Found another one at an auction and it needs some TLC. Can't make out the maker. It looks like a W.5 or a W.S. Other side of blade is the "bend mark"
Came with a black metal sheath which I know is not correct. Does fit it though.
Any ideas?
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Found another one at an auction and it needs some TLC. Can't make out the maker. It looks like a W.5 or a W.S. Other side of blade is the "bend mark"
Came with a black metal sheath which I know is not correct. Does fit it though.
Any ideas?
Errrrrrrr. Any other clues? A description would help as my crystal ball isn't working at the moment
Does he mean a "Jungle Carbine" bayonet? Wilkinson Sword marked? Perhaps in a Canadian steel scabbard...:dunno: Or...
Wish I could help BAR but my crystal ball is still not firing on all four cylinders..........
It looks like the one I have made for the USMC by Ontario Knife. They resemble the K-Bar and are for the AR15/M16...looks a bit rough though.
Thanks!
What is the little hole for? My AR15 bayo does not have the hole. Blade is different then a AR15/M16 bayonet. Longer too. Does fit on my SP1
Would it have been issued with a black metal scabbard with a button attachment point? Any more information you can give me would be appreciated.....
interestign made up piece, blade is from the UK/commonwealth family from the No9 to the SLR, although the length looks like it may be the Indian long SLR model, crossguard appears to be a No5 which has the extra hole, and the kilt is from a bayonet to fit on the M16 and similar weapons with a new set of grips. Nicely done with the peening etc. but who made it and what for?? Doubt its indian, more likley Chinese fantasy
Is that a weld at the crossguard/blade junction.??
Attachment 46233 This is the one of which I speak. Carl of course is familiar. Mostly for the OP, Mine doesn't have the serrations. Yes, it looks like they welded the crosspiece, #5 blade seems to have been employed. That means an FN scabbard...
A weld at the blade junction? Not that I can see. Just WS on one side and the "bend' mark on the other. Stack wood grips. If old-smithy says it could be a fantasy piece, I can't argue. Blade is 8 inches long with a very deep blood groove on both sides. It is rough but I believe that was because it was placed on a metal sheath. Did No5s have metal sheaths? Thanks!!
Blade is 8 inches long
Yep, steel scabbards for the No5. Same scabbard as the No7, 9 and L1A1
If you look at the blade junction, you see dark discolouration. That would indicate welding. There's no pins visible so I'd suspect...does the scabbard have a steel mouth or brass? Any pics?
It could be one of the bayonets for the 1A1 converted for use on an M16 mounting system. India is using some of the INSAS system and is probably using existing bayonet manufacturing equipment to use with the new rifle.
INSAS doesn't use M16 type mounts it uses SLR style so the pommel wouldn't fit, feeling its more bubba but always happy to be proved wrong, we shall see if more come up for sale
You're being a tad modest Old Smithy.......... So far as I recall, you've yet to be proved wrong on this forum regarding a bayonet!
In 2014 I'd like to start a competition on the Forum with a small prize for the first person who does baffle you!
Merry Christmas to you and yours and a bayonet feast of collecting for 2014
:o
so why do i keep forgetting whats in my collection???????????
Maybe because you have too many. You could decrease it a bit by sending me all the one-offs and experimental types...Quote:
Originally Posted by old-smithy
Old-Smithy,
I'd like to be the 1st to baffle Old-Smithy ;).
What type bayonet was issued for the Winchester 97 trench gun during Vietnam ?
You're kidding? You'll have to come up with a better one, unless it's a gag question...we all know that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by lboos
A US 1917 was made by Canada with phosphate finish and black plastic grips for supply to troops in Vietnam, but any original 1917 would also work. Still looking for a Vietnam picture, but I have pictures of national guards with that bayonet pattern
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Sorry about that delete,
The 1917 made in Canada with the plastic grips is the one I was thinking about, although it is not the org. 1917 used in WW-1 and WW-2 and Korea, I guess you could call it a modified 1917 bayonet made in Canada for use in Vietnam, and one on a WW-2 weapon would not be historically correct as most would think as a model 1917 bayonet. JMO.
Any way, old-smithy is right ;).
Is their a time limit you have to Edit here ?
maybe you cant edit if someone has posted after you, never noticed before
interesting piece , not a no5 by any means , not a US no9 either , thinking old smithy is on track on it , it seems fabricated to me