Identifying inherited knives

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Blues said:
W whereismyknife

You will make more friends and be welcomed into this community if you don't talk down to folks when you're trying to make your point.

And it will be much less likely to cause us to get involved. So, please, take it under consideration.

ETA: It looks like your taking steps in that direction based upon the post just above. Thank you.
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I think I was misunderstood. I never had any intention of doing so. I will try to be more careful. I love this place.
 
lee33lyn said:
Do you guys think I should post each knife in its own post?
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To be honest, I would say no as it will make this thread inordinately long without commensurate value outside of sentimental value...which is a great value of its own. (It's all I have of some relatives.) But we don't need hundreds of posts, is what I'm trying to get across.
 
K.O.D. said:
I don't think a Japanese army bolo would have hand-forged bolo written in English on it. If you look at all the pictures in the ad you shared, you will see such a stamp on the knife.
Edit: I also don't think it will sell for $7.
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I am sure what was meant was a "Japanese made army bolo during the Vietnam War era".
These were made to American orders and would have had only English markings.
Not an Imperial Japanese Army Bolo from WWII.
 
KenHash said:
I am sure what was meant was a "Japanese made army bolo during the Vietnam War era".
These were made to American orders and would have had only English markings.
Not an Imperial Japanese Army Bolo from WWII.
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That isn't my post..weird
 
It's my understanding that the bayonet is a Springfield Armory model 1905. They were made between the years 1906 and 1922. Yours was made in 1918 (they stamped the date of manufacture on them). The number 890487 is the serial number.

That knife isn't worthless, it looks to be in decent shape, though it would be more valuable if it had the scabbard. I've seen SA M1905's in that date range sell for $200 to $400. Don't do anything to try and clean that one. As far as dollar values, it can vary, but I see that a SA M1905, dated 1918, in a condition very similar to yours, without scabbard, sold on ebay this year for $152. Not a lot, but not nothing either.

Also, if you have any kind of proof that the person who owned it carried it in a war, any documentation that the owner was a veteran, or perhaps any phots showing the owner with the bayonet while in uniform, etc, that could greatly increase it's value among collectors. Items actually carried in war are a lot more valuable than military surplus. Since WW1 ended in late 1918, it's possible that your bayonet was issued to an active soldier in WW1, however, old M1905 bayonets were also issued to troops at the beginning of WW2.
 
killgar said:
It's my understanding that the bayonet is a Springfield Armory model 1905. They were made between the years 1906 and 1922. Yours was made in 1918 (they stamped the date of manufacture on them). The number 890487 is the serial number.

That knife isn't worthless, it looks to be in decent shape, though it would be more valuable if it had the scabbard. I've seen SA M1905's in that date range sell for $200 to $400. Don't do anything to try and clean that one. As far as dollar values, it can vary, but I see that a SA M1905, dated 1918, in a condition very similar to yours, without scabbard, sold on ebay this year for $152. Not a lot, but not nothing either.

Also, if you have any kind of proof that the person who owned it carried it in a war, any documentation that the owner was a veteran, or perhaps any phots showing the owner with the bayonet while in uniform, etc, that could greatly increase it's value among collectors. Items actually carried in war are a lot more valuable than military surplus. Since WW1 ended in late 1918, it's possible that your bayonet was issued to an active soldier in WW1, however, old M1905 bayonets were also issued to troops at the beginning of WW2.
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Great info, thanks. I don't have any history to back the bayonet.
 
Arathol said:
If you have an Imgur account, just upload the pictures, copy the BBCode url of the picture you want to post and paste it here.
The url will look like the code below, enclosed by IMG tags
Code: 
[img]https://i.imgur.com/wK5VXmS.jpg[/img]
for example will produce this picture
wK5VXmS.jpg
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Wow! what a sweet looking knife!
 
Knife #5 This one puzzles me. I know its not a knife but what is it?
what looks like it would be a blade is hard rubber. No clue its use.
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not2sharp said:
I would also suggest posting individual knife photos. It is a lot easier to talk about a knife when we don't have to say "the green one, 2nd from the left, on the next to bottom row...." It is much easier and less confusing to say "the knife shown on post #12 is a...."

n2s
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Good advice ,also ,posting a one knife pic or taking a picture of a knife individually,the lense will pick up more for I.D. markings such as blade etches or stamping .Makers marks,etc
 
If #5 had a thin steel blade, it'd be an Ulu. I don't know what that is...maybe to help clean off the work bench.
 
OP that # 5 knife is a scraper of some sort ,I'd say
 
VCM3 said:
Good advice ,also ,posting a one knife pic or taking a picture of a knife individually,the lense will pick up more for I.D. markings such as blade etches or stamping .Makers marks,etc
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I did number each knife to help.
 
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