Unknown bayonet?

[Flying10uk]

Yes, it's almost comical what some dealers come out with sometimes.-Perhaps they think that collectors are all stupid. Another dealer quote which I liked and saw on an advert for what I believed to be a repro Sten bayonet a while ago went along the lines of: "Original Sten Bayonet but made post war". I thought to myself probably about 6 months ago. I don't think that there were any "official" Sten bayonets made for any army post war, was there???

[Aragorn243]

I don't think that there were any "official" Sten bayonets made for any army post war, was there???

No. Not according to my research anyway but if you look online, there are a lot of places advertising them as such. Post war originals.

[tankhunter]

Flying10uk, Perhaps it's an 'Original' copy?..........................

[tankhunter]

Regarding the original thread. RE: The bayonet ring having been removed.
If it were Me personaly, I would manufacture & replace the damaged component. As this item is so scarce, it would then be a very good 'space filler' in a collection.
Until a totally original piece could/might be sourced perhaps?.............Just my thoughts on this.

It MUST be borne in mind that there is a fine line. between restoration, & faking! If you have a flintlock pistol & a screw is missing. You then make a screw, age it up to match the
condition astheticly of that Pistol. THAT is restoration.

conversely, If you have screw. & manufacture a pistol around it. THAT is faking it!................

[Three-oh]

Tankhunter,
I would agree with you on this...I could and most possibly would fabricate the missing part, " If " I owned a 1847 Sappers and Miners Musketoon, maybe even if i had a bayonet collection and wanted it for display, but since I have neither , musketoon nor bayonet collection, there isn`t a lot of use spending a day or so at the milling machine fabricating the missing part, to then stick the bayonet back in a cupboard and let it gather dust..
and the chance of me procuring a correct vintage Sappers and Miners Musketoon (1847) to fit this bayonet to is understandably very scarce.
But if any of you guys happen across a collector /shooter/re-enactor whilst at the range who happens to own one of these firearms..by all means get him to give me a call...I`m sure we could work something out to his benefit.. there`s one out there somewhere, 200 Muskets of the correct vintage were manufactured in 1847, and this bayonet is one of the first 200...
Thanks for your reply Tankhunter, and thanks to all the other members who added to this thread