Makers of cruciform bladed No. 4 MK. I bayonets?

[Strangely Brown]

I've always been a bit dubious about re-enactors, especially those who do recent history.
That was until a friend took this splendid picture in Salisbury on the day 4th Battalion The Rifles received the freedom of the city.



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Getting back to No.4 cruciform bayonets; I have passed up on a few fakes over the years which I now regret. They would have made a great database for collectors to be aware of.
The worst was a No.4 MkII * which had, what I think was a Chinese cruciform blade welded in place. It was so bad I laughed out loud, this was at a general antiques fair in Somerset about ten years ago.

[Flying10uk]

I believe that things were starting to get a bit out hand a few years ago at some of the 1940s Weekends held at Steam Railways with re-enactors arriving dressed as Nazis. I believe that there was one event some years ago, of which I can't remember all the details, but basically some re-enactors, dressed as Nazis, decided it would be a good idea to recreate a deportation scene on the station platform and proceeded to pick members of the public to play the part of the Jews. What the re-enactors hadn't banked on was at least some of the members of the public they had picked out for their recreation really were Jewish. Understandably this didn't go down at all well.

[mrclark303]

Re your last post F10,It's amazing that a group of people could be so incredibly insensitive/thick skinned, stupid and just plain offensive!

Reenactment isn't my cup of tea either, but each to their own ... But, how anyone who purports to be an amateur historian can, (or would want to) pretend to be a Nazi is really mind boggling!

[Flying10uk]

I believe that most steam railways in the U.K. have now banned re-enactors, dressed as Nazis, entry into their 1940s weekend events because it was beginning to get out of hand a few years ago.