UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons The BCN Bayonet Forum Attachment Eatched Eickhorn bayonet (Panzer)

Thank you for the extra pictures, but I am sorry to say that with the new images I have not as yet seen good evidence that the plating on the bayonet is original. With the first image it still looks like the plating is over defects in the finish. And I see what looks like a crack in the pommel. With the second image I seem to be seeing plating falling away from the button. And possibly a crack there as well. And with the third it’s hard to see for certain what is there. But if the plating was done over zinc corrosion that was being encapsulated, it might look like what I am seeing (the same kind of thing can happen with steel and rusting). My opinions being offered with the understanding, that at the level of detail I can see, that is what it looks like from my perspective. FP