Description: WW2 Modified Turkish M1935 Mauser Bayonet Marked AS Fighting Knife I recently got a case of these WW2 M1935 Modified Turkish Mauser Bayonets that had been in storage from a supplier. They were in used, issued, condition and had years of grease and dirt on them. I thought they would make great modern Fighting Knives once they were cleaned-up. In addition, some of the knives did not have an original metal scabbard with them. Once these knives were cleaned I found I was not able to reuse all of the original wooden handles. I replaced the wooden handles on the knives with an assortment of hardwoods. I used ebony, cherry, Hawaiian Koa wood, Mango, Oak, burl wood and hickory wood. On the wooden handles I applied a coat of stain and then sealed the wood with Boiled Linseed Oil. After cleaning-up the knives and mounting handles I made new heavy leather belt frogs for each one of them. On the ones without an original rolled metal scabbard, I made a heavy leather scabbard for those knives too. I was unable to reuse the original pins and attached the new wooden handles using modern screws. I removed and cleaned the bayonet locking mechanism on all the knives too before reinstalling them. The M1935 knife bayonet was modified for use with the 30-06 caliber M1 Garand Rifle. The modification included attaching an auxiliary plate with a smaller muzzle ring behind the original crosspiece. The auxiliary plate is secured with a single large diameter pin. The M1935 bayonets were modified this way for use with both the U.S. M1 Garand and the Greek 6.5 mm. Y:1903 Mannlicher-Shoenauer rifle. The M1 Garand bayonets have an auxiliary muzzle ring diameter in the 13 mm. range, where the Y:1903 bayonets have a minimum muzzle ring diameter of 14 mm. AS.FA is an abbreviation for Askari Fabric (military factory). More information on these types of bayonets can be found on the web page worldbayonets dot com This listing is for one WW2 Modified Turkish M1935 Mauser Bayonet/Fighting Knife Marked AS. If you have any questions just contact me. Be sure to checkout my other listings too.
Price: 155 USD
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
End Time: 2024-02-10T23:25:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Modification Description: new leather frog and sheath
Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Theme: Militaria
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: Turkey
Modified Item: Yes
California Prop 65 Warning: na
