Best way to remove frog??

[Oldnrth]

Picked up an OK mismatched bayonet with a frog, price was decent. The scabbard has some surface rust and need to be wiped down, what is the best way to take the frog off w/o damaging the leather??

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[Rittmeister]

Best is not to touch it, but I use the handle of a flat teaspoon when remove old leatherfrogs. Not recommended on very dry frogs.

 

[Oldnrth]

Best is not to touch it, but I use the handle of a flat teaspoon when remove old leatherfrogs. Not recommended on very dry frogs.

Yeah, I decided just to try and lubricate the steel where I could and just leave the rest alone. It’s not completely dry, has some wiggle room, but figured best not to break it.


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[pwcosol]

There is no good answer for this, unless the leather or webbing is both pliant and a loose enough fit, to get it over the frog stud without undue stress. Back in the '80s I was at a show in San Diego, and a fellow collector had just acquired a S84/98 T3 in a blue Luftwaffe tropical frog. The bayonet was of average condition and he really bought the piece just to get that frog. I watched him attempt to get the frog off the scabbard. He almost had it when the webbing ripped from the 12:00 position to the top edge of the pouch (the "Achilles's heel" of these and many similar frogs). Oh...the horror! He ultimately made a fairly decent repair (much easier with webbing than leather), but any attempt to ever mount that frog would be a big mistake.

 

[tsmgguy]

Be careful not to "ribbit".

 

[Oldnrth]

Be careful not to "ribbit".

Hahaha


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