Some recent bayonets

[Aragorn243]

Some are very recent, some I've had a few months, one I've had over 20 years.

Can you ID them? I know what they are, just a little game to play.

Which one have I had for over 20 years?

All but two are of WWI vintage, ID the two that are not.

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[browningautorifle]

A Hakim bayonet and a Belgian M 1924? Now I look at the second one the butt is wrong for that one...

[Aragorn243]

The Hakim is one. No Belgian bayonets in this grouping. I had thought about putting one in but figured I had already posted photos of that one a long time ago.

Three bayonets were produced by one country. However, one was made for export and it could be said that a second one was not produced by the same country technically due to the time it was produced. In other words, at the time it was produced, this country was broken down into a loose confederation of states and this second bayonet is marked as one of those states.

All other bayonets belong to a different nation.

[old-smithy]

THe Finnish "Fiskars" is 1920's so post WWI

[Aragorn243]

Yes, the Finnish Fiskars is the second post WWI bayonet. On that one Carl, can you positively identify it. It was claimed to be an M27 but I'm thinking it might be an M35. I've studied the different types and I can't see much of a difference.

[browningautorifle]

No Belgian bayonets in this grouping

I knew almost immediately I was wrong on that...the pommel was wrong. The top pic, fourth from the top right...looks like an 1888 blade but isn't, what is it?

[gew8805]

Finnish Bayonets

Good information above, painstaking research and excellent color photographs.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I am particulary envious of the Finnish & German blades. Need both but alas frugality has intervined. Very nice group. Thanks for the inspirational photos as I know you don't tend to pay retail perhaps there is hope for me finding a bargin as well.

[Aragorn243]

Finnish Bayonets

Good information above, painstaking research and excellent color photographs.

That's where I tried to figure out what mine is without any success. They are so close in appearance to me. Someone with more experience perhaps can point out the subtle differences.

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I am particulary envious of the Finnish & German blades. Need both but alas frugality has intervined. Very nice group. Thanks for the inspirational photos as I know you don't tend to pay retail perhaps there is hope for me finding a bargin as well.

I spent more than I usually do. It was not top dollar, it was not quite the usual price but they weren't much lower. Sometimes I get in a mood where I turn into a compulsive buyer. I've been in one of those moods lately.

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I knew almost immediately I was wrong on that...the pommel was wrong. The top pic, fourth from the top right...looks like an 1888 blade but isn't, what is it?

Still trying to make a bit of a game out of it. When you said Belgian, you were close geographically. These also would have carried through into WWII by the nation that used them.

[Aragorn243]

Since it appears the "game" is a bust, thought some of you guys would like to try it, I'll ID the bayonets.

Left row of two are the two post World War I bayonets. The top is an Egyptian Hakim, the bottom is an M27 series Finnish bayonet. Which one it is exactly I am not sure.

Right row top to bottom: Austrian M1895 cavalry with the adjustable sight, German S98/05 Butcher, Swedish 1914 Cavalry Carbine, Dutch 1895 Mannlicher, Turkish 1890, British 1907 (this is the one I've had for over 20 years), German S98 (Bavarian), and French M1886 Lebel.

The most expensive was the Finn at $180 and the least expensive was the British 1907 at $20. I wish I had bought a lot more of the 1907's. But to be fair, I was young, recently married, recently out of college, new baby on the way and $20 was a lot of money back then. I had bought the No SMLE MK III at Woolworths for something like $79 and found the bayonet to go with it a few weeks later at a flea market or show of some type. This was my first surplus rifle and first bayonet and with one exception, the last of both for nearly 20 years.

My personal bayonet collection want list is down to three. A Canadian Ross, a US M4 and a Polish Mauser. Does not mean I have them all by any means but I'm concentrating on WWI and WWII and not all that concerned about variations of type. I do have a few duplicates of type with different variations as I have at least one for every rifle I own. My collection is pretty modest at roughly 100 or so. Most are in well used condition and only two can be considered very rare, the 1950's reworked British cruiciform of which only a dozen or so are known to exist and a Belgian contract Chinese Mauser bayonet, photos of both should be on here somewhere.