Restoration Grandpa's Bayonet Rusty WWII Knife

This time it is about the grandfather on the father's side. He is a veteran of the Second World War and is 99 years old. Although this is a German knife, we are not from Germany. Since during the war the grandfather was quite young, he was not sent to the first line as an infantryman but to the second line, to the artillery. His platoon had the task of establishing the artillery positions, digging trenches and ensuring the camouflage of the positions. When the war ended, he was left with this knife. He gave me the bayonet 15 or 16 years ago, when a local museum was established at school and the teachers asked us if we could contribute old objects. I thought it was too interesting so I didn't take it to school anymore :)), ever since then I was thinking of restoring it but it stayed like that until now.

The knife looks pretty bad, as far as my father remembers, my grandfather used the bayonet to cut vegetables for animals, especially pumpkin which has quite hard skin, probably that explains the hammer blows. The next year when my grandfather celebrates his 100th birthday, I will post a picture with him on the community. :)

I hope you enjoy watching this restoration :)

Feel free to criticize me in the comments ;)

If you like it please consider subscribing :)