Fake British No4 MK1 cruciform Bayonet?

[Aragorn243]

I thought I was doing good. Found a No 4 one piece bayonet at the flea market, one I had been missing, and later found a No 4 cruciform but bringing it home and checking it out not feeling so confident.

I compared the two at the flea market and the blade end looked great, no way it could have been formed out of an MKII. It was also marked No4 MKI.

On comparing to known examples, the marking is in the wrong place and it is missing any reference to Singer, something I did not know at the time.

I don't have a ton of money tied up in it but enough to not make me happy.

Enclosed are photos of the two side by side with the last photo being the top down view of the spike end.

In this photo I can see no evidence the MKI was made from MKII:



Full bayonet:



Side by side comparison:



Side by side close up of spike tip:



Side by side close up of spike tip from top:



So is it fake or simply a different style marking?

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