SKS Gold coloured Bayonet

[JimDO]

Ive read about these before...not sure if it was on these forums though.
Regardless...my new 1954 unissued Tula arrived today..and it has a gold coloured bayonet.
Does anyone know why this is gold?
Should I leave it as or try and clean it?

 

[CanadianAR]

Just variations in the refurb I believe.

Leave it be.

 

[JimDO]

Its not refurb.. original stock and markings etc.
I should thank weimajack for a beautiful rifle.

 

[Beretta-Skeet]

It could be stained from the cosmoline. Half my bayonet was goldish when I got it and it polished off.

 

[OccasionallyOnTarget]

I read somewhere it is cosmo staining; not sure if true.

 

[GQBalla]

I heard some where cosmoline stained but it isn't known for sure

 

[JimDO]

I'll post a pic when I get home

 

[Maximum]

It comes off really easy so if you want to keep it don't use anything on it.

 

[OccasionallyOnTarget]

I heard some where cosmoline stained but it isn't known for sure

ridiculous

 

[DOOK]

I have read it is an anti corrosion coating applied by heating the bayonet, and immersing in Cosmo, or another oil.
Leave it be, or you are just making mine more valuable.

 

[JimDO]

Sorry..this is the only pic I have until I get home..but you get the idea.

 

[CanadianAR]

Then its just a side effect of manufacturing or storing. If it doesn't just wipe off, you should leave it.

 

[RMXC51]

Nobody has definitive proof, IMO, of what causes the gold color. It is applied on purpose, though, and I would leave it alone for sure! Why mess with something that looks cool AND adds a touch of mystery.

 

[Hitzy]

The bayo is chromed, its just staining of some sort from storage. Chrome is the anticorrosion finish, nothing you can do to chrome to make it more rust proof.