Arisaka bayonet. Japanese. WW2. Kokura arsenal marking. It’s been drastically shortened.
Ferret1963
You can try r/bayonets, but this might make people there cry…
Kromulent
These are called ‘fighting knife conversions’. Knives were in short supply during the war, and everybody wanted one. Broken bayonets, and battlefield pickups, were commonly converted into knives.
There’s no real way to tell when it was done, of course, but it’s an interesting example nonetheless.
![First knife with S45VN. Curious to see how it is vs Cruwear and S30V [Spyderco Para 3]](https://www.edctips.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/n6johjb4s0eg1-770x515.jpg "First knife with S45VN. Curious to see how it is vs Cruwear and S30V [Spyderco Para 3]")
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Arisaka bayonet. Japanese. WW2. Kokura arsenal marking. It’s been drastically shortened.
You can try r/bayonets, but this might make people there cry…
These are called ‘fighting knife conversions’. Knives were in short supply during the war, and everybody wanted one. Broken bayonets, and battlefield pickups, were commonly converted into knives.
There’s no real way to tell when it was done, of course, but it’s an interesting example nonetheless.