Looks like the grip scales got shorter as they went along too...
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Looks like the grip scales got shorter as they went along too...
No joy none of mine have the enlarged belly. Let the hunt begin.
They probably will not be identified as a 1918/55. Mine was not. Look for serial numbers over 250,000. Standing by themselves, they do not stand out as being different. Keep a copy of the earlier comparison photos I posted here so you're sure. Don't help the seller out, they find out only 13,000 of them were made the price will go up.
I currently am watching another bayonet that actually is listed correctly (not Swiss) that I'm hoping to snag. This is also a bayonet which has proved elusive for me to find and I didn't know this one existed until about a year ago. Not particularly rare but mislabeled constantly and it's another I don't think many know about as they have it confused with another close variation. If I get it, I'll post it.
Lost out on a knife point cut 1903 bayonet today. Sat at $53 for a week. Sold for $129 in the last 5 seconds. $28 over what I really wanted to pay although I did go a bit more. I was still at least the third highest bidder, not the second on this one. Few years ago when I was ignoring these, they were $60.00.
Great tip will post results