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09-30-2013 03:15 AM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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The maker 'ASW' is E&F Horster, who returned to using wood grip
panels in their later production. ASW bayonets can often be
found in mint condition, suggesting they were 'liberated'
from warehouse stores. Bayonets and scabbards from
1937 will have an 'S' code prefix.
A good source of info on the K98 bayonet is the
Bayonet Collectors Network, or BCN.........
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Thanks Walkwolf! Will check the BCN out.
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also to support Walkwolfs information...check pout the link within the K98 forum for code numbers...once you find the "ASW" letters.....to the right of that is serial coded examples you can click on and a photo will open up for viewing. Heres the link
k98 bayonets data and registry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!!
- Larry C
One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C
“The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Winston Churchill
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Thanks Larry! So the wood grips were a latter thing done by Horster? But wouldn't the C on the serial number mean it was from an earlier production block?
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Wood grips were used augment the Bakelite supply due to war shortages.........
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Looks like a nice set, I would love to see some better pics when you get the opportunity.
Brad.
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AndyB who is the 'keeper' of the BCN database has the best information IMO for tracking some of the information as it regarded the changes in manufacturing. With as a general observation of my own of what I have seen - being that black Bakelite was used through all of 1941 into early 1942. With Hörster ("asw") transitioning back to wood later in 1942 (it was not alone). Through almost all of 1943 when it went to a red (or orange/red) Bakelite towards the end of the year - which is what is seen on the "zz" double letter block bayonets in 1944, and later. Regards, Fred
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