Jungle Carbine Bayonet with No Markings?

I have never seen one like this. What do you guys think? I am more into the losers (German, Japanese and Italian). Doug

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Originally Posted by Douglas Kerley

I have never seen one like this. What do you guys think? I am more into the losers (German, Japanese and Italian). Doug

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Not sure what to think Doug as I am not a bayonet man. However to help you out I think you should sell it to me so your "looser" stickers are not feeling uncomfortable.

Don:D

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Originally Posted by enfield303t

Not sure what to think Doug as I am not a bayonet man. However to help you out I think you should sell it to me so your "looser" stickers are not feeling uncomfortable.

Don:D

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I have seen the RFI repos and a number of different originals marked all kinds of ways for different manufacturers but just never seen one with no markings. I was thinking some older repo? I just don't know anything about these. But, if you come down to the 1200 table gunshow in Seattle maybe we could work out a deal. You got snow up to the hubs up there yet? We have had some frost a couple of days so far down here. I'm off to the Portland, Ore. shows in the AM. Doug

Could it be a Sterling with the boxed marking worn off?

Any markings under the grips?

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Originally Posted by Vincent

Could it be a Sterling with the boxed marking worn off?

Any markings under the grips?

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Just black paint. Nothing I can see. Grips came off easy. You know, this one looks old. Barrel ring stamped crudely. I'm thinking a repo would be made better. Almost all the paint is worn off. Grips greasy and dinged. I don't think that this was in a collection untill reciently. I don't know a thing about these. Doug

I think that it's a standard military spec bayonet made for Sterling. Not an ex UK Military No5 bayonet but the sort that went out to military customers/nations that specified bayonets with their orders such as NZ and Malaya etc. This would be in the 60's and 70's, pre 'STERLING in a box' era.

They are hard to find here and fetch around $170 when they come up.

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Originally Posted by Vincent

They are hard to find here and fetch around $170 when they come up.

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Gees! Guy paid $40. Wants a Mauser sling for it. Any body got a really nice Nazi (so sick [nice Nazi]) sling they want to trade for it? I'm short slings for all mine.

Ran into a bunch of guys who fought in Malaya when I was in Rhodesia. Loved those Sterlings. Was issued a Uzi. Blew the top of my horses head off firing it from the hip at the Terrs. Mounted infantry do not cavalry make. Doug

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Originally Posted by Douglas Kerley

I have seen the RFI repos .........................................

Doug

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Well, Dougy is back. Tell me Doug, when referring to a bayonet or any other historical item, what is a "repo"?

I define a repo as an item made after the period of the original item to look like a period item. Doug