1942 American Fork and Hoe

[Christopher_2]

Cleaned up paint enough to read stamping and year. Didn’t know I had a 1942 until all paint was removed from number. Sharpened to clean up edge from crappy job a previous owner did with something that resembled a duller. Definitely wouldn’t have called it a sharpener.

Had to start with a 50 then 100 grit diamond stones to get an even profile top to bottom. Then 140 on up to 1500 were easy and felt less like gravel glued to metal.

https://imgur.com/a/8ANbp8c

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

Awesome example.

 

[flexo]

nice job! i have the same one dated 1944

 

[Ernie1980]

Very nice looking tool! Time to put it to work

 

[Choctaw Dan]

AFH made a lot of things for the military, including an impressive number of 16-inch bayonets for the 1903 Springfield. They also fit the Garand rifle, and many were later cut down to 10-inch length.

 

[Christopher_2]

AFH made a lot of things for the military, including an impressive number of 16-inch bayonets for the 1903 Springfield. They also fit the Garand rifle, and many were later cut down to 10-inch length.

Will have to see if I can find one.

 

[Choctaw Dan]

Will have to see if I can find one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335333584039?itmmeta=01HV5GG7PTYB5PQDEKGN8AFK2A&hash=item4e13706ca7:g:b2gAAOSwR45mDzWu&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4IxE1fipg%2Bm6aJU0SxHeSo0FHHqMb5S6onvY8FNLvXlsFN08ZEyf24L3li7Z9umxfQx9cInRkZ8PHKQPEw5kkZIB74ws5YrMY6xP1kHNz4LPj6qfkwanbWH1geC0shocqTDFTL790IpC3H8Q2nWecJQgK%2B%2Bp7M6i4fAeFdxmWTs2f107l9IrdjkOZK20QnSrrQIP91aGAmfbT51gSZy2rc0N4SXzXvV0AgB7LHyh4B6ymKUl5vFFOtR5Ld1QLQtaOoEowiaSg%2Bgq9MGplwTYjh1LALdfaF3mv7fU5cKG9p4S%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8r7wLDZYw