Utica M4 Bayonet potential value?

Hey all, I was perusing a local shop that has just an obscene amount of antiques and came across an M4 bayonet by Utica with the flaming bomb, and starburst pommel in a M10 scabbard (so no value there other than protection) in what I would say to be very good condition. I was turned off by the price tag I saw after the lady opened the cabinet, and couldn't get myself to ask her to walk all the way to the back of the store again to unlock the case for me to get pictures after walking around for a bit.

I am attaching a single picture to give an idea of the leather, but does anyone know if the value is there, or a general range? Many of that booths items were way out of line price wise, but then again I bet you this bayo hadn't been in a hand for years until mine yesterday, so maybe the value is there today?

I can always go back and snap more pictures, I buried it pretty good when I put it back, and I imagine it will be sitting there for a couple more decades if I don't grab it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184759.../shares/huQKjU

Can't really see anything but the pommel of a K-Bar. You should have taken a full pic while you had it out.

May I ask what price was being asked for it, please?

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Originally Posted by Flying10uk

May I ask what price was being asked for it, please?

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$125 USD

So depending on what it is exactly this may or may not be a bad price. I take it that it is defiantly a bayonet and not a fighting knife?

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Originally Posted by Flying10uk

So depending on what it is exactly this may or may not be a bad price. I take it that it is defiantly a bayonet and not a fighting knife?

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It is 100% a Utica M4 bayo for a carbine with leather and the flaming bomb, as well at a starburst punch at the end of the unit. The leather is fantastic, which you can kind of tell from the picture I have. The metal is in fantastic shape too!

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I can jump over there tomorrow and snap some more pics, the tag definitely said non negotiable firm, which was disappointing for a serious haggler like myself haha.

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Originally Posted by SemperFi752

the tag definitely said non negotiable firm, which was disappointing for a serious haggler like myself haha.

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I wouldn't let that put you off. It all depends on how long it's been sat there and how you go about asking for a price reduction; try to do it as nicely and pleasantly as possible. The worst that can happen is that the lady will say no. She is not likely to phone the police and ask to have you arrested, just for having the indecency of asking to buy the bayonet at a lower price. :madsmile:

Hahaha truer words have never been spoken. I have a Conetta M4 that I absolutely adore, but something about that leather and 40's feel.

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Originally Posted by SemperFi752

you can kind of tell from the picture I have

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I had to go back and fiddle with the pic again to see that the handle directly in front of me was the M4, don't know why I thought it was a K-Bar...yes, leather looks excellent. More pics are better though. $125 is a great price.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

I had to go back and fiddle with the pic again to see that the handle directly in front of me was the M4, don't know why I thought it was a K-Bar...yes, leather looks excellent. More pics are better though. $125 is a great price.

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I'm going to head over there tomorrow morning for you 2 to have a better look. It's right next door to my place, might even sweeten up the lady with some hard candies haha.

Here's some pics, I decided to go over there today instead. Arizona looks like it has it slightly dried out, but otherwise I think it looks fantastic?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/184759.../shares/Q4Np4t

Looks good from one end to the other. Leather looks tight, starburst looks good...crossguard straight...edge and point good and undamaged. Yes, I'd pay $125...makes it about $152 CDN which is about all I'd pay here. I just don't pay big bucks for that stuff, save that for the serious collectors.

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Arizona looks like it has it slightly dried out

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Perhaps you could use this as grounds for offering a little less than the asking price. For something like this I would break the ice with a phrase like "is there any room for manoeuvre on the price?" and see what reaction you get, before you get into offering an actual figure. If it's been there a while and the lady really wants to sell it, there's a good chance that she will listen to sensible offers.

Of course the leather will need a drink...

I have a similar looking bayonet to this, which I picked up at a car boot sale years ago for £2, that states on it that it was made in Japan. Did Japan make them for the U.S. army under contract, I wonder, or did they make them under licence for their own post war army/self defence force?

Put pm me with the seller, I'll buy it is a heart beat. This could be a ,Would of, should of, could cb.
Skip

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Originally Posted by skip_c

Put pm me with the seller, I'll buy it is a heart beat. This could be a ,Would of, should of, could cb.
Skip

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Say again Skip? Didn't quite understand your message.

He suggests that if you don't have it already, he'll take it now.

Might be a bit over priced with the wrong scabbard. I put a Case and Utica both in no wire M-8 scabbards on ebay. They only bid up to $150 each.