Lee Enfield No. 5 (Jungle Carbine) bayonet sold on Ebay

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This Lee Enfield No. 5 (Jungle Carbine) bayonet sold on Ebay for about 440$CDN. With the usual extra charges like shipping, GST, customs brokerage etc. the final damage would be north of 500$CDN. It is a nice item but I was accustom to Jungle Carbine bayonets going for 250-350$CDN. It was not me that bought this bayonet, I was just trying to understand why the high price? Is the serial number on the hilt an unusual feature but would that cause a large jump in the value? Is it just the lowly Canadian dollar that distorts the final price? Maybe some experts could educate me.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/311529134779?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_131wt_1118





 
I certainly didn't pay that much for mine, and I wouldn't pay so much for one that rough. I know of one for sale right now for $150, no scabbard, I'm not entirely sure it would be worth that...
 
They've been expensive for a while...... Some guy paid $75 or less for one decades ago, then another guy paid $300 for one a few years ago and now someone just paid $500..... I can see a trend.

It's nice to have original bayonets for surplus rifles but the No5's are expensive today.
Is there anyone out there that makes a good quality replica? It seems to me with modern machining an as good or better then original could be produced inexpensively.
No collectors value but it would likely fill a small market.
 
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Kman303 said:
I certainly didn't pay that much for mine, and I wouldn't pay so much for one that rough. I know of one for sale right now for $150, no scabbard, I'm not entirely sure it would be worth that...
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Is it in good condition other then the missing scabbard?
 
As far as the Indian repros go, not all Indian No5 bayos are repros. When India picked up the No5s it is my understanding they got the rifles without accessories such as slings and bayos.

They are quite good at manufacturing steel implements so they just started to produce their own for martial use. My understanding again is that they just kept right on making them when they found out there was a viable market for them.
 
Kman303 said:
I certainly didn't pay that much for mine, and I wouldn't pay so much for one that rough. I know of one for sale right now for $150, no scabbard, I'm not entirely sure it would be worth that...
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Real scabbards are available out of the US for $35C. There aren't any restrictions on bayos or scabbards
 
beltfed said:
It fits a standard FN scabbard.
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I was just going to say "Wow, that looks like an FN bayo... same latch mechanism and everything", unless my 30-year-old memories are fading.

Edit: Only difference looks like the screws, instead of rivets.
 
I have noticed that ebay has changed a lot in the last ten years. There are a lot more sellers now that put ridiculous prices on their products, and the ad runs for months. Some one must eventually buy them, or they wouldn't be doing it.
 
Repro bayo's start at $50 and that is based around US pricing - so probably about $75 CDN

Original bayo's got $150+ all day long and even upwards of $500 for a pristine original example matching to a rifle.

Sadly lots of bayonets end up going for a premium as some people collect blades/bayonets and some people collect rifles and want the bayonet for their rifle - so you end up with dual market. The same goes with interesting cartridges - you get ammo collectors and you get people who want the ammo to feed their rifles.

The end result is $20+ for a 55 Boys round and $150+ for JC No5 Bayonets.

Another classic example are Valmet bayonets and SVT bayonets $200+ every day of the week for original examples.

I went to a militaria show in Sweden and 50% of the products sitting on tables were bayonets and swords - primarily because they couldn't sell rifles and anyone at the show over 18 years of old could purchase a blade.
 
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