Odd Turkish Garand bayonet

[Flying10uk]

if one made the crosspiece again

What about the heat treatment/tempering of the blade when the crosspiece and pommel is brazed back onto the tang of the blade or is the tang normally left soft anyway? In "theory" a steel's heat treatment may be lost somewhere around brazing temperature, i.e. a cherry red.

[browningautorifle]

What about the heat treatment/tempering of the blade

I can't say about that, I'd probably just cross pin and make them off blind. Didn't you do a #5 bayonet cross piece?

Looking at the price on it, there's no room anyway. It's not good enough to buy to fix at that price.

[Flying10uk]

Didn't you do a #5 bayonet cross piece?

I did repair/refurbish a No5 bayonet a while ago and the crosspiece and pommel are both pinned in placed and then the pins peened over.

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Looking at the price on it, there's no room anyway.

I think that one of the reasons some dealers may describe broken or incomplete bayonets as "fighting knives" is an excuse to ask more for them.

It didn't seem long ago that you could get a good 1907 bayonet and scabbard for £75.

[browningautorifle]

an excuse to ask more for them.

Absolutely.

[Aragorn243]

Fighting knife sounds a lot better than bubba special.