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    Imperial M4 bayonet with wooden checkered handle

    I found this at a yard sale in a bucket with yard impliments, no scabbard. It is an imperial with bakelite handle ends and wooden handle. Any info appreciated.

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    Original leather washer grip replaced post war with the wooden grip. Page down on the link below. Very nice yard sale find!
    U.S. M4 Bayonets and Foreign Copies

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    Original leather washer grip replaced post war with the wooden grip. Page down on the link below. Very nice yard sale find!
    U.S. M4 Bayonets and Foreign Copies
    Thanks. It was a good day. I saw the bayonet lug poking out of a bucket of yard shears and such. A lesser man would have missed it.

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    I've been looking for one of those for years, and you find it in a bucket of junk at a yard sale! Some guys have all the luck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimb16 View Post
    in a bucket of junk at a yard sale
    That's where you always look first. A quick scan and a dig through the junk.
    Regards, Jim

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    Better picture next to a Utica

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    In the picture below is my WWII Leather Handled Imperial, Post War Rubber Handled Imperial, Post War Plastic Handled Imperial. Just missing your wooden handled yard implement to complete my Imperial M4 collection.
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    Nice find gun papa.
    I found this Imperial M 4 trench knife at a gun show Fri. been looking for awhile. the M3 trench knives have really went up in price the last two or three years.
    I wanted it for my small collection of carbine knives.

    1st pic.: Imperial M 3 blade marked, with M8 scabbard.

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    M3 trench knife with M8 scabbard.
    M 4 bayonet with M8A1 scabbard.
    M4 bayonet with M8A1 scabbard, [bayonet is the Korea / Vietnam era]

    Anyone ever noticed that on the very tip of these knives their is a dark spot ? I think it caused by the hole at the tip of the scabbard ? or it could be to my poor vision ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by lboos View Post
    on the very tip of these knives their is a dark spot
    It's not a general thing, looks like that one may have been poking a fire. Discoloration on the whole blade. It also could have been stuck in a barn beam for some years.
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    Here's some pics of a Utica US M3 (Type 3) that I bought in 2012 for $100 at a gun show. It was a bit rough but an honest example of the "real deal" - I sold it in 2018 for $250 and wish I hadn't ever since! Louis, look under the "ears" of the scabbard on yours - should be some markings under there. Mine showed B1/2N which I believe is a pretty early marking for the M8. You've got a nice set of knives there! I still have (2) WWII M4's - a Camillus and an Imperial. - Bob


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