Value before restoration 200$ After restoration 20$

If you look at the bayonet you can tell that it was cared for but time got to it. For something over a hundred years old it was in pretty good shape before restoration. No fake rust just true age. Now it would be a point of pride for anyone to display for you it's a magnificent restoration if your lucky and find the family it belongs to it's a physical piece of family history.

A timeless design done true justice. And never lost its killing edge in 104 years. Just magnificent and fantastic to think of that things journey. Thanks so much for the vid.

From a collectors pov you just ruined it. It's worth nothing now

Sympathetic cleaning for conservation would have been fine, so no need for a near enough full 'restoration'. It's the stuff of nightmares for collectors. Having said that, you did a reasonable job in approaching the work in your own way, and, it's all part of the learning process. You need encouraging, not berating, as in some of the comments. Keep it up.

welldone my friend..nice backround too..enjoy restoring.👏👏👏

This hurt my soul. We have a responsibility to conserve history, not "restore" it.

One of the better restorations I've seen on youtube, I'm glad you kept it to the more original look over the "customizations" that other restorers say are "reatorations". In my opinion when it comes to these things, these bayonets were made in the hundreds of thousands if not a few million, all the truly collectible bayonets are already in private collections or museums. Like some have said weapons were meant to be maintained, this patina nonsense is just asking for further degradation down the road. Now I do have examples in both states of original find and my restored to factory new just because I reenact and no GI of the era had a rusty or patina equipment, it was brand new. Now to be a 100% restoration you should've hot blued the hilt by dipping the hilt, but that requires way more equipment. The leather would've been a more natural brown as far as I'm aware and turned dark after years of handling and from oils in the skin and other foreign objects. But good job and keep the practice up.

Love seeing Artisans at work a pleasure to watch

Great job on preserving this bayonet! I like the approach you took, it looks closer to the original article!

Overall very nice work, but you left a little rust on the tang. That could build up under the scales over time.

Wow! Great work.

Soaking a 100 year old leather sheath is a mega pig

Cool job 👍 And great restoration👍

Nice job in bringing it back

Nice job!

professional work👍

Amazing work dude, can you do a video on a giant war axe?

Oh man, i cried looking at this restoration. As a piece of history bayonet is dead...

Amazing work

nice work!

Do you know of anywhere i could find replacement parts for the m1917 bayonet? I just recently got one and the crossguard needs replacing and the catch button is gone.

Great Job ! Can you please provide the list of products that you used? and how long did you let it soak in those solutions etc ? Thanks!

Great job. !!!

60,000K ????? 😱 👏👏👏

I have a similar bayonet and scabbard. I’d like to inquire on some of the techniques used.

Very nice 👍

Great work. Greetings from Warsaw Poland. Alex

Good job

Como cuando youtube te recomienda un canal de como restaurar armas XD hasta youtube mismo esta dando una señal de que se acerca la tercera guerra mundial XD 😂😂😂🤔😐 PD: muy buen video ahora me pondre en marcha para mirar todos los videos de tu canal xq se ven interesantes 🙂 Saludos desde Argentina🇦🇷🇦🇷

Quelle massacre... C'etait une pièce d'histoire dans son jus avant...

Well done, I wish you success on finding the Family of ownership.

NICE WORK.MY friend.

Amazing

Question on the screwdriver type, any reason why you didn't use a hollow ground?

What is with your 'promise to have the bayonet sent to the descendants of the original owner' based on the initials on the scabbard? Seems like a strange thing to claim.

no music...

Реанимировал нормуль ,но все равно всё видно👍

da hast dir so viel mühe gegeben und dann schraubst du die griffschallen wieder drauf ohne sie aufzuarbeiten

I also think of the memories forging departments made producing hundreds of thousands of these.

Looks Great....but why not refinish the wooden hand grips??

Nice 👌👍

A WWI Bayonet with RN, possibly it belonged to the 63rd Royal Navy infantry division?

will it fit on to any modern firearms?

Ugggg. Shouldn't of cold blued it

Looked great before the "restoration". Nothing was restored, of course -- and a whole lot was screwed up.

🙋💁💖

Uma dinheiro eu gostei

Да молодец!Если этот штык принадлежал ветерану ,то для его родственников это будет великой памятью об ушедшем предке! 👍

I see a few comments not liking the restoration - ignore them - weapons were meant to be maintained .Rust and discolouration is not something a true restorer would want to retain.Nice job .

Why not keep it original? If I wanted something new, I would buy off Amazon.

The handle looks rough🤔

Хорошая работа, можно сказать прекрасная. Только музыка очень плохая, невозможно слушать. Пришлось выключить звук. А так 👍🏻

Wait for Winchester M1897 restoration😏

149 like Odessa Black Sea

Ножны убил. Кожу надо было лечить глицерином и т. П. А он намочил и покрасил совершенно не подходящей дрянью... Их аж все перекосило....

My great grandfather came from krynik poland to the usa in 1922 at the age of 23.

Salve I want

Hello

Destroyed historical value.

Oi

✌👌👍🇬🇷

all the bluing is now gone now it will rust away good job ruining it

страдает хернёй .

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