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cof 44 bayo

Bob in OHIO

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Late Eickhorn, x-block with welded scab. and lots of German tool marks...
 

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Not so picky about the appearance at this point were they? I love it , fantastic bayonet. Thanks for posting.
 
Nice lookin matching example cof 44 Bob.
I like the scabbard.
I usually don’t see matching cof examples.
Thanks for the pics.
 
My example is from the v block. I am really liking the late war pieces as I collect more bayonets.
 
Love it. Getting close to the end for Carl Eickhorn. They went into the y block in 1944 .....
 
Very late cof44 production, in excellent condition.b.r.Andy
6481X had Arvo S. well known S84/98 collector from Europe.
 
cof 44

I have 2 COF 44 in X block and in 6400 range close to Bobs piece
 

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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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All the last mentioned piece has no wearing of bayonet frog on scabbard, possible depot capture, and never used, some missmatched possible by GIs when bringing home. b.r.Andy
 
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!
 
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.
 
Mine is also very similar
 

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Here is my matching COF 44, M block , welded scabbard in excellent condition. No wear of a frog. Not as crude as the x block.
 

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