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Sounds like the seller is doing something dodgy
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Sounds like the seller is doing something dodgy
Quick update of the CS Leatherneck and all I can say is its awesome!!! Out of the box sharpness is still there after a bit of use on saturday night. A couple of the boys that used it loved it aswell haha!! I'll put up a pic later on, might be a bit bloody tho lol!!!
Couldn't help myself and had to touch it up the the ultra fine stone and boy is it even sharp hahaha
Two thumbs up to OD
I sent over some sheaths to be repaired as the OE ones broke the stiching first time I
re-inserted the knife. All good now quality is second to none plus OD threw in some extra ones as well.
Especially like the Vanguard one [with knife] as the crappy nylon sheath was well poxy imo.
Again OD thanks heaps and it appears the mail goes faster up hill LOL
Going back the the first few posts in this thread, OD and I have nailed the origins of that bayonet.It was made in 1913 under the reign of Kaiser Willhelm 2 of Prussia'
The maker was C G Haenel of Suhl. Steel is Solinger and made at E&F Horster. It was made to fit the 8mm Gewehr Mauser rifle.
Nearly all of the 1913 KS98 bayonets were sent to the Schutztruppe in German east Africa,
My example is rare as it still has the leather scabbard most rotted in the African tropics.
This is a butchers bayonet defined by the sawback on it, butcher bayonets were banned by the Geneva convention as being too cruel so they were banned , with the English saying any german soldier caught with one will be tortured.
Again nearly all of the 1913 made were issued to the machine gunners,
more info is it from the 48 regiment,10th company and was the 138 weapon issued.
i found this very interesting to research again thanks to OD again
Picture with the soldier is a dress version, The tin scabbard is what they used to replace the leather ones with.
It is rare and value IMO is some where between $500-$900 after all it is 102 years old They were not made after 1918 to my knowledge
picture of the soldier with the long bayonet is a butchers bayonet, [note age and size of soldier]
there are many versions of the KS98 bayonet, long short, etched you name .
More than welcome bud and glad you like the repairs and extras :)
Happy the info helped out. I think a lot of confusion surrounding the "butcher's" name or variant is the fact of the saw back along the spine as it tears the flesh quite a lot as you could imagine.
I would still hold onto it until you found a genuine buyer for it or apply to put it on loan to the War Memorial in Canberra seeing as this year being the 100th anniverary of the ANZAC's entering WW1. Timeline of the bayonet fits in.
Good call on lending it out , I was toying with that idea with my local RSL.
Might run it past my sons and see what they say
We did that up at my old man's (my former local) RSL, with a heap of both his and my gear, along with uniforms, webbing, photo's, replica 303's and bayonets from our collection and other members from SASR (dad), 7 RAR, 10 TPT SQN (me), RAN and RAF/RAAF.
Some friends and I years ago, rebuilt the old bar into a bunker with sandbags, scrim netting, metal panels, gas masks etc to give it an early era feeling to it. The got the glass window behind made up showing Simmo and his Donkey.
sounds like it would look awesome, i'd love to go the East pPoint museum in Darwin
Im sure there would be pics of dad there, He was in 13th Squadron during the bombing in WW2
makes for good reading
http://www.jaybe-militaria.co.uk/ger...sold-470-p.asp
Anyone got any new goodies recently? Thinking it is almost time to get me another piece but have put all knife purchases through wifey 1st as we don't know what is happening back wise. At least I can can still buy leather stuff.