I have had several of these but always with the goofy red grips. You guys ever seen one with black grips? Doug
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I have had several of these but always with the goofy red grips. You guys ever seen one with black grips? Doug
Not that common in the UK; all the later examples I have seen for the EM-2 project had been in black.Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Kerley
From memory the grip material had the commercial name of "Tufnel", can anybody confirm this please?
I've got a couple of the black grip version.
The material was called PAXOLIN. It was a linen impregnated variant of tufnol that was a bit more pliable, easy to mould but difficult (?) to machine.
There was talk of using it to mould L1A1 handguards in the early/mid 60's. It even got to the trials stage but the laminated ply versions were the quickest out of the blocks
Any idea of the ebay value? This one is missing a grip screw. Is that screw common with any other type and or available anywhere? The screw is parkerized gray. Took one off a Lithgow No1 bayonet and it is perfect but a little long. I just ordered a scabbard from Sarco for $9.95. Doug
Some of the No7 bayos actually came with cut down P13/14/17 scabbards, painted green. I have one of each. The red handled one has a metal scabbard and the black handled one has the leather/metal scabbard. At first I thought some one had bubbaed a scabbard but it is correct.
Weird. Yeah, I would figure it was Bubbaed too. Thought the green ones were the US ones. I'll just stick with the cheapie metal one. I just hate knives with out scabbards. Thanks. Doug
EM-2 Project? Wow? That's really far out of the box. Didn't figure those for a bayonet at all. Thanks Love the Nome De Gurre. Right out of Kipling? Doug
As a matter of interest, they were NEVER issued from UK Military Ordnance with cut down scabbards of any description. It came with the SCABBARD, bayonet, No5 Mk1 or the Mk2 version
Both my red and black handled versions came with the No5 Mk1 scabbard. I need to repaint one as the scabbard was quite rusty so I removed all the rust and now its too chrome like!