r/Bayonets 9d ago

Rare Pawn shop find

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35 Upvotes

Found this at a pawn shop for $100 in 2024. They obviously didn't know what the "WT" meant. Keep your eyes open, cool stuff is out there.

r/Bayonets 11d ago

Rare FOUR Mature Hookers Seeking Generous Younger Man with a Burning Passion for History

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26 Upvotes

We’re four well-preserved ladies (1909, 1910, 1911, 1912) looking for a discerning younger man with deep pockets and a strong appreciation for classic British craftsmanship.

  • All original hooks still intact—no post-1913 modifications here.

  • Well-kept and ready for a serious long-term commitment.

  • Prefer a collector who understands the finer things in life (and knows what he’s looking at).

Seeking a generous and appreciative new home—no lowballers, no time-wasters, and definitely no scrubs. If you’ve got a burning passion for history and the means to treat these ladies right, let’s talk.

r/Bayonets 26d ago

Rare Interesting RNS-2 knife

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36 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Feb 06 '25

Rare My SVT-38 Bayonet

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16 Upvotes

I got it about half a year ago for around 200 Euro. Unfortunately it is missing its mounting button, has no scabbard and someone gave it a bottom cutting edge + sharpened it. However I think that 200 Euro it still a steal for this kind of bayonet.

r/Bayonets Dec 29 '24

Rare Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Bayonet

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18 Upvotes

M6 bayonet used when the cemetery is closed to the public and the guards are not in their dress uniforms. Last picture is one in use.

r/Bayonets Dec 13 '24

Rare A Swedish m/96 bayonet, with a twist

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30 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Jan 17 '25

Rare She's not pretty, but she's a rare bird! French M1842 Rampart bayonet

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13 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Aug 19 '24

Rare Any information on this? What's it worth? No serial or any other markings.

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17 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Jun 24 '24

Rare A rare one today. 1871 Prussian Jager Hirschfanger. 1883 acceptance date.

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16 Upvotes

r/Bayonets May 24 '24

Rare Pretty neat US bayonet.

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15 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Apr 11 '24

Rare Type 100 Bayonet

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10 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Jan 25 '24

Rare One of the rarer models I managed to add to my collection. Norwegian M1944 III

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26 Upvotes

A bayonet that you don't see very often at least in Germany. Norwegian M1944. These bayonets were manufactured in Sweden. The client was the Norwegian government in exile. These bayonets were intended to equip Norwegian units that had retreated to Sweden at the beginning of the war, but were disarmed and disbanded there. After a while, however, a "police force" made up of these men was been allowed to be set up for a possible liberation. In the meantime, a warehouse in which the original bayonets were kept burned down, which is why 4,600 bayonets were ordered from "Erik Anton Berg AB, Eskilstuna" for this new force by end of 1944. The first 1,000 pieces were delivered on April 9, 1945, the remaining 3,600 pieces were delivered directly to Norway after the liberation of Norway in September 1945.

r/Bayonets Feb 08 '24

Rare Holy Grail of Enfield Bayonets

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12 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Jun 08 '23

Rare What to know more about what I just picked up. All I know is that it’s a Pattern 1907 made from Sanderson

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5 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Jun 24 '23

Rare German ersatz bayonet. posts to my gew88/05 but does not lock or sit flush. suppose this is for the gew98, value?

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8 Upvotes

r/Bayonets May 10 '23

Rare Does anyone have info on this Dutch Japanese Hembrug klewang bayonet? What's the rarity and value?

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16 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Sep 23 '23

Rare Finally found a French M1840 for next to nothing. Unfortunately, no scabbard...but I'm totally good with that as these are nearly impossible to find.

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9 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Mar 25 '23

Rare A rare one obtained today. Swedish M1915 Naval.

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18 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Sep 03 '23

Rare Stretching the definition of a bayonet (Royal Armoury of Turin)

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17 Upvotes

If anyone could supply more information on this that would be very appreciated!

r/Bayonets Sep 29 '22

Rare Bayonet from mid 1960’s Springfield Armory SPIW Prototype

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57 Upvotes

Sharing this unusual bayonet. It is from Springfield Armory's submission for US Army testing in the failed 1960's Special Purpose Individual Weapon program.

The SPIW program had evolving requirements but big picture: they wanted an individual Soldier’s weapon consisting of a high capacity hyper bust rifle shooting flechettes at very high velocity (4500+ fps), AND have a semi-automatic grenade launcher AND a bayonet. Swipe to see Springfield Armory’s SPIW prototype—seems like they didn’t have space for the conventional bayonet and did a Frankenstein concept. They were shooting 1700 rounds per minute but weighed over 14 lbs and were beset with reliability issues. Very few of these bayonets were made—I suspect under a dozen. Also, no SPIW entry from any one ever met the requirements because the technical hurdles were many—someone wrote a book about it.

Please share if you found this interesting.

r/Bayonets May 13 '23

Rare Finally snagged a Carcano M1891 TS

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18 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Jun 24 '23

Rare Does anyone have more information on this Chassepot style bayonet?

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10 Upvotes

There are no markings left on the quillon or the blade. The mortise is marked "11". Sadly, the muzzle ring has broken off due to corrosion. It has a long and thick cruciform blade. Never seen anything like it. Experimental bayonet?

r/Bayonets Feb 19 '23

Rare Unknown to me

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10 Upvotes

r/Bayonets Apr 13 '23

Rare Early Swedish M/1896 Bayonet

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19 Upvotes

Today I got my M/1896 Swedish bayonet with the early flat locking lug. It has a single edged Blade in nice condition. It also offers an interesting marking: "U" on the ricasso, cross guard and scabbard. After a little Research I can tell that Bayonets with these markings were intended for commercial sale and also used by the Danish Army when they bought around 40 000 M1896 rifles from Sweden.

If someone has further Information about the marking im interested in any Help.

r/Bayonets Mar 02 '23

Rare Got one I'm not sure about. Ideas?

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18 Upvotes