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The weirdest 98/05 I have ever seen!
Did any of you notice this one on e-bay aswell...?
German 1898 05 Seitengewehr Bayo Faschinenmesser Falchion Trench Knife Sword | eBay
Any thoughts on this? It HAS to be fake, or some failed attempt in some factory... It does have acceptance stamps though.
Weird. And by all means ridiculously overpriced.
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03-16-2016 09:13 PM
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gregM
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I think it's reworked after WW1 for agricutural use or so. I've seen a lot of bayonets that were used by farmers after the war. They were adjusted and reshaped for specific use at the farm or in the garden...
Here's a well known comercially adjusted S98/05 that was transformed for chopping small branches to lit up the stove...
Adler
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I'd probably agree with that Adler. Otherwise it wouldn't have valid acceptance marks. Which means it was altered afterwards.
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well this is interesting you'd think it would be for something agriculture related, but maybe it was just a way some people re-shaped them after the war to serve as a souvenir?
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Bayonet remade into a machete. Nice for cutting brush. I like it!
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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The First post machete..comes back to Deutche Machinenfabrik AG Duisburg..aka DEMAG.....there is also a WKC connection of blade blanks being sent to DEMAG from WKC.
" A distinctive combination trench- knife bayonets of DEMAGS own design. The particular logo type is from 1915-17.
Founded in 1819 and closed in 1998.
IMO ..I would say this bayo/machete is rare as this particular logo had a very small production run compared to the later DEMAG logo types.
The knife in post 6...I could not track down in a list of obscure producers. I assume that this "A_heska" name could either be an abbreviation for a producer or a distributor..which I searched in all my German Cutlery Producers listing turning up nothing. I would say to try another country Edged weapon listing..Possibly from an Eastern Europe Country.
Regards Larry
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