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Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:06 am
by Blackstuff
I was having a root around in the loft this weekend and found this bayonet, any ideas which rifle it fits?
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:39 am
by TattooedGun
I dub thee knife, George.
It looks like a George...
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:55 am
by WelshShooter
Are there any other markings/dates stamped on the grip or hilt? Perhaps you could show if there is a slot or other mechanism showing how the bayonet is attached to a rifle.
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:05 am
by TattooedGun
Looks like the actual barrel attachment on the Hilt might have broken off from the pictures?
Looks similar to Martini Patterns and Enfield patterns :
http://mopepatt.com/enfield-pattern-1858-short-rifle/ But the hilt is curved the opposite way to everything else I can see...
Obviously i know nothing about bayonets
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:18 am
by TattooedGun
Oooh, scratch all of that....
Looks more like a Panzer Bayonet...
A Walk About / Dress Bayonet from the Nazi's
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/9 ... onets4.htm
Scroll down to the walk about section.
It says
These bayonets had often rifle mortises but could not be fitted to rifles like K98. The spring-loaded pommel- button worked normally, but the track for the bayonet lug was under-dimensioned and often filled in with cloth of fitting colour.
And the one pictured has one of the 2 markings yours has...
I should really get back to work now....
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:24 am
by Blackstuff
There is a T-shaped slot in the hilt that it looks like just slots over a lug, i don't think there's anything snapped off.
It does look like that Nazi one, I wonder where the hell i got this from then?!
Cheers
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:28 am
by dromia
Probably handed down from one of your relations who served in the SS.
It would explain your obsession with black.
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:01 am
by saddler
Mauser pattern - either K98 or one of the FN made versions
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:09 pm
by Blackstuff
dromia wrote:Probably handed down from one of your relations who served in the SS.
It would explain your obsession with black.
!!ACTHUNG!! I've been found out, back to Argentina for me!
Re: Name that knife (bayonet really)
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:42 am
by froggy
Your bayonet is a parade Mdl . Normally those were private purchase and never found their way to a rifle. They were more intended to be worn with a colourful portepee knot to impress the Fraulein when walking around town or at the biergarten.
Yours was made by WKC & from the markings it pre-dates the WWII. You would have to check , but I'd think it is more likely to be Weimar or even WW1 made one.
