My Meager Collection

[LesterH]

It's NOT hoarding, we are saving them for the education of future generations. ( Well it sounds good if you have to justify your collection to the non believers).

Enjoy the hobby, Lester

[browningautorifle]

Love the strait guard smooth handle M3...you don't see that many of those.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

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It's NOT hoarding, we are saving them for the education of future generations. ( Well it sounds good if you have to justify your collection to the non believers).

You have stolen my rationalization. Or perhaps I yours. Aquired a model 38 Arisaka and Enfield No1 MkIII*sans bayonets. Nice rifles I thought were a bit incomplete without a pointy end and this was the result (with a few odds and ends too keep them company).

[JB71]

Love the strait guard smooth handle M3...you don't see that many of those.

Thanks Jim,

I actually didn’t know what I had when I picked it up. With help from fellow members, I realized it was a fairly rare fighting knife.
I’ve also picked up a couple M9 bayonets since I last posted, a 4th generation Phrobis III and a current issue Lan-Cay. I’ll post pictures when I get a chance later…

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Nice collection Jimb16!!

[A square 10]

i will admit to having had the rossile and a couple other french , and danish and japanese and these swiss once a while back -



this was before i decided to narrow and concentrate on two distinct areas , and admit i was a collector

[LesterH]

Always good quality these Swiss Army bayonets. You can actually use the Pioneer bayonet as a saw. It's flat on one side of the blade. Sometimes you find a Swiss bayonet is chromed. It helps to stop them going rusty. It's an official unofficial modification! If you see a nice Swiss bayonet for a fair price, buy it you will not regret it. Short of funds try to get a Sig 55. £15-£25. It's a smaller version of the M1918.

[A square 10]

yes , that one was sharp , and perfectly capable of felling a tree ,

in hind sight i bought these to fit the rifles i had traded for , i bought some of my rifles to fit the bayonet i just seemed to have to buy , and i bought a couple bayonets because i found a great rifle ,

here is one i bought because i found a great rifle -







i have one bayo that im now looking for a rifle to go with , and ive bought a scabord just to have an example of all that go with a certain bayonet and sadly parted with a few i want back ...







but i narrowed my focus in the last year and sold off/traded off/gifted the majority of my US rifles , i cannot yet bare to part with the pointy bits and my US handguns ,

[A. F Medic]

I do not know about you guys but I have to tag each bayo and sheath so that I remember what they are and what rifle they go on.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I do not know about you guys but I have to tag each bayo and sheath so that I remember what they are and what rifle they go on.

I use the small round key tags with string for that purpose.

[LesterH]

The bayonet below the FAL rifle photograph appears to be an Uzi bayonet. This blade was also used to create the South African No 9 bayonet for the No4 Lee Enfield Rifle. Hope this note is of help.
Kind regards, Lester