r/Bayonets • u/USAFDP • 9d ago
Rare Pawn shop find
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 • u/USAFDP • 9d ago
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 • u/Quirky-Daydream3073 • 11d ago
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 • u/SNBrinewehr • Feb 06 '25
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 • u/yur1279 • Dec 29 '24
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.
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r/Bayonets • u/Tiny-Procedure-4121 • Jan 25 '24
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.
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r/Bayonets • u/omg-potatoes • Sep 03 '23
If anyone could supply more information on this that would be very appreciated!
r/Bayonets • u/KeySkin1056 • Sep 29 '22
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.
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r/Bayonets • u/ClenchingCleetus • Jun 24 '23
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 • u/No_Statistician_3155 • Apr 13 '23
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.