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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    The originals were nice and polished
    All of them Jim?

    Attachment 97486

    I don't think the example in my collection has been refinished, though I may be wrong.

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    We went through this some time back...what year was that one made Charlie? Here's a thread that tells you how it got that way. https://www.milsurps.com/showthread....jungle+carbine
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    Thanks Jim, fascinating thread (credit to Big Duke! ). You may well be right.

    I'd always assumed it was an unmessed with bayonet, but maybe it did go through Peter's (or some other armourer's) hands?

    It's a Poole 1946. The parkerising is a light grey, almost with a green hint. The blade has no notches or signs that it was ever sharpened, here are a few more close ups;

    Attachment 97518Attachment 97519Attachment 97520Attachment 97521Attachment 97522Attachment 97523Attachment 97524Attachment 97525Attachment 97526Attachment 97527

    I haven't taken off the wood since I got it (2006, Beltring, £70 - they were never cheap!) and interesting to see that the cross guard and pommel are welded as well as riveted, evidence of a re-furb?

    But I'm thinking, as a matter of interest (and history), the question is this; was this how they were originally manufactured, or finished after a re-work?

    Cheers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie303 View Post
    the cross guard and pommel are welded as well as riveted, evidence of a re-furb?
    Yes...they were originally peened at the cross pins.
    Regards, Jim

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    Hard to believe the Poole's are bringing that much being post war and all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn243 View Post
    Hard to believe the Poole's are bringing that much being post war and all.
    Rarity value, supply and demand I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie303 View Post
    (2006, Beltring, £70 - they were never cheap!).
    2000, Beltring, £38 - quite a good price even then. ;-)
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