Ak47 bayonets

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Nothing has been posted in this thread for a long time, so I'll show you another M1959 bayonet introduced/adopted in the Socialist Republic of Romania, because I somehow have a penchant for this model made in Romania.
But also because the Romanian M1959 is no longer offered in good condition very often these days.

Romanian M1959s can still be found very often on the surplus market in bad condition, but are now much rarer in good, matching-numbered, condition !

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Mates, please, show your AK47, and, AKM bayonets !

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An intersting site:

CarlosC's definitive guide to AK bayonets - AR15.COM

[Hombre]

I have only a few and here they are...

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Please show us the North Korean bayonet in more detail.

Thx. in advance,
R.

[Jack59]

The very first Bulgarian M1951s were actually were Russian and feature the Izhmash arsenal stamp, but with the Bulgarian style serial number. Bulgaria later began making their own M1951 bayonets, identical to the Russians, except for the markings and serial number location.

Bulgarian M1951s have the serial number machine etched on the left rear pommel area and perpendicular to the length of the bayonet.

The grips are a shade of dark orange/red/brown, but reworks have their scales (grips) replaced with black ones and may not have a serial number assigned.

There is chances that my bayonet is a Russian one. It as been grind down on the marking side. Let's have a closer look. Here is the Russian Izhmash Arsenal for reference.

Next is what I think is the ghost of the marking on my bayonet.

Comparison for the location & direction of the Iznmash marking from a Russian bayonet.

Bulgaria also made sanitized M1951 bayonets for Poland, completely unmarked. Keep in mind the details on the Bulgarian scabbards including the use of dual rivets for securing the hanger and the direction of the flaps (opposite the Russians). Hangers can also be in leather.

Bulgarian scabbards also have the drain hole in the back, versus the front for the Russians.

Either Russian early issue or Bulgarian manufactured it is a nice bayonet.