I bought my first k98 bayonet at a Gästhaus in Ramstein, Germany, in 1969. Mismatched, sharpened, rusty. Looks like it has been used as a kitchen knife, or garden tool, or both. I still have it. One of only two or three mismatches I hang onto. Cost me 20 DM (about $5 at the time). The only one I owned for many years. My father found it in his tool box a few years ago. Seeing it again got me interested in collecting.
