Hi Eric. From a value stand-point, the damage has already been done since the parts are mixed up. But, When did this occur? If it was post-war, then no problem "fixing" the mix-up. But if these were mixed during wartime rebuilds, you are messing with legitimate variations.
I too have a bayonet that appears to be quite mixed up. It appears to be a wartime rebuild, and has been together like this from the end of the war. I have no intention of screwing with it, even though it would be very easy to correct some of the "errors".
You can see it here:
http://daggers.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/172097...030042463#2030042463JMO- Hope this helps!
John
P.S. Another one of my bayos, a cof44, has the light-colored wooden grips also.
