With the image of the stripped down bayonet the only thing I can see in the image is a Vz. 24 bayonet body that looks just like some of the many, many, thousands that were imported. But there is nothing to match it up to, unless what you trying to show is what a Vz. 24 conversion looks like with the muzzle ring removed.
The stripped VZ-24 bayonet is posted to discuss what I believe to be a phosphate finish on the blade. The tang area is shiny in some places as if hinting of some type of plating. Note the crossguard and pommel are dark in color. You suggested that it could be patina?
This particular SS bayonet is dated 1939 in the grips. The muzzle ring has been removed and yet the bayonet was not blued? Any answers as to why the bayonet was not blued. SS Property mark on the crossguard
Richard Kuchta
