cof 44 bayo
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stabsfeldwebel2
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Very nice "corn cob" late Eickhorn. If you get into the end of the "y-bloc", final acceptance on the pommel may be absent. This is my late Eickhorn. Note eagle on pommel WaA was partially ground off due to finish machining (such as it is). I recall this piece as one I saw on a table @ the OGCA in the mid-1980s. Guy wanted 20 bucks for it. Back then, I usually would not look twice at a mismatch. However I came by the seller's table two more times as I worked through the show. On the third pass I looked at the bayonet one last time, and decided the condition and late serial number (highest for a cof44 I had seen at the time), warranted the $20.00, so bought it. Even thought of getting rid of it a couple of times afterwards, but I have it still...
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luftpirate
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I think I have a similar X block I will dig it out. Those are some gnarly scabbard welds. I am a sucker for anything that was bottom of the barrel!
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
I am struck by the fall off in metal finish quality at the end of 44. I have a q block from CanadianAR and the differences especially pommel and fuller are quite startling. Even the edge grind is more grainy and aggressive. They surely did stop caring about 'looks' at this point. Nice late war examples shown.
