Mr. Dynamite
CGN Regular
- Location
- Northern Alberta
So here is a collection I just recently finished, my "Grand Slam" of Mauser K98 bayonets. 
It consists of all the combat bayonets made by the manufacturer "E.u.F Hörster" during their WW2 production years from 1934 through until April 16, 1945, when their factory in Solingen, Germany was captured by the 97th Infantry during the fighting in the Ruhr pocket.
I kind of got into collecting these unintentionally, I have been trying to find a rifle from all of the major countries in WW2 and was having trouble finding an original, untouched not refurbished K98 here in Canada. While running down possible leads I got a couple bayonets for the k98's I had already, and then started researching into 2 I ended up with that were by the same manufacturer. One thing lead to another, and soon I found myself collecting down through all of the different years and yearly types! Always nice to complete a collection that looks like it would never be finished, but now after finishing it I could have imported a couple excellent K98's from the States for what I put into this.
I have really enjoyed it though, got acquainted with some great collectors and learned quite a bit from them!
There is maybe one more that someone might say could be added to this line up if you really wanted to get technical, and some of these could sure stand to be replaced if a better condition one came up, but for now they are good place holders. A number of them are matching with their scabbard but the rest of them are not. Pretty hard to find some of these even in non-matching condition!
1) 1934 S/K Code
2) 1935 S/G Code
3) 1936 S Code
4) 1937 S Code
5) 1937 Name & City
6) 1938 Name
7) 1939 Name
8) 1940 Name
9) Second part of 1940 Three Letter Code starts - asw
10) 1941 asw
11) 1942 asw
12) 1943 asw
1944 saw many different variations:
13) 1944 asw with bolted grip
14) 1943/1944 asw dual date
15) 1944 asw riveted grips, blued finish
Three of the rarest bayonets from WW2 right here:
16) 1944 asw "Gray Ghost" riveted, phosphate finish
Another variation for 1944, somewhere around October (in the gg letter block) the three letter code was switched to "sgx" and this code remains one of the most popular and sought after bayonet codes.
17) 1944 sgx riveted, phosphate finish
18) 1945 sgx riveted, phosphate finish
The dates on the early ones
Another look at the last late ones - hard to find and pricey! So...anyone have any leads on another '45 they care to share? two '45 bayos down, not that many more to find!
Not many of these 45 sgx around as they were only made from sometime in January (when all '44 blanks were used up) until the middle of April. Very few are known to exist today.
It consists of all the combat bayonets made by the manufacturer "E.u.F Hörster" during their WW2 production years from 1934 through until April 16, 1945, when their factory in Solingen, Germany was captured by the 97th Infantry during the fighting in the Ruhr pocket. I kind of got into collecting these unintentionally, I have been trying to find a rifle from all of the major countries in WW2 and was having trouble finding an original, untouched not refurbished K98 here in Canada. While running down possible leads I got a couple bayonets for the k98's I had already, and then started researching into 2 I ended up with that were by the same manufacturer. One thing lead to another, and soon I found myself collecting down through all of the different years and yearly types! Always nice to complete a collection that looks like it would never be finished, but now after finishing it I could have imported a couple excellent K98's from the States for what I put into this.
I have really enjoyed it though, got acquainted with some great collectors and learned quite a bit from them!
There is maybe one more that someone might say could be added to this line up if you really wanted to get technical, and some of these could sure stand to be replaced if a better condition one came up, but for now they are good place holders. A number of them are matching with their scabbard but the rest of them are not. Pretty hard to find some of these even in non-matching condition!
1) 1934 S/K Code
2) 1935 S/G Code
3) 1936 S Code
4) 1937 S Code
5) 1937 Name & City
6) 1938 Name
7) 1939 Name
8) 1940 Name
9) Second part of 1940 Three Letter Code starts - asw
10) 1941 asw
11) 1942 asw
12) 1943 asw
1944 saw many different variations:
13) 1944 asw with bolted grip
14) 1943/1944 asw dual date
15) 1944 asw riveted grips, blued finish
Three of the rarest bayonets from WW2 right here:
16) 1944 asw "Gray Ghost" riveted, phosphate finish
Another variation for 1944, somewhere around October (in the gg letter block) the three letter code was switched to "sgx" and this code remains one of the most popular and sought after bayonet codes.
17) 1944 sgx riveted, phosphate finish
18) 1945 sgx riveted, phosphate finish
The dates on the early ones
Another look at the last late ones
- hard to find and pricey! So...anyone have any leads on another '45 they care to share? two '45 bayos down, not that many more to find! Not many of these 45 sgx around as they were only made from sometime in January (when all '44 blanks were used up) until the middle of April. Very few are known to exist today.
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