Owen Machine gun Bayonet made from 1907 blade as original stamps just visible
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Owen Machine gun Bayonet made from 1907 blade as original stamps just visible |
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Sold as a "rare" WWII commando fighting knife |
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Shortened 1907 blade uses "point" of blade rather than more common tang/ricasso portion of broken blade. Crude welding of blade to cross guard |
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Original pommel markings left intact |
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L1A2 with pouch type "frog" |
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L1A2 Steel grips, round ended fullers, and extended button, compare with UK L1A1, 3 and 4. Much higher quality than the UK made versions |
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Ross MkI with extended muzzle ring containing the retaining spring. Complete with correct MkI scabbard
Slightly bent muzzle ring still contains the internal anti-rattle spring, ease of damage is very evident
Canadian acceptance mark on grips
August 1908 manufacture date
MkI scabbard with 1915 date |
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1910 Ross Mk11 pattern 1 |
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1910 Ross Mk 11 pattern 2 with ground point |
  
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L1A2 bayonet a made by the Canadian Arms company for use by Canada |
  
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1956 marked rework of a Wilkinson 1907, converted into a MkI**
FR 56 mark shows last work to have been carried out in 1956
Original makers marks are still visible on ricasso |
 
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Shortened GRI* marked for Drill purposes
Ricasso stamps |
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MkII |
 
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NWR made No1 MkII
made by North West Railways |
  
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Previously unrecorded in the books a MIL made MKII without a false edge. |
 
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No1 MkII* made by MIL |
   
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NoI MkII
JU makers mark
Scabbard made in 1942 so is probably original to blade
Makers marks on chape |
   
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MkIII without a false edge based on an RFI made MkII blade. Distinctive MkIII pommel is used as decider on bayonet designation |
   
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SLR bayonet with long bowie blade
RFI made in 1985
Has wooden wrap around grips rather than the plastic ones used by the UK
Comparison of blade lengths between normal (upper) and long bowie blade. Comparison is with UK No8 but blade is common to SLR, No9 and N07 bayonets |
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INSAS AKM, of note is the very poor finish of this blade compared to western standards (and even the normal Eastern block finish) |
  
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No5 with blade ground to depth of fullers, in received condition showing original cosmoline and paper wrapping
After cleaning, flat blade is clearly visible
Side view shows extent of material removal. The reason for this is unknown. Blade is an original UK issue blade with the remains of a 1946 date on ricasso |
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Kukri style bayonet (fake) |
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No4 MkII, no markings to indicate NZ use but many were not marked |
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No4 MkII with the leather retainer used by New Zealand Units in WWII |
  
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Short hilt G3 for the MP5 SMG
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Commercial G3 bayonet with no markings to indicate Pakistan manufacture |
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G3 bayonet for the HK rifle |
 
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1888 MkII as used in SA by 2 inf and stamped as such
Pommel stamp on 1888 |
    
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South African made 1888, previously seen in photographs from another collector, this is now part of my 1888 Collection. Made by South African railways in 1942 |
 
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M1 bayonet for the FN FAL rifle. similar blades are used by many FAL users
South Africa Police stamp |
 
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R1 bayonet. This is the tubular version of the FN FAL bayonet, again similar blades are used by many countries
Military acceptance mark |
  
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Vivian Carbine Bayonet made for the Vivian double barreled carbine and used by Constabulary units.
Baker style bayonet mount and regular impact marks on modern made FAKE
modern stamps on pommel |
 
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Converted French Gras reportedly for use by the Home Guard. It is identified as this by Kiesling tentatively and stated as such by ABC. Can anyone confirm this or offer a better identification
Bushed muzzle ring to 15mm and modified frog stud on shortened scabbard |
  
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Ross bayonet with 1WOL grip marks. Scabbard is marked to 255th Battalion of the CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force), pommel has Canadian acceptance mark
Throat of scabbard has serial number
Cross guard has Enfield inspection stamp and WD arrow |
 
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UK WWI production 1907 cut down to 10" complete with scabbard, the purpose and provenance is unknown
Enfield EFD marking on spine of cut down bayonet |
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No 5 MkII Jungle Carbine, made for shortened Enfield with large flash hider. MkI has only a single screw in the pommel. A similar blade with a small muzzle ring is the No8 |
 
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Commercial No 5 with plastic riveted grips, there is also a version of this marked with STERLING in the fuller
Close up of plastic grips |
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Chromed L1A3 for parade use |
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No 7 with swiveling socket with standard fitting for SMLE, limited use only, i.e. guards regiments |
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No7 with black grips, I have yet to find a reason for the two colors but cannot believe that it is due to manufacturing variations and believe it must be for units or contracts. |
    
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UK No8 one of only 2400 trials blades made
Similar to the No5 but it has a small diameter muzzle ring
Made in Poole in 1946
Pommel has Singer markings
Scabbard has brass throat |
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Trials FN bayonet X2E1, this was not selected and the L1A1 bayonet was adopted as the bayonet for the British SLR version of the FN FAL |
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L1A1 for the British SLR rifle. The A1 version originally had a protruding press stud, these were later modified with a flush stud like the L1A3. There are long and short fuller versions of this blade |
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L1A3. The L1A2 was a used by the Australians and Canadians. The A3 has a flush press stud and other minor modifications over the A1 |
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L1A4 The final version of this bayonet with changes to ease and speed production |
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Hilt markings of L1A4 |
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L3A1 for SA 80. The L2A1 was only trialed |
 
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L1A3 short fuller version in dress frog
1966 date of manufacture |
  
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Composite trials scabbard for L1A1 in plastic dress frog
Composite scabbard has a steel throat
Body is of hard "plastic" |
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L3A1 scabbards. top is dress version and lower is nylon replacement for plastic issue using the same spring clip mount |
   
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Rumanian made Irish Mannlicher, from the 10,000 made for the UVF, this UVF is not the same as the paramilitary UVF of the later Irish problems
Humpbacked grips of the 1893/1904 Rumanian. The 1893 has the Rumanian eagle on the pommel the 1904 hasn't this is the only variation between the two models
OEWG makers mark on the ricasso shows Austrian Steyr manufacture of bayonets supplied to Rumanian for onward sale
3 digit serial on the cross guard is typical of those on the UVF blades and is usually the only marking. The UVF red hand was applied locally and most are unmarked |
    
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1904 or "Irish Mannlicher" part of a contract for 10,000 blades supplied to the UVF in Northern Ireland
Austrian made but supplied through Rumania
lack of Rumanian markings indicates that this is the 1904 not the 1893 which is otherwise identical
3 digit serial typical of the Irish contract blades |
