Ideas for fixing my bayonet?

[vpravada]

AFH, 1943 some took it to a grinder at some point. I'm very crafty but don't have experience with knives. I figure the collector value is gone so clean up the damage and redo in fde?

[sonofeugene]

Have a knife professional clean it up for you.

[Librarian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Op1zjd7KKE

[sbo80]

that's pretty shot as it is. If you don't wanna go full bubba (FDE?!) - you could have it blasted and re-parkerized. The grinding damage won't be gone but it'll be protected and at least look half decent. Or, Duracoat makes a spray paint that "mimics" parkerizing, which might be a better choice than a tan if you're just going to paint it.

[Two Shots]

Sanding with different grit first and then polishing wheel using different grit buffing compound might work.

[vpravada]

I'm not a collector/restoration guy. It was free to me and if I was to pay to have it fixed I could just buy one in better shape. As long as cleaning up the grinder damage goes well the paint won't be a problem.

[wpod]

Make up a good story for it...
"Pinned down. Out of ammo. Fought off attacks for days hand to hand. Resorted to sharpening on a rock during the lulls in fighting"

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[TKM]

https://www.redlabelabrasives.com/blogs/news/how-to-mirror-polish-a-knife-blade

[sbo80]

^ yes grinding and polishing out the scratches will fix it up. The catch-22 is that this is not supposed to be a polished blade. These are parkerized. So, then why bother? Like, to what end? Are you actually going to "use" this as a knife? If not, anything short of at least a quasi-restoration, might be seen as a waste of time, unless you want to just try it, or practice on something. If it's just for yourself, go nuts. I paint my guns too, even though it "ruins the value" as some weirdos on the internet worry about.