I'm not sure if it's permissible to write stuff in the gun porn thread.
Let's say I will show Circe my swords, whereby hangs a tale.
By accident of brothers and moving and the general chaos that was 1972, blades and scabbards became separated by hundreds of miles and oceans of philosophy: SoCal vs. NorCal. Through years of letters and phone calls and growing families, the separated bits of kit took back bench to life. Until today. My brother and his wife zipped through my town with a box of goodies for me, and I had a box of goodies for him.
In this box was my Bangsite cannon from back in the day. A bit rusty and needs a new flint, but 100% intact. My wife cringed upon seeing it. Bwahahaha.
What was best for me was the reunion of these three blades with their scabbards.
The top is a 1907 Lithgow bayonet which fits my Enfield No.1 MkIII. Below that is the aluminum handled 1891 Mauser sword bayonet—I had a project for it, but that project is in a better place. I look for a rifle to fit the bayo. And below that is a 1936 Hitler Youth knife that my dad bought at the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he visited with his family when he was 17, so he got to see all that stuff you watch in films, and I got to hear tales. He came home to join the US Navy and successfully defend Boston Harbor from the Nazis. True story, bro.
These blades have been naked all these years schlepping around with me from home to home in a box somewhere until we got this house. Then stuff started coming out of the boxes and I began to miss the scabbards. Now they're together. Here's a detail of some of the markings.
So, I showed Circe my swords and she wants 'em bad. That's what the Bangsite cannon is for, to keep Circe away. So far, perfect.
CDFingers