Fixed bayonets

[Stomper]

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Nice retro-build, and about as close as you can get with an A2 lower!


Sure brings back memories of going through basic and AIT.....

 

[BSG 75]

I bought this bayonet (on Ebay) in 2006 from a guy who lives in Luxembourg very close to Bastogne, Belgium where the 101st Airborne Div. was under siege during the Battle of the Bulge. He found it in a barn. You can see where the paint was worn off of the back side of the scabbard from rubbing on the soldier's gear. He also scratched his initials - "AK" - into the scabbard.




I exchanged emails with the seller and he showed me his incredible collection of World War II items. He essentially had a private museum in his house.





Many years later, in 2016, I went to Europe and met up with the guy. He showed us around Bastogne. Unfortunately, he had gotten divorced and had been forced to sell off his collection.

Some of my other bayonets. I haven't bothered taking pictures of the British, Japanese, and Russian ones.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

I exchanged emails with the seller and he showed me his incredible collection of World War II items. He essentially had a private museum in his house.

Ever seen this guy's collection? Sorry it's in German, but it's good footage.

 

[Flymph]

@jbett98 @Ura-Ki
You guys are making my 1897 look too long... 90% blue barrel or not!

 

[CountryGent]

Come to think of it, nothing in the current line up with a bayonet. The last one I recall was a 1943 vintage La Coruña Mauser in 7.92㎜ that I traded off when acquiring a shotgun almost 20 years ago.

 

[titsonritz]

Ever seen this guy's collection? Sorry it's in German, but it's good footage.

I'd like to see that with English audio. Amazing collection!! Thanks for sharing

Found some...

 

[PNWguy]

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Serialized WW II German / Polish "Perkun / W.P." (1938) bayonet handed down three generations to me. Hefty. Cannot believe they carried this on the end of a massive rifle.

My dad has one of those that grandpa brought back from WWII. Also brought back a couple of K98 Mausers.

 

[pdxparabellum]

My dad has one of those that grandpa brought back from WWII. Also brought back a couple of K98 Mausers.

That's exactly the path mine travelled - grandpa, to dad, to me. Wish I got some Mausers with it, that sure is cool!

 

[teflon6string]

 

[Tenbore]

 

[Tom Louis]

Left to right. 1895 Steyr, 1910 Mk III Ross, P14 Enfield, 1907/15 Berthier and two Mk II Martini Henrys, one with a blade type and one epee. They liked them long in the Great War.

 

[DLS]

I have a few ...




While not a bayonet, "Val" has spent a lot of time at my side and "having my back" and I didn't want her to feel like I'm more attentitive to her "sisters" in the collection!