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I'm fine with them posted in either location. On occasion a Staff Member may move a particular post depending upon specific content. Would love to see your bayonets ....

This is the third can that I have seen with this compartment or bracket. All of them have been early cans and two have been DRP property marked. I do not know the purpose nor have I seen any period documentation for the variant. These cans are very early and would date from the period of the...

Really an odd example. The finish and machining is certainly of later vintage then usually seen with these RBD pieces. The grip scales however have the longer and narrower clearing slots as usually encountered on early examples. The scabbard is also an anomaly. The front center screw and...

The grip scales are replacements also .....

In the link below, starting with response #12 there is discussion of the Appel trademark as found on post-war cleaning kits ...... https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/the-post-ww2-rg34.42772/

As @conibear may recall we have had extensive discussion regarding this bayonet. Although I have not personally examined the piece I was provided with numerous high resolution pics to include several with the bayonet broken-down into its component parts (retention bolt & grips removed, etc)...

Have never seen this. Do you have an example or photo?

Nice!

The rifle sold at/by Legacy was previously owned and reported by a member of this forum ......

Very nice and original S42 of the rare First Model. This was the trial model and only made in very small numbers. Quite hard to find. It also appears to have the original First Model tool insert. Would need to see better pics of the tool to say for sure. It could also be a Second Model...

Good comments pwcosol. My reply and comments were to SVW1945's original post, #1. The phenolic oil bottle with maker's code ept and MPD is pre-May 1945 manufactured. The tool is post-war. The aluminum oil bottle in Scharf's post #3 is post-war, East German (DDR). The same type of oil bottle...

Good pics and thanks. Would not be for my collection; not an original example in my opinion .......

Thanks for the additional images. If you can remove the frog without damage the hanging hole is one of the areas that I always focus on. I have never encountered this three line marking on any original leather goods of this period by this maker. Have seen this identical marking on flare gun...

Great bayonet! Hard to upgrade the condition of this example. The grip is interesting. Not sure I have ever seen this before. Have concerns regarding the frog however. The marking is incorrect and the construction and appearance are those of an artificially aged reproduction. My thoughts...

Can only go by my own experiences but several years ago I tried to remove post-war paint from three or four ordnance tan cans. It was in no way easy to remove, in fact I had no luck restoring the can to its original state. The post-war paint on my examples was very well adhered. AND in my...

Tool is post-war. Oil bottle is period (pre-May 1945). My thoughts only .....

The first one is a Type 3a. The beads are thin steel (magnetic). Signs of crimping differ from bead to bead. In my experience most often found in later Mundlos and Hawig cans. Occasionally in Braunschweiger pieces. Also note the bevel on the back of the toggle. Angled instead of rounded...

Not much to add to grimlin13's post. This is indeed a "walking out" or "dress" version of the S1898 n.A. Most properly known as an Extra-Seitengewehr. Bayonets of this type were private purchase pieces and not intended for combat usage (some examples will not even mount on a rifle). These...

Staatliche did not produce bayonets/scabbards in phosphate finish.

I would think the German soldat's name or the veteran who brought it home? Could be either ......