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Swiss 1918/55 Bayonet
I successfully won a Swiss
1918/55 bayonet on eBay today. A bayonet I didn't even know I needed until two days ago. Didn't know they existed. To have found one that quickly is rather amazing. Amateur bidders, I was watching two of them going up $2.50 bids all afternoon. Dead giveaway neither was bidding more than that. My bid was much higher than my winning bid but that was only $2.50 over their last one.
Apparently only about 13,000 of these made which is pretty low for bayonets. It's a 1918 bayonet with a heavier hilt.
If I can find my 1918 bayonet which I could not last evening, I will post the two of them together so you can see the difference once it arrives. Delivery will be a couple of weeks so I have time. Best way to describe it is the hilt looks pregnant compared to the standard.
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12-27-2020 05:13 PM
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That one looks like the standard 1918 bayonet. The difference is easy to see when they are together, a little harder when not. It was the earlier bayonet that was used as the pattern for the Krag
. The one that had a groove.
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Originally Posted by
Aragorn243
The one that had a groove.
Right, that's right.
the one I posted is supposed to be the '18/'55 bayonet but perhaps they got it wrong. I don't know which mine was, marked Waffenfabrik Neuhausen but was the double edge like yours. I suspect it was the 1918 blade. It was perfect and I have no idea where it went...
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Nice, nice, nice...so do you have the rifle or do you need to get that next?
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I have a K31
and two K11's so I'm good. Also have the 1881, 1889, 1896/11, 1911.
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Gorgeous, muzzle ring looks to have a slight backwards incline...have you tried it on an M1
to see how close they come? Mine all but fit, really close. What a nice looking piece of ordnance that is.
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