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Bayonet Identification Help (Have PICS)

1988z011988z01 Member Posts: 602 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2010 in Ask the Experts
Hey Folks:

Digging through all the stuff I have collected over the years. I found this bayonet my father left me. I am very interested to find out what it is. I can find only one mark on it. I tried to get a couple of pics of it. It is a star with what looks like a bowling pin in the center. Hey, best description I could come up with.

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Comments

  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It appears to be a Type 30 Japanese Bayonet. There are quite a few reference sources on the net concerning Japanese Bayonets. If you start GOOGLEing using the search term(s) such as "japanese bayonets" or similar, I'm sure you will obtain quite a amount of information on it.
  • 1988z011988z01 Member Posts: 602 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by rufe-snow
    It appears to be a Type 30 Japanese Bayonet. There are quite a few reference sources on the net concerning Japanese Bayonets. If you start GOOGLEing using the search term(s) such as "japanese bayonets" or similar, I'm sure you will obtain quite a amount of information on it.


    Thanks Rufe!
  • mauser98mauser98 Member Posts: 138 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    its a occupied korea made japanese arisaka bayonet, marking is the JINSEN arsenal, by the style it is a mid war production probaly 1944. needs a good clening though.
  • 45er45er Member Posts: 245 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, give it a good cleaning. I'd do this gently to preserve and diminish/halt the rust. Not to restore to "like new" condition-- just as is coin collecting, that would take away value, if not aware?

    An oiled rag, (Kroil if you have it) rubbed in the metal, let sit a day or two, then cloth buff.

    If wood grips are not too dry/cracked, even a wiping with WD-40 will clean them up good. Or may need a swipe or two with boiled linseed oil.

    This is my procedure-- others will have others.

    45er
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