Bayonet fever

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I posted this first on the edged weapons forum but I thought some of the people here might be more interested in Milsurp bayonets.

I went on a bit of a spending spree starting with a nice SMLE 1907 sword bayonet and a Indian SMLE bayonet that is a bit shorter than the 1907 and very poorly put together.

This kicked off a frenzy of bayonet buying where I bought a rough Ross which I had really wanted and with the Ross I got a beautiful Chilean mauser bayonet for 10$.
The Chilean mauser bayo is a very well made and beautiful blade. It really is my fave of all the bayonets so far.
I then bought another 1907 which seems to be Australian as the scabbard has strange leather or pseudo leather sheath with the word "Mangrovite 42" on it.

I would love any info on this. Was the 1907 scabbard made in 1942.

I also bought another Ross in even rougher shape and a Long Lee double edged bayonet that have not got here yet. I am really excited about the Long Lee.

I got all these bayonets here off the exchange. Living in northern sask I would never had a opportunity to get these without the net and the exchange.

The only problem is now I want a Ross M10 and a Long Lee rifle to match:eek:

I have had a hard time posting pics but I can link to a photo of the
top 1907 SMLE
second Indian SMLE
third Chilean mauser
fourth Ross
http://picasaweb.google.com/Lance.G.Davis/Bayonets/photo#5179856788832004354
 
Nice bayo's Lance. Now that you have the bug there will be no stopping you. :)
Now all you need are the rifles to go with them. I usually start with the rifles first, then search for the blades to match them.

Regards,

George
 
I do have a SMLE I am restoring and a Parker Hale no4. I bought the 1907 for the SMLE but went nuts. I am already a knife nut so I am used to spending 500$ on a knife. Since I bought the bayos I also bought a Strider and a Chris Reeve(both are high quality modern knives) also from the exchange.

Thanks for the opinion, Glang.
 
I did some more digging on that nice 10$ bayonet and found out that it is Turkish not Chilean like I thought. I am not sure if that means anything but it makes me want a Turk mauser if they are this nicely finished.
I also found out that my Ross is a mark 2 pattern and the point was altered in WW1 probably to make it penetrate better. This does not really bother me as it happened during the war. The other Ross I have coming has the original point intact.
 
I had a putfile account and they changed it so it now does not work. I am still getting the hang of the Picasa one but if I am to dumb to figure it out soon I will go to photobucket.

I had forgot the 1903 until just a few minutes ago. Another one I really want is the jungle carbine bayo. The No5 bayo was very ahead of it's time.
It makes me wonder what a rubber buttpad and a stronger receiver could have made of that rifle.
 
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