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Would anyone have an opinion on my second from the top bayonet? Specifically the colour/shade of the bayonet? Comparing the blades of my others, it has an obvious difference. Was it cleaned/polished or is that a natural patina of the metal?
Thanks.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...0_105028-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...0_105045-1.jpg
Kind of hard to make that determination from a photo. Could just be it was better protected than the others.
I agree, it could be any number of things...one that comes along is dried motor oil. The old guys didn't care, oil is oil...so a liberal coating and then it dries like varnish leaving a coating much like the one we see here. Try a mineral spirit and see if it cleans up.
Another thing it could be is a rust removal liquid, like Naval Jelly or others. There's rust present elsewhere and some pitting so perhaps a bit of judicious cleaning was done. It will leave a color like that too...
Could it be some sort of leather "treatment" that a well intentioned enthusiast has applied to the scabbard but didn't think to remove the bayonet first? The leather "treatment" soaking through the leather then reacting with the steel blade.
could be that it is sandblasted and not polished, ?
Could be sandblasted, but it's a job to tell from the photograph.