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1942 American Fork and Hoe

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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.

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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.
 
 
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