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I only have two HJ knives and both are strange. The first is a beat-up one with a green stone instead of the HJ diamond. Unskilled vet work from the looks of it.

Dave

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Well sharpened blade with the motto

Early trademark

But instead of rivets (sp?) it has funny screws

I told you it was strange !

Dave

It will be interesting to see what Russ and others have to say but your grip plates should be easily removable with the right kind of screwdriver.
Now that blade looks like something I would have owned as a kid!
jim

Dave:
Are you sure that those are screws? They almost look like some old fashioned type of pop-rivets.

I would say its pop-rivets, to. An interesting knife, a pice of history...

Pack is famous for using those type of screws on their bayonets. They did not seem to use them on fireman "bayonets" though. Very early HJ, interesting and I think correct!

It's correct,to bad it's so beat.Pack with "spanner"bolts.Ron W could give some insite or Russ.This ones mine

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#3 Motto

Flip side Spanner Bolts,picked this up a couple of yrs ago from a guy who collected U.S. patches for $35.00,met him at a tag sale.IMO a bit on the rare side

Very nice one Ed. These spanners by Pack are very early and scarce to rare.
Pack and Weyersberg used the spanner bolts during the early to middle 1930s on their bayonets of the period and was not unusual for these two. You will also notice the larger than normal checkering on the grip plates and the sometimes bluing to the scabbard instead of paint.
Ron Weinand
Weinand Militaria
PS John: I don't think Pack made a Fireman's Bayonet as early as some of the other manufacturers, hence no spanners on them.

Neat checker pattern too! I bet DD Harris could add some insight here...

Ron To tell the truth I never looked at the grip untill you posted about the spanner bolts along time ago.At that time I had 3HJ's and it joined the rest.5+ yrs ago HJ were not to important daggers and were around $50-100.