Kat’s Korner 054: The pointy things
Jackie was at her parent’s over the weekend and apparently they were cleaning some stuff out of the house. Among some of the items were a WW2 knife and dress sword that belonged to her grandfather, which she awesomely brought back to our apartment.
Jackie’s week has almost exclusively revolved around watching Mythbusters and polishing the items.
Oh, and drinking whiskey, but you guys probably already knew that.
Pictured above is the sword, complete with a detail shot of the handle. In the first image, you might notice a cardboard Rapunzel from Tangled, which was from a store display that I was allowed to take home.
For the last image, I apologize for the blurriness. I wouldn’t have used that one normally, but it’s here because it was the only picture we had that contained our Christmas tree which, yes, is still up although it’s now the end of March.
My eyes were too focused on the game systems, and the tiny library for them.
Those are actually just some movies you see there. There are shelves under that with games a plenty, and then there’s more fun nonsense in my bedroom.
Games, that is.
Oh, that is good to know. No one deserves a game collection that tiny.
Then again, I’m the kind of person who has different opinions on what a small and big collection is. For me, small is under 50, big is 500 or more.
I own a big collection. 😛
That’s not a knife.
*pulls out a large bowie knife*
THAT’s a knife.
And now that I’ve got that out of my system (only saw that movie once, when I was a kid, but I still remember that part, go figure XD), I wanted to say that the “ww2 knife” is indeed something more, namely a WW2 German Kar 98 bayonet, most likely taken as a souvenir/trophy.
That’s a pretty sweet piece of knowledge!
I’ll be sure to let Jackie know, as we were trying to figure out where exactly these had come from.
I agree with wingsofwrath. I played so many WW2 games to recognize it as a bayonet. Then, again, it could be the confirmation bias. (reference to the haunted legend of zelda game).
I’m not a sword expert, but not much German swords are curved. Usually that’s a far eastern design. (correct me if I’m wrong. I’m just making a guess out of what I’ve read). The swept hilt (or hand guard) definitely makes it European, though. Traditional Oriental swords usually don’t have swept hilts. To be comedically honest, the designs on the swept hilt reminds me of the Nords from Skyrim.
I really like to point out the little mini bar to the right of the Xbox. Tee-hee.
And I’d be careful with polishing metal, especially ones used for stabbing/slicing, even though chances are you or Jackie won’t do those activities (irl, hopefully). Get the right chemicals, store it in the right temperature, and keep the items stored inside their containers (humidity can cause it to rust).
Funny, my best friend (and also crush) is a German… Odd how coincidences are. Yes, Alex, give me the warning.
Turns out that you nailed the bayonet. After much googling, we were able to identify it as coming from a Mauser rifle.
Concerning the sword, it’s a replica 1860 Civil War cavalry sword. While it’s super tarnished and even bears signs of use, there are no imprints or markings on the blade indicating it’s manufacturer, year, or number, which points to it being a replica.
I’m way off on the sword, lol.