Please help me identify this bayonet

[darude890]

Last week I picked up this "mauser" bayonet on the local flea market and I want to know is it original and where it's from... It's got pretty unreadable markings, some kind of "jj" marking on the blade and the serial number starts with 43... something. The main problem is its originality. Thank you for any response.

[Luftwaffe 1941]

This is an original German WWII K98 Mauser bayonet. Unfortunately it is heavily worn and sharpened. The faint markings you see on both sides of the blade would have been a serial number and maker code. Sadly it looks like the bayonet lug release button has been shaved down. So I doubt this could still attach to a rifle. I would assume this bayonet saw heavy use in the post war years. On the bright side the bakelite grips look to be in decent shape.

You have an original piece, it's just a shame about the condition.

[MAP]

Agree. Even the muzzle cutout on the cross guard has been ground down.

This bayonet was modified and repurposed to serve another civilian use.

[AndyB]

It was a S84/98 made by 43asw, Hoerster Solingen in ff range probably, reworked to a farmers knife postwar.

[darude890]

Thank you all for help, really happy with its originality.