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My latest pickup. Anodized scabbard.
All parts look for my 100% original.
But the bowie blade. Original??????
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That knife looks good to me.

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Sorry, it doesn't look correct to me. I have and have seen other bowie style blades, but they are not shaped like this and are not from the 1930s, but are wartime issue.
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Looks to me like a standard HJ blade thats been modified. Maybey ground down?


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