Extremely Rusty M1895 Mannlicher Bayonet Restoration

In this video I will show restoration of the Netherlands M1895 Mannlicher Bayonet. This bayonet has been in the ground for 77 years. General information : After more then seven years of testing the Royal Netherlands Army finally got its new rifle in 1895. On the 4 th of december 1895 it was decided that a Mannlicher weapon (Calibre: 6,5 x 53,5 R) would act as the new standard service rifle known as the M95. This M95 rifle and its carbine variants would stay the standard service rifles for the Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy and the Royal Dutch-Indies Army (KNIL) until the second world war. The arrival of the new rifles and carbines also meant that the old Beaumont rifle bayonets had to be replaced for new M95 bayonets. During the rifle testings also different models of bayonets were tested. This finally resulted that the choice was made for a bayonet with strong recembalance to the Brittish Lee-Metford rifle. The M95 rifle bayonet had