Mystery bayonet?!!

[Bomber]

theotherwaldo...mate, you could be right, thats bang on for the same hilt design & slide mechanism (what is that bit properly called?). I'll study the blade more closely & see if I can make out its original-precorroded shape near the hilt.
Thanks a lot for that!

 

[Bomber]

-Another possibility is that it is a Danish Model 1848, which is a close copy of the Prussian M-1810. See below:

http://www.holmback.se/bayonets/pics/Denmark/m1869_1.jpg

theotherwaldo...mate, you could be right, thats bang on for the same hilt design & slide mechanism (what is that bit properly called?). I'll study the blade more closely & see if I can make out its original-precorroded shape near the hilt.
Thanks a lot for that!

 

[Bomber]

That's what I would believe.

I asked several antique arms dealers where their swords came from, most came back from Military Veterans. These guys brought them back in duffle bags. Something like a bayonet would fit in nicely.

I purchased this WWII Japanese sword from Harry Beckworth in Micanopy Florida. Harry said it came an local estate. Most of the swords he had over the years came from the house holds of WWII veterans.

Harry holding the sword



This M1850 ish Austrian Admirals Cutlass was a bring back from a WWII veteran.

Slamfire1, I'm thinking that's the most likely scenario too. Nice sword mate... your's is bigger than mine. Sharper too, I'll bet?!! LOL!

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

I mean simply oil the blade, and do not touch it with abrasives of any type.


The oil should effectively halt any "live" rust, and preserve the bayonet's history and character, which would be ruined by sanding, steel wool, etc...

 

[Black Toe Knives]

Removing the patina of a weapon is always a Bad Idea. Stop the rust with oil. Ask anyone that has had an old navy or remmie lost all of it value when someone used steel wool on it just to clean it up. Patina is part of it history.

 

[Bomber]

I see your point.

Black Toe Knives-mate I see your point (no pun intended).
I am a true novice to this historical weapons game & I'm completely open to being better informed.
I certainly wish to retain the integrity of the history of this item & traet it with the respect it deserves.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Regards,
-Bomber.

 

[garth]

Hi All, a queenslander here. If it is the 1810 Hirschfanger as suggested then the accompanying rifle was the 1810 Neue Korps Jaegerbuchse.

Sent a pic to Mike Melot at the The Rifle Shoppe in Oklahoma and ask them. They sell replica firearms and bayonets. I am in the process of putting a Neuekorps together at the moment....just starting really. Kit arrived yesterday

 

[hso]

garth,

Welcome to THR.

 

[zombiemaster]

I didnt read what everyone else wrote.. But thats no bayonett !!!!!!!!!

Its a hunting sword, very typical one at that, used mostly in european areas including germany, for boar mostly ...

I wouldnt use that one ..the blade looks pretty much toast...