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Obviously well-used, I've been told he'd use it mostly for seals.

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Post timer is already giving me hell.

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Second, we've got this well-loved machete. Owned by a different uncle, Frank. It was apparently his during his time in the Marines. He died when I was fairly young, so I can't really talk to him about it. Alcoholism and heavy PTSD attributed greatly to his death.

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Here's the stampings near the hilt. Most of them don't mean much to me.

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Third is a bayonet that I know absolutely nothing about. I was told nothing about it other than my family's ownership of it.

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It's covered in a thick layer of oil/grease.

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This star on the bayonet is pretty interesting, but means nothing to me.

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Same for these markings on the ass-end.

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Second picture of the markings.

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And fourth is probably the most interesting of the collection simply because of what I've been told. It was apparently a war trophy taken by either my family or by a friend of my uncle, who then gave it to him. Not quite sure on which one is true.

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The wood is unfortunately in fairly bad condition and is split, hence the rubber bands. But it holds the blade just fine.

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Now here's the most interesting part of this blade. I can't read it for shit.

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Any /k/omrades good with moonrunes?

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>>34194145
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>>34194173

That's an Arisaka bayonet.

>>34194269
Well shit.
Wonder if it really is an old bayonet or a newer replica.

>>34194428
it looks pretty old, I don't know how to tell if those are genuine though

>>34194204
the pleasure of cumming inside

>>34194204
It's the smith's signature.

>>34194204
Folded 1 million times!

>>34194428
The one my grandfather brought back looks brand new like that.

The japs took care of their stuff. And a lot of it didn't get much use later in the war.

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>>34194138

That's an M1942 machete, largest numbers issued in the Army, but also Marines and Navy got it too. Mostly used in the pacific theater during WW2. Company that manufactured those was based in Connecticut.

>>34195183

This. Nips had crates of Arisakas just sitting around when it came time to grind up those mums.

>>34194197
Seems like it was an older blade that was shortened, it's a frequent practice.

Also whatever you do, don't clean the blade yourself.

a woodworker can easily breathe life back into that grip and sheath.

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>>34194180
Between the shirasaya fittings and, well, just the general look of it I think you have a "proper" blade there and not just one of the machine made uniform accessories they churned out in the first half of last century. Nothing about it really screams Chinese fake either to my untrained eyes, for whatever that's worth.

The change in surface texture halfway down the tang is a bit of a question mark, but could simply be due to the blade having been shortened.

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?14-Nihon-to-Forum might be a place to look for someone who has a clue about these things.