Interesting post and I am sorry that I have nothing to add about the bayonet. However I have to ask how comes the guy bidding against you is an idiot? He was prepared to pay less than you were for an item that you feel you bid too much for?
I’ve seen “idiots” that pay well over the going rate for various items but if I bid more than an idiot what does that make me? I know how some competitors can be annoying but never for bidding less than I did. Not a personal attack. Just puzzled.