPS DURING WWII.
BLADE HAS DATE PARTIALLY GROUND OFF. LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS 96 PARTIALLY REMAIN
,MEANING BAYONET WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1896?
KNIFE HAS STAINED FINISH (HEAVY PATINA). THIS KNIFE HAS NOT BEEN GONE OVER WITH A WIRE WHEEL OR BRUSH. ONLY SHOWS SIGNS OF VERY LIGHT MODERN RESHARPENING ON BLADE EDGE.
I AM SURE IT CAN BE CLEANED UP ,AND MADE SHINY. A WISE COLLECTOR SHOULD LEAVE FINISH AS IS. EXPERIENCED COLLECTORS CAN SPOT A KNIFE THAT HAS BEEN “WHEELED” ,TO MAKE IT LOOK LESS USED ,CLEANER AND SHINY. I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO BUYER TO LEAVE AS IS OR CLEAN IT UP. I THINK IT LOOKS MORE BATTLE USED IF LEFT AS IS. MOST SERIOUS COLLECTORS LIKE THE  OLD PATINA TO REMAIN UNDISTURBED ,NOT A REFURBISHED EXAMPLE. I DO FEEL THOUGH LIVE RUST ON A KNIFE SHOULD BE CLEANED WITH OIL WITH NON LINT CLEANING PATCH, TO AVIOD RUST FROM SPREADING.
BLADE HAS LIGHT MODERN RESHARPENING SCUFFS ON BLADE ADGE ,BUT BLADE RETAINS MOST OF THE ORIGINAL PATINA. BLADE HAS OLD RESHARPENING MARKS.
THIS KNIFE HAS A HEAVY FULL TANG HANDLE AND BAYONET BLADE WITH THICK SPINE.
TOP SWEDGE IS NICELY BEVELED AT FACTORY.
THIS KNIFE REPRESENTS THE SHORTAGE OF MILITARY KNIVES AVAILABLE ,FOR ISSUE, AT START OF WWII.
EARLY U.S. MILITARY ISSUED FIGHTING KNIVES ,WERE MADE FROM OLDER SURPLUS
BAYONETS. THIS IS A RARE VERSION OF A BAYONET KNIFE ,WHICH HAS THE POMMEL SLOT LED FILLED ,AND GUARD MODIFIED BY GRINDING OFF BARREL RING.
SHEATH IS NOT ORIGINAL ISSUE. IT IS A MODERN CAMILLUS FACTORY SHEATH ,DESIGNED FOR AN M3.
WORKS VERY WELL WITH KNIFE.
KNIFE FITS SNUG IN SHEATH ,AND STRAP HOLDS HANDLE TIGHT, LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR IT. SHEATH NEVER CARRIED OR BELT WORN.
THIS DEFINITELY HAS THE LOOK OF ,BEING TO HELL AND BACK!!!!!!!!!
THIS KNIFE HAS A THICK STRONG BAYONET BLADE WITH A THICK GROUND ORIGINAL FACTORY TIP. THIS IS A HEAVY DUTY KNIFE.
THIS IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF A MODIFIED KRAG BAYONET WITH FLUSH HANDLE RIVETS
,WITH BAREL RING REMOVED AND LED FILLED POMMEL SLOT.
IT IS A TIGHT EXAMPLE OF A RARE BAYONET KNIFE. NOT TOO MANY SEEN ON EBAY.
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