Indian Mk1** bayo picts

[Timberlord]

A recent addition to the growing bayo collection , which I thought would complement my GRI Mklll* rifle somewhat.
The original manufacture of this bayo , before the Indian conversion , was Vickers.
Is this the same Vickers as the machine gun?

159 on the handle

Mk1** compared to a P07

 

[Pete04]

I believe they are one and the same. Like Krupp, they had fingers in a lot of pies. Thanks for the pics. Looks good.
Pete

 

[junkman]

Yes Vickers made bayonets among other things. Yours appears to be a No. 1 Mk. I**. Here is some history on them; India issued a series of bayonets early in 1941 with a 12 1/4 inch blade, based on the Pattern 1907. The first ones were, the No. 1 Mk. I* which was simply a cut down Pattern 1907. They are easily identified, as the fuller runs right through the point of the shortened blade. The No. 1 Mk. I** differed only in having a two-inch false-edge ground into upper blade. These can be of British, Indian, or Australian manufacture.