What's this Enfield bayonet please?

[Buntline]

Thank you all for those views. My Granddad was in WW1, first in the trenches then in the early airforce as observer in various planes, he'd have been 16 when it started . He survived and went into engineering, civil then working for Armstrong Whitworth building aircraft nr Coventry during WW2. So it's quite possible this was his own handiwork at some period. As for value - academic interest only. I don't have many of his things so I'll be keeping this one.

[gew8805]

You just said what I diplomatically didn't say gew!

Yes Peter, sadly, I have never been accused of being a diplomat.

Buntline, no offense intended, it is an interesting item and you have posted the story about your Grandfather who sounds like he "saw the elephant" more than once as a young man and went on to serve his country again during the Second Great Debate, a good man. Preserve it in his memory and pass it on to the next generation.

[Buntline]

None taken, gew. Granddad was one for making & mod'ing stuff - unfortunately (or not) it seems congenital.