US Garrand Bayonet?

[green]

Fits US M1, M1903 and for what it's worth US krag.

[Flying10uk]

Thanks for the information chaps. The Greek connection does kind of "tie in" because some of the other items the dealer had I have reason to believe came from Greece. The dealer did have a number of these bayonets but I think he has sold them all now. I do also have another smaller "U.S." bayonet made in Japan which I will have to dig out and photograph at some point.

[browningautorifle]

Fits US M1, M1903 and for what it's worth US krag.

It can be a bit of a dog to get to fit the Krag though...

As for this cosmoline thing, I've personally dipped weapons we reblued or parkerized in cosmoline in a civilian gunshop. I wouldn't take that as a sign it's not been issued.

[Flying10uk]

It's definitely been issued as were all the other examples in the box but all were covered in thick Cosmolene and so I assumed that they had been in storage. The vendor was probably wondering if I was ever going to actually buy one because I spent a good half an hour going through all the examples available until I got to the bayonet and scabbard which I considered to be in the best combined condition.

[Sarge1998]

I can only speak for my experience with the CMP returns from Greece, several of the bayonets and the HRA Correct Grade I purchased were covered in a thick "grease" not cosmoline, the grease was easier to clean so I thank them for that method.

[Flying10uk]

It probably was thick grease rather than Cosmosline.

[can14&]

Allen Lever of Lever Arms got a few hundred bayonets with his Danish Garand rifles. They were mostly US
surplus with some Danish ones. We went through them all, covered in grease. I have a box of about 40 nice
ones to go with the guns I got.