I recently came across this M1905 bayonet. It’s stamped RIA (1907) and has the serial number 83,469 on the opposite side. The blade has been parkerized I believe, and I don’t think the scabbard is correct either. Its this a reproduction, or was it possibly refinished? Thank you in advance for any insight someone much more knowledgeable can offer me!
Found at a flea market in California
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Farmer joe turned it into a dang utility knife.
Are they any bayonets that could fit well on a 1/2" round dowl rod?
Any advice for finding something like that?
Bayonet adjacent??
She has sharpening damage but otherwise she's a beauty.
Luckily found this bayonet that was manufactured the same year my krag rifle was made (serial number rifle in the 400,000s). Paid 157.50 for it so I'm very very happy
New here. Found my grandfather's WW2 bayonets. No markings on the exterior. We went from NY to England, then North Africa, Sicily, then Italy. I know he carried an M1 Garand 30-06. But this bayonet doesn't match his rifle. The metal scabbard fits a M1891 Carcano.
Google searches with AI say it's a standard M1891 Infantry Variant.
Every pic I've seen matches the scabbard but the bayonet itself looks like a Czech VZ 24.
Only the blood groove on mine is on the barrel side. I don't see the rivets on the crossguard on any Carcano but I do see them on the Czech ones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm new to collecting bayonet's and the research im coming up with on this one seems like the scabbard and bayonet are from two different countries and eras?
I picked this up a few years ago and thought it looked similar to a k98 German bayonet but I'm not sure as there is no stamping whatsoever on it . Any help would be great
Thank you for coming back to the all Gras channel, where all bayonets are Gras!
Kidding aside, I picked up 2 new bayonets that both added new info, and research avenues. The advantage of a massive collection of "duplicates" is the opportunity for comparative analysis. This popped up for me this week totally unexpectedly.
The first was from a ebay listing with poor pics and a cheap price- the pommel appeared modified, but it was not clear. When it arrived it appeared to be modified similarly to the Vetterli conversions, but with some sort of rotary grinder/dremel- and incompletely. Disappointing, but further inspection showed the infamous "arrow" in the lug slot. When I grabbed the other arrow marked ones I have- all 3 were from St Etienne. So I called my brother, because I know he has one with an arrow. Turns out he has 2... and both are St Etienne.
Anyone have a Gras with an arrow in the lug slot? And is it St Etienne?
The other, (and related) Gras bayonet is another one modified to fit a Vetterli. (A real one not the bubba one). These conversions are unique, easily discernable, and known to be done for use with guns smuggled to Ireland.
So, my most recent Vetterli conversion was built on a GREEK contract Gras bayonet. This will bear more research, to find out if or when the Greeks surplused Gras bayonets, and how one ended up as part of the shipments to Ireland. As an aside- most Greek contract Gras are quite worn, and barely legible, this one has one of the crispest inscriptions I have seen!
Pictures are of 3 arrow marked, (top to bottom or l-r) an unmodified, the bubba one, and the Vetterli modified one, with the modified Greek one on the end.
Hi all, picked up this bayonet at a local antique shop listed as a Belgian Bayonet.
All the research I’ve been able to do suggests it’s a French yataghan style blade, likely a m1866, what I am really struggling with is the inscription on the spine. I just haven’t been able to find enough examples of the script nor know French well enough to read it. Hoping someone has some idea for me or can point me in the right direction! Thank you
My Simonov AVS-36 field test model? Non button variant.
Nice example I couldn't pass up. Was on my list for my WW1 collection. Needs a quick clean up on the blade. Slight pitting on the pommel. Other than that it's fantastic. Really solid bayonet now that I've gotten ahold of it. Simple and great design for the time.
Hi there, can anyone tell me anything about this bayonet? According to what my grandfather told me, it belonged to my great-grandfather. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, but the dates don't seem to add up. Thanks!!
Hi, everyone,
While going throgh my refference collection of the VZ 58 bayonets I realised that I have quite a few of the forged, first model variant that are hand numbered. At some point after production was up and running, military noticed that a lot of baoynets are being lost (at least that is how the story behind the reason goes) or stolen by soldiers and quite quickly it was decided that the bayonets will recieve serial numbers, purely for investory purposes [it was never meant to correspond with the rifle serial number] and since then, all bayonets have a serial number aling the forging/casting batch number.
But between the clean, just batch marked examples and later production factory serial number marked bayonets, there is a weird space of hand marked bayonets using different styles or ways of how it was applied. All of the bayonets started as forged model with wooden grips and flat head rivets on one side. As show they went through many different repairs during their service, hence why you can find them with later resin bonded chipboard grips. Or, but I havent seen such example, it is possible to encounter one such bayonet with welded on grip extension, which would be incredibly rare.
Anyway, first picture shows how it should look in its original state, with only the batch number on the ricasso.
Other pictures up until the group photo shows examples form my collection of different marking styles.
After the group photo there is an example of electropenciled serial number.
And after that, there is a showcase from the magazine [střelecký magazín č.2] authored by Mr. Šmíd, with pictures by Petr Packan. There was as you can see quite a lot of different ways serial number was applied, including directly on the grips.
I hope you learned something new and interesting today,
Cheers
Found it in my parents old stuff. Don’t know what kind it is, but im very curious.
My brother picked this up at a flee market, I'd like to know if you this this is real or a replica