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Some thoughts about the made from a bayonet theory.

The rifle slot on a German bayonet is quite deep. I question whether the knife handle could be fashioned without leaving traces of it.

Same for the blood groove on a bayonet. Seems there would be some of this somewhere as the blood groove is very deep.

I would guess that one would have to have a trench knife and a bayonet side by side and take some measurements to be absolutely sure it could be done.

I called and had a very nice conversation with Jerry Tinker. Ed's Father. He seemed to think the knife had no traces of bayonet charecteristics. That it was pretty much a proffesional or factory job from what he could see of it.

Take a close look at Juergen's link. I think cutting one of these out of a bayonet would be hard to do and making one might be easier...Interesting subject! Jerry Burney