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Otherwise known as clearing out my Gran’s attic.  If there ever was a Z-Day, though, we’d be well prepared considering all the weaponry we found up there.  A trunk containing a pair of binoculars, two daggers and a knife.

As you can guess, all of these are from one of the wars (more likely the second).  The daggers were really rusty, one of which I didn’t even try to open as it was really stiff and I didn’t want to end up slicing off my fingers.  The knife in the bottom right corner is from Taiwan and has a compass on the end of it.  I actually really like the binoculars… They remind me of Wall-E a little bit, haha… Especially in that photo!  All big and googly and cute.  We think the dagger in the top right photo (and also in the bottom left) may have an ivory handle, but we’re not sure.

But there was a better weapon…

An actual legitimate bayonet!  It was surprisingly very light, although as you can see it’s very rusty.  The wooden handle (which is literally just a stick) is immaculate, though. Honestly, when I saw this to begin with I was freaked out because before going over I had said to Marty that if there was a Z-Day I’d just tie the daggers to a stick and poke the zombies from afar.  Creepy!  Haha

I’ve got to say, though, that holding knives and what have you that have been used in wars feels very different to holding a gun that’s used to shoot rabbits… I dunno… There’s this extra weight to them that you can’t feel physically.  I wonder who owned all of these…  I wonder if I’ll ever even find out.  I hope Gran donates these to the museum or something.

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3. reinesque said: Gosh this stuff is fascinating! Did your grandfather serve in WW 2?
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