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[Helleri]

Thanks...And yeah the handle is wood and the fittings and scabbard are brass. I don't think the blade is original to it. Under that butt cap (which with some effort can be shimmied off), the tang is folded over, and it seems like a lot more then is really needed. It's like a good two inches, when you could get away with a half inch or even a mushroom peen and a washer easily. Could be re-hafted?

Aside from that, seems most of my collecting is place holder collecting, lol. It's pretty much what I can afford to do right now. And once in a while you do find a diamond in the rough (like my M1393/Collins & Co. Legitmus No.128 1942 machete).

In any case I am decent at refurbishing/refinishing. And it wouldn't take much work to pretty this up for eventual resale at 4-5x my cost (which at some point I will probably do in order to either make room for or put funds towards a new acquisition).