U.S Bayonet - your views please?

[canti44]

Hi guys,

spotted this bayonet for sale but only two photo's for now so what do you think? It's up for sale as WW2 U.S Army and in spite of an evenings worth of research I'm none the wiser. I do have a few bugbears about it but before I share them I would prefer to hear from folk who know what they are talking about first.





Cheers in advance!

Ian

[gel65]

M1 grand bayonet the sheath for the bayo does not look as old

[relicz]

The devil is in the details and the pictures don't show enough of them.

Peruse Gary Cunninham's website for an education.

Bayonet Points

[Marc]

Looks like a 12" (short version) M1 garand bayonet. Looks good to me, but the bayonet is in tragic shape, no blue-ing. Hopefully it's cheap.

[relicz]

Scabbard may be shortened, but the bayonet is a un- shortened 10". Better pictures would help.


Kind of looks like a Greek re-import.

[Marc]

I absolutely agree. factory made short 10" bayonet. I was looking at two different things and typing. Sorry for any confusion.

[canti44]

Thanks for all the imput guys, it is much appreciated. I did ask for more photo's of stamps, dates etc. but only received one of the bayonet out of its scabbard.

My bugbear was that the scabbard itself looks pretty new and seems to have none of the fibrous matting layered within the resin you see on many of the others. It does have the 'flaming bomb' stamp at the the top though.

Relicz, thanks for the link. Comprehensive indeed.