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The place for Colt pistols and revolvers.
We buy, sell, and trade old guns, knives, swords, bayonets, spurs, militaria, and related.
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Bayonets - Antique, Original Bayonets

Antique, old, original bayonets and related.
Socket, yatagan, saber, sword, knife, spike, trowel, plug bayonets, and more.
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We buy Bayonets - Single Items or Entire Collections


Danish Model 1915 Infantry Bayonet
$235.00 $198.50 On Sale!
DAN1915IB116052


Danish Model 1915 Infantry Bayonet with scabbard; scarce.
Wood grips with steel pommel and guard. Maker marked on guard (see images).
Overall length in scabbard is ~23"; overall length out of scabbard is ~22-1/8"; T-backed steel blade, length is ~17-3/4".
Scabbard is of black leather body with steel throat and drag. Crease in leather body ~6-1/4" from throat.
Good to very-good condition overall.


French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet, Mfg. 1867, No Scabbard
$75.00
CHASS1867NS

French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet manufactured at the Imperial Arsenal of Chatellerault April 1867. Brass-hilted with a spring steel latching arrangement on the right side. The crossguard is iron (steel) and has a screw-type tightening arrangement on the muzzle-ring. The lower quillon is a hooked "blade-breaker" type. The blade is steel, single-edged, fullered (both sides), with a re-curved or "yataghan-shape", and is ~22-1/2" in length. Blades is maked in script on the back-edge (opposite the cutting edge) with the arsenal, month, and year of manufacture; this is done in engraved cursive fashion. Overall condition is about good with moderate pitting on the cross-guard. Blade is covered in dark oxide overall with scattered light pitting, but should clean up; some heavier pitting towards the tip. No scabbard with this bayonet.


French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet, Mfg. 1871, No Scabbard, sn24636
$75.00
CHASS24636


French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet manufactured at the St. Etienne Arsenal in 1871. Brass-hilted with a spring steel latching arrangement on the right side. The crossguard is iron (steel) and has a screw-type tightening arrangement on the muzzle-ring. The lower quillon is a hooked "blade-breaker" type. The blade is steel, single-edged, fullered (both sides), with a re-curved or "yataghan-shape", and is ~22-1/2" in length. Blades is maked in script on the back-edge (opposite the cutting edge) with the arsenal, month, and year of manufacture; this is done in engraved cursive fashion. Overall condition is about good with minor pitting on the last 2" of the tip. Blade is covered in dark oxide overall but should clean up; no heavy pitting. No scabbard with this bayonet.
French Model 1866 Chassepot Bayonet, No Scabbard, German Regimental Marks
$95.00
CHASS26LE1212


French Model 1866 Chassepot yatagan sword bayonet, manufacture information removed. This example is German regimental-marked, "26.L.E.1.212" and has a modified muzzle tightening screw. These modified bayonets were either captured or war reparation bayonets utilized in the post-Franco-Prussian War era. Many of these were modified by the Germans for "home guards" and dispatched to other units, generally not front-line troops.
Brass-hilted with a spring steel latching arrangement on the right side. The crossguard is iron (steel) and has a screw-type tightening arrangement on the muzzle-ring. The lower quillon is a hooked "blade-breaker" type. The blade is steel, single-edged, fullered (both sides), with a re-curved or "yataghan-shape", and is ~22-1/4" in length. Blades is usually marked in script on the back-edge (opposite the cutting edge) with the arsenal, month, and year of manufacture; this is done in engraved cursive fashion; however, it has been removed or obscured on this example.
Overall condition is about good with minor pitting and dark oxide patina overall; tip is blunted; no heavy pitting. No scabbard with this bayonet.


French Model 1886 Lebel Bayonet, 1st Model, sn10288
$135.00 $110.00 On Sale!
LEBEL10288

This is the original version of the French Model 1886 Lebel Bayonet for the same model year and designation infantry rifle. Silver-alloy grip with steel cross-guard with hooked "blade-breaker" quillon.
Overall length in scabbard is ~25-3/4"; overall length out of scabbard is ~25-1/8"; four-sided cruciform steel blade is ~20-1/2" in length.
Overall condition is about very-good.
Scabbard serial number does not match the bayonet serial number.



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