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02-12-2015 02:41 PM
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Kris, you have a great selection of S98/05 S.abg. ! I don't know if anyone has a copy of the actual order to remove the sawback that they would want to share, but I have never seen it. But, as your collection shows, there were many different styles of removal, from haphazard and sloppy to very clean and uniform. Bottom line, the teeth were to be removed and the bayo returned to service as quickly as possible. I have seen a few that had an inspectors stamp placed on top of the repair. To me that would indicate that some made it further behind the lines for re-working than others.
If you could focus your collecting efforts on one model of bayonet, I don't think you could do better than the S98/05 "Butcher"!
Jim
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Hi Jim, thanks!
True, I also have one with an inspection stamp on top of the repair. The longer I collect, the more 98/05 variations I discover, so there's a long and very interesting way to walk ;-)
Cheers!
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Cleaning day... I love the smell of gun oil in the morning ;-)
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I like that picture
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
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Thanks. It struck me aswell, the variation in color is beautiful. Makes me remember never to buy pieces which can no longer be dismantled, I take them apart and at the very least clear all of the active rust under the grips and inside the springs in the scabbard.
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I used to spend a whole weekend wiping down my bayo's and re-oiling. Even though I did this religiously, I would always find a few with surface rust. I started using renwax and have put an end to rusting. I still inspect everything regularly and reapply the wax every couple of years. It has cut my maintenance time in at least half.
Jim
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Here's my saw back removed Polish reissue!....
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Hi Gunny, any markings on your butcher, other than the added serial number? Were the grips missing when you found it, or did it come this way?
Jim
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I was thinking the same thing. No idea if all Polish reissues were marked WZ98... Removal of the Feuerschutzblech and adaptation of the grips is fairly common.
PS: looks like a plain model, not a removed sawback. The serial number is a puzzle. I noticed it on many pieces, mostly Waffenfabrik Mausers.
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