#26703
12/07/2009 08:21 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
|
|
|
#26704
12/07/2009 09:58 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 300
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 300 |
As much as I think the blade is good, I am not so convinced about the staghorn. I think it's new and from the photos, I think there is heavy evidence of the plating being damaged by tooling and filing the staghorn. Therefore, my verdict is that it's an original blade, but the grips were replaced with new staghorn and filed to fool. JAN
An avid KS98 bayonet collector.
|
|
|
#26705
12/07/2009 10:38 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
Yes i was not very happy with it when i got it home and took a closer look. I wounder if anyone else have any opinions on this.Welcome any comments from other members. slingshot
|
|
|
#26706
12/07/2009 11:41 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 5,134 Likes: 24
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 5,134 Likes: 24 |
Slingshot,
I'm not crazy about the fit of the stag grips to the hilt. Notice on the obverse that the grip plate is fitted poorly, something I doubt would have happened on an extra cost option like stag grips. The rivets also don't look kosher either. Jan's point about the tooling is valid as well. If such things bother you, as they would most collectors, I'd try to return it.
GDC Gold Badge #290 GDC Silver Badge #310
|
|
|
#26707
12/07/2009 11:42 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 15,098 Likes: 102
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 15,098 Likes: 102 |
You'll need better pictures for a better reading on your bayonet
|
|
|
#26708
12/08/2009 12:19 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
I don't know if these photos help but here are a few I think real ones. Well there is one that has wood grips that are carved like stag. Well a little like stag.
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26709
12/08/2009 03:36 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 5,134 Likes: 24
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 5,134 Likes: 24 |
Terry,
Would you think the posted hilt looks like 3R production? If so, it would be tough to figure as a sawback, right? I know there were some Weimar sawbacks that were non Feuerwehr pieces but I've never seen a 3R sawback that wasn't a Feuerwehr sawback. The rivet reverses look off to me, at least from the pics.
GDC Gold Badge #290 GDC Silver Badge #310
|
|
|
#26710
12/08/2009 11:32 AM
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 608
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 608 |
Hi TKissinger, Is the imitate stag second one from the left ? Keith
<img src="http://www.germandaggers.com/images/member1.jpg">
|
|
|
#26711
12/08/2009 01:56 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
TKissenger hi there. Nice bayos would you be kind enough to post me some close up pictures of the rivets front and back. slingshot
|
|
|
#26712
12/08/2009 06:14 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,814 Likes: 18
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,814 Likes: 18 |
Maybe it's the angle of the pictures, but doesn't it look like the rivets are offset, like Pack ones are?
If so, they sure aren't Pack spanner bolts, are they? And I don't know of anyone else who had the offset spanner bolts.
John
Always looking for Eickhorns and etched bayonets.
|
|
|
#26713
12/08/2009 06:54 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
Dous staghorn shrink with age gents??
|
|
|
#26714
12/08/2009 07:31 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,155 Likes: 5
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,155 Likes: 5 |
These grips look very much like recently installed staghorn from India to me from the photographs. They appear to be the type of grips seen on reproduction police bayonets I am afraid.
"You can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself." Ricky Nelson
|
|
|
#26715
12/09/2009 03:59 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,814 Likes: 18
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,814 Likes: 18 |
I take back my comment on the offset grip bolts... the poor fit of the grip plates makes me want to run away really fast.
The stag grips I have seen looked like they were very carefully and painstakingly fitted to the rest of the hilt.
This does not.
John
Always looking for Eickhorns and etched bayonets.
|
|
|
#26716
12/09/2009 04:28 AM
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 173
|
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 173 |
quote: Is the imitate stag second one from the left ?
Keith
That was my guess too. How about it Terry? Are we right? Lance
|
|
|
#26717
12/10/2009 02:30 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
Ok it seams to me i have been had over occording to the replies so far. I have asked for my money back but got told in so many words to take a run and jump. Never mind he probobly needs the money moor than me.
|
|
|
#26718
12/10/2009 06:37 PM
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 608
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 608 |
quote: Originally posted by Slingshot: Dous staghorn shrink with age gents??
No, stag horn will not shrink with age. But I have seen some cracked ones, not sure because of age or impact. Can anyone input on this ? Keith
<img src="http://www.germandaggers.com/images/member1.jpg">
|
|
|
#26719
12/13/2009 06:30 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
Really dont like this bayo anymoor you have put a con man in my minde.Ok i have been conned naw what?? I Will live with it but i will tell you one thing all these nice dealers pretending to be experts and let me say YOUR FRIEND they are not. Just out for getting rid of thair rubbish and pass it on If the bayo was so rare WHY SELL IT ??????
|
|
|
#26720
12/13/2009 06:36 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
DRAT DRAT AND DOUBLE DRAT Never again will i trust some one slingshot a mile with these people slingshot
|
|
|
#26721
12/15/2009 11:03 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
This guy is addament the grips havent been replaced. Naw what whear do i go from here. 1.Is the saw back original? slingshot
|
|
|
#26722
12/16/2009 12:33 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
The following pictures are from three of my stag dress bayonets. First picture is the obverse side and the second picture is the reverse side.
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26723
12/16/2009 12:34 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
Second group
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26724
12/16/2009 12:35 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
Third group
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26725
12/16/2009 12:43 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
TK on the rivets there is that not a lot of differance or is it my eyesight?? Thank you for this the brivot plot thickens ?
|
|
|
#26726
12/16/2009 12:44 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
The above pictures show how some makers riveted there grips. The first set shows how both sides look to be domed, nice touch. The other two sets are more convential.
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26727
12/16/2009 12:49 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
TK great ,so wear then dous that leave my rivits ??
|
|
|
#26728
12/16/2009 12:59 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
TK i take it that these rivets were made out of mild steel and not somthing harder.Then inserted with a punch and dolly on other side.By hand??
|
|
|
#26729
12/16/2009 01:12 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
Me working as an aircraft fitter i have inserted thousends of rivets.Some times i do not have the domed head punch to fit over the the domed head rivet head.So therefore it is dolly to dolly.Exepted in process if you are skilled in mech eng craft studies like i am. there for could my bayo rivets be a 100 off at differant times of the year when tooling is not always there????
|
|
|
#26730
12/16/2009 01:53 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
I will add just one moor point about the rivets on my bayonet. Even though you members dont like them and let me say you have a bit convinced me and i will agree with you but like i say there is always a but. These rivets have been inserted with quite a steady hand .I know sean worse at work.Look at the double dolly marks front and back. Also look at file marks not uncommen on original bayos on stag horn. If you look a bit closser they are in differant angles so therfore no way have they have been done at the same time??
|
|
|
#26731
12/16/2009 09:50 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 300
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 300 |
Hi, I am still not convinced that the staghorn is original to the piece. The blade seems ok, but the grips do not. The rivets may not be the only way to tell a new staghorn apart from the old, but I would focus more on what seems to be the tooling marks left behind on the plating. This to me would be a far more important indicator along with the unusually light color of the stag on the photos. All in all, I am still not convinced. JAN
An avid KS98 bayonet collector.
|
|
|
#26732
12/16/2009 10:09 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
jancz3rt I am with you on this one im still not happy. cheers
|
|
|
#26733
01/09/2010 10:02 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
I will refresh this thread. First the file marks or as stated tooling marks are not consistant to grips and body of the knife.Diffo directions.Therfore the grips and filing are not done at the same time. I have looked at a lot of top dealers sites and the rivets and colour of grips do not ring alarm bells for me. Gents any moor thoughts on this subject
|
|
|
#26734
01/10/2010 10:55 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
I don't think there should be any file marks at all. I don't think the grips were fited with them attached and the hilt plated. I have several stag grip bayonets and none have file marks.
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26735
01/12/2010 08:13 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
TK thanks for your input on this thread. I have just been looking at some top dealer sites on stag grips and also looking hard at various rivet configerations. Some bayos do exibit slight file marks on the top of the grips. They must be selling fakes or mock ups then are they????? Are people allowed to post pics from dealers websites on a public forum or dous copyright come into this????
|
|
|
#26736
01/12/2010 06:25 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 300
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 300 |
Hi Slingshot, I think that most of us agree there is something definitely wrong with the piece you are posting here. Please ask the dealer you wish to use pictures of or at a minimum quote them as the source. I have yet to see a dress bayonet with file marks that would be normal to the piece. I definitely want to see a picture of the bayonets you are referring to. Thanks. JAN
An avid KS98 bayonet collector.
|
|
|
#26737
01/12/2010 10:49 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,858 |
TKissinger
|
|
|
#26738
01/12/2010 11:11 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112
|
OP
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 112 |
TK im warming towards your reply. Thank you so much in taking time out to photo your bayos at this angle.Nice one mate. I am still not happy with this bayo of mine. Its just im stuck with it and trying to prove the seller wrong . He is adiment it is a gud un regards dave
|
|
|
Forums42
Topics31,678
Posts329,220
Members7,533
|
Most Online5,900 Dec 19th, 2019
|
|
9 members (Don Scowen, Matarese, The_Collector, ollar, lmrobil, stingray, Mikee, Jonesy, bushido),
216
guests, and
55
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|