Found old knife

[chopsaw]

I was wondering if anyone can help identify it.

That's cool . If it's original military it should have an inspectors cartouche stamped on it somewhere . The markings can go un noticed unless you really look for them .
Here's a couple Bayonets that I have .
Japanese Arisaka , and a spike bayo off my Lee Enfield

Stamp on the Arisaka bayo .

The British spike is a letter and number .


Check that one out real good and see what You can find .

 

[gmc2003]

Check that one out real good and see what You can find .

Thanks Rich, I'll give it a good going over. Compared to yours it looks too short for a bayonet.

Chris

 

[chopsaw]

Yeah , that’s not a bayonet . What has me wondering is the scabbard on a lot of military knives and bayonets will have a metal tip if the rest is leather . Keeps a guy from getting stuck if he falls on it I guess . That’s a cool knife a looks period for WW2 through Korea . Be interested to see what you find out .

 

[gmc2003]

The only reason I was thinking bayonet was because of the nub on the handle, but old sarge had a good explanation for that.

Chris

 

[gmc2003]

No numbers, but it does say Sheffield England on the guard.

Chris

 

[chopsaw]

Thats good . I saw that when I was looking . I bet it's legit . I'll have to go look again

 

[noboundaries]

Oh man, that Henckels knife got me drooling. Great patina, but there appears to be some rust. You can pick up medium and fine grit Japanese carbon knife rust erasers for peanuts on Amazon. You can just remove the rust or the patina, then stone sharpen that baby.

GREAT FIND!

Ray

 

[chopsaw]

it does say Sheffield England on the guard.

Chris I sent you a link . There's an example in the left column towards the bottom that's stamped Sheffield England . " Post war less common "

 

[jaxgatorz]

Oh man, that Henckels knife got me drooling. Great patina, but there appears to be some rust. You can pick up medium and fine grit Japanese carbon knife rust erasers for peanuts on Amazon. You can just remove the rust or the patina, then stone sharpen that baby.

GREAT FIND!

Ray

Thanks for the info on the rust erasers, Ray. I'm sure that I didn't do everything the correct way, but it turned out ok for me.. Very sharp ! ( cut myself while cleaning .)

 

[Retired Spook]

Looks great! Now sand that wood down with some 220 and give a coat of pure tung oil (not Formby's) every day for a week (saturate, wait an hour, then wipe dry - repeat after 24-hours) and then give it a very thin coat once a week for a month, then let it dry 15-days.

The photos do not do this 30-year old knife, justice - I wish I had a before pic.

Should last another 30-years, with care of course...

 

[noboundaries]

Thanks for the info on the rust erasers, Ray. I'm sure that I didn't do everything the correct way, but it turned out ok for me.. Very sharp ! ( cut myself while cleaning .)

Happy to help. And a few cuts along the way are merely a knife's thanks for taking care of them.

 

[mike243]

Nice knifes, I put a muzzle loader togethrr from a kit 30 someodd years ago, I stained then put 3-5 coats of tung oil on it using fine steel wool between coats when it dried, still looks like new after all these years