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Got this a few weeks ago but have been away so here it is a 1945 WWII machete made by DC its in used condition and I have no plans to sharpen it again as was previously done at one point, nor to remove its patina!
Tha scabbard is in fairly good nik as is the brass throat what I went for was the handle being bakerlite it is in pretty good condition I want to know was painting of the blade (Black) done in service its not like paint and I thought it may be a sunkorite finish but you guys know more than I anyway.

Apart from that the blade had obvious use but whether in service or out who knows it has the broad arrow stamped onto one of the handle pins (pictured).
So the blade being blackened was that done in service in the field!
Thanks for your time.

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