Makers of cruciform bladed No. 4 MK. I bayonets?

[mrclark303]

As a side note to this, I had the good fortune to pay peanuts for a British mk2 spike for my Maltby from a UK Militaria business, only to have one of the rare Canadian Arsenals post war example delivered, result, only 5,000 made, it's by far the rarest of the bunch!

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[Strangely Brown]

As a side note to this, I had the good fortune to pay peanuts for a British mk2 spike for my Maltby from a UK Militaria business, only to have one of the rare Canadian Arsenals post war example delivered, result, only 5,000 made, it's by far the rarest of the bunch!

Are postwar Canadian examples marked differently, either by markings or finish?

[mrclark303]

Are postwar Canadian examples marked differently, either by markings or finish?

A inside C Canadian Arsenals marking and a better standard of fit and finish that you would expect of post war manufacture , a limited "in case the Chinese aren't happy with just Korea and we need to bang out No4's again in quantity" test run I believe, dating from circa 1950