NEW BLADES 2007

Nearly 3 months and a mad buying spell of interesting bits, means this months update is a lot bigger than normal, and bigger than it probably will ever be again but.............

 

Details may be a bit lacking on some of these items as I have yet to find all the books in my library and the few I have found are lacking in information on many of these, whilst others will need research to fully identify, if you want to short cut this by sending me information please be my guest.

 Note:- click on image for larger version of images

 

Note I only leave pictures here for a month or so and then move them into the body of the site, by country , by type and or onto the special pages

AFGHANISTAN

Dual stamped local made 1888, note odd placing of rivets

 

ARGENTINA

Cut down 1891 with unmodified cross guard

Belgian 1949 used by Argentina

Letter opener based on FN Fal bayonet

 

AUSTRIA

Zeitler made 1895

1890, Similar to the 1888 but with a 15mm muzzle ring for the 1890 rifle

Ersatz for 1895, based on muzzle ring diameter. Appears to have a unit marking adjacent to the muzzle ring, and scabbard has Austrian Eagle on frog stud

CET marked 1895

Modified 1867 with three steel rivets holding wooden grips

Unknown ricasso stamp on 1895

 

AUSTRALIA

Military issue M& bayonet for the M16, is marked on both the scabbard and the cross guard with a WD arrow, the scabbard has a pattern mark and the cross guard is marked M7 but there are no other markings


BELGIUM

Modified 1899 with cross guard modified by ring removal and mirroring of the remaining groove. Scabbard and blade show identical marks, so are these post conversion, and are they German?

Alex Coppel made Gras bayonet

 

BRAZIL

Police 1904 Yataghan, the last Yataghan style bayonet made. It is very very small and delicate in comparison with other yataghan style blades - see the comparison with an 1866

 

BULGARIA

New manufactured bayonet based on latest AKM model but fitted to mount on the first AK47 type bayonet mounts

 

CAMBODIA

Indonesian made M7 used in Cambodia

 

CANADA

Modified MkII Ross with reshaped blade and a multitude of unit markings on all areas of the Pommel

 

CHILE

1885 modified from an 1874 Gras by machining down pommel and adding a new higher muzzle ringed cross guard, this has been further modified by machining back the rear edge of the muzzle ring. Similar to the Greek 1874/03 but for the additional crossguard machining and the lack of cross guard rivets

 

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Bayonet to fit on current CZ pistols, uses the mount below the barrel used for lights etc. to be able to hold a short removable blade

Removable  fixed folding bayonet

 

DENMARK

2nd pattern 1889 with wooden grips instead of leather and with rare tropical cloth hanger

 

E GERMANY

Dummy rifle for fitment of training bayonet, uses the sprung loaded training bayonet.

AKM in original packaging never opened.


FILM

 

A resin 1907 copy, from an Australian Lithgow, unfortunately broken but novel

 

From the Rambo series of films, a rubber AKM bayonet, very crude but not noticeable on screen

   
 

"We were soldiers" with Mel Gibson didn't bother with reproductions just gave standard M7 bayonets out, this is an Ontario made one

 

FINLAND

A well used M62 for the Valmet but price was right

 

FRANCE

Crown over CG mark on 1866, or is it a Belgian Comblain or.............

Gustav Felix marked 1866

Wire cutter attachment for the 1886 Lebel bayonet (mounted on a Uruguayan 1900 in this instance)

 

FROG

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog, ersatz with web backing

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

Austrian or German Mannlicher frog

French Lebel , reproduction by Shaman

German 98/05 fake

Germany Skeleton frog
CBF 318

Greece for UK 1907

Hungary 1895 Gendarmarie

Italy, lots of variation in two examples of the same frog

Italy 1870 Vertelli another of Shamans excellent reproductions
CBF 334

Turkey by Shaman

New Zealand another of Shamans excellent reproductions
CBF 197

German Afrika Korps repro

Often sold on line as German these are actually Yugoslavian, The German skeleton frog has its strap further up the frog and uses straight rows of stitches with rivets. See CBF318.There are variations on the theme with different lengths

CBF 423

UK 1908

Integral frog on Indonesian ex Dutch 1895 

Turkish Mauser frogs modified by an additional two lines of stitching to accommodate a UK No4 scabbard

Turkish Mauser modified for Lebel, or is it just another No4 one?

 

GERMANY

Cut down Werder used as a fighting knife?

WWI ersatz conversion of a French Gras bayonet, fitted with a 71-84 style hilt and with cross guard modifications. There are no German markings on this item that I can find, and the original French markings show it to be one of the rarer makers of the original French Bayonet.

84/98 aA mS, a converted 71/84

WKC commercial  84/98

5 groove hilt ersatz one of the less common ersatz bayonets.

KCB bayonet with Sig rifle mount

Reproduction 98/05 scabbard and frog, Biggest give way is its weight, this is a much more substantial item than the original piece, additionally the frog stud is too high, also there is no throat screw

98/02 made by Erfurt. Remarked unit mark on scabbard, not a bayonet I really ever wanted but needed one to fill in collection of Imperial German bayonets

Kreigsmarine marked 84/98, Blade is an O marked S174 made bayonet, scabbard is an N marked Horster commercial scabbard

Amberg and Herder made 98/05 aA with distinctive round cleaning hole. Bavarian used

Greek 1904, one of 8000 converted by Germans in WWI, the hilt is modified to fit the 1898 mauser, the unmodified scabbard is correctly marked with German inspection stamp

 

 

HUNGARY

1895 gendarmerie with scabbard and original frog, these use old socket blades while later 1935 types while similar have new made blades

Inscribed bayonet from service in Afghanistan with Hungarian forces. Uses twin insulators with tape wrapping to extend resistance area on scabbard

Commemorative marked AKM, interesting that the leather "plaque" is designed to be hung at 90 degrees to the inscription.

 

INDIA

Scabbard and integral frog for the 1903 pattern bayonet

 

INODONESIA

Bayonet for the AK47, similar to all the others bar the checkered black grips, and it is much rougher made. 

 

ITALY

Truppe Speciale Brass hilted ersatz. Made using a Carcano blade.
Scabbard has 1913 date on it which is probably period to bayonet. Hilt still shows evidence of original black paint finish

Brass hilted Ersatz for the Vertelli rifle, utilising a full Carcano blade rather than the more normal end of a cut down sword bayonet.
Scabbard is incorect as it is dated 1938

 

Extreme Ratio, a commercially designed bayonet for the M16 and similar weapons. Seems to have been designed for flash in many cases with the extremely complicated scabbard, however hilt is actually very comfortable, it is the price that prevent most military units getting their hands on significant numbers of these.

 

JAPAN 

This bayonet was originally identified by Janzen and others as a Japanese conversion of the Dutch 1895, later authors have identified this as Indonesian. I have Indonesian versions which show considerably cruder workmanship than this item. Latest research and examination of several of these has led to the current thinking that the early well made ones are Japanese conversions (like this one), after WWII the Indonesians made more but with much cruder finish and fit.

Type 100 Paratrooper bayonet. Purpose made short bayonet for Japans parachute troops. Copies are available of this bayonet but I have only got the cheap and nasty Chinese one. One of the hardest to find WWII Japanese bayonets

Marine issue Arisaka, these have a lock on the cross guard similar to that found on the American 1905. Not sure why the marines would be any more likely to lose their bayonets than any other troop (the paratroop bayonet doesn't have one for example). Another hard to find Japanese bayonet

 

 

M9

Commercial by Lan Cay with Airborne logo on the ricasso, made for collectors, these are not made specifically for the units they are marked for, no matter what people say.

 

Not only are there commercial bayonets (or in this case a fighting/utility knife) there is a thriving after market//commercial scabbard production. Usually sold as special forces etc. many of these scabbards are interesting but the bulk and "extras" would be of little use to a military unit.
this blade also has an airborne etching.

Another airborne commercial 

Commercial bayonets can be found in a multitude of colours, like this forest cammo variation. All use standard LanCay M9 blades, molds and scabbards so all parts are completely interchangeable and any version can be pieced together 

Grey splinter camouflage 

Plane grey  

This one has a USMC ricasso etching 

And for Airsoft shooters there is a rubber version 

Taiwanese commercial made M9 by Medrano, these are quality copies for use not as a toy


PANAMA

Originally these were ascribed to Taiwan, newer research ahs these bayonets being a Panamanian contract. The blade is longer than the standard M7

 

POLAND

An Austria