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Some time ago I paid $25 apiece for two apparent WW1 era bayonets, with the idea of using the blades ( polished up and sharpened but not reground or tempered ) and rehandled to make the ultimate bedside dirk. Well, maybe rehandle it in the Scottish dirk style. One is a 17" Wilkinson blade, the other a 15 1/2" blade w/o maker's mark other than a k within a five pointed star on the left, and an inverted 8 ( large circle above small cirle ) inside another circle.
I alteady posted even more details on the Collector's Corner forum, just to make sure I don't trash a piece of history, or even worse, something I could sell for a nice profit. Before you tell me the odds on hitting the jackpot - I made slot machines to put myself thru college.
Anyway, for the purpose, toughness is more important than *holding* a razor edge for more than a few minutes. So are these two blades likely to be good for the intended use? Were the hilts silver soldered on? Enough tang left to fit solidly after removing blade, hilt, pommel?
Does anyone do a nice job on scottish dirk handles who'd take on such a proposition? The link to the Collector's Corner is below.
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000367.html
Thank you all for any info. Rusty
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I alteady posted even more details on the Collector's Corner forum, just to make sure I don't trash a piece of history, or even worse, something I could sell for a nice profit. Before you tell me the odds on hitting the jackpot - I made slot machines to put myself thru college.
Anyway, for the purpose, toughness is more important than *holding* a razor edge for more than a few minutes. So are these two blades likely to be good for the intended use? Were the hilts silver soldered on? Enough tang left to fit solidly after removing blade, hilt, pommel?
Does anyone do a nice job on scottish dirk handles who'd take on such a proposition? The link to the Collector's Corner is below.
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000367.html
Thank you all for any info. Rusty
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Himalayan Imports Website
Himalayan Imports Khukuri FAQ