BEC N96 NO4 Mark II

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   Found this little beauty in a secondhand store today. I have a H&B N30 but I could not pass on the price so now I own two fairly interesting spike bayonets.  Baird Engineering Company of Belfast, Northern Ireland, produced approximately 101,103 bayonets from 1942–1944.Unlike other makers of No. 4 Mk. II* bayonets, Baird secured the spike to the socket using a steel pin. Other makers welded the spike to the socket. This example has a much finer finish on the socket than other No. 4 Mk. II* bayonets.
Many Baird examples have a crowned IG mark on the socket. Due to similarities with Indian Government acceptance marks, this was once thought to possibly indicate Indian service. However, this has not been substantiated. An increasing consensus is that this simply may be a viewer's mark, as this mark seems only to be found on Baird No. 4 bayonets....

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Goosic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Offline Points: 8842	Post Options Post Reply Quote Goosic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: BEC N96 NO4 Mark II Posted: October 30 2023 at 2:43pm
	Found this little beauty in a secondhand store today. I have a H&B N30 but I could not pass on the price so now I own two fairly interesting spike bayonets. Baird Engineering Company of Belfast, Northern Ireland, produced approximately 101,103 bayonets from 1942–1944. Unlike other makers of No. 4 Mk. II* bayonets, Baird secured the spike to the socket using a steel pin. Other makers welded the spike to the socket. This example has a much finer finish on the socket than other No. 4 Mk. II* bayonets. Many Baird examples have a crowned IG mark on the socket. Due to similarities with Indian Government acceptance marks, this was once thought to possibly indicate Indian service. However, this has not been substantiated. An increasing consensus is that this simply may be a viewer's mark, as this mark seems only to be found on Baird No. 4 bayonets....

Enfield trader Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: May 11 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 923	Post Options Post Reply Quote Enfield trader Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 30 2023 at 4:26pm
	Nice

A square 10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: December 12 2006 Location: MN , USA Status: Online Points: 16999	Post Options Post Reply Quote A square 10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 08 2023 at 9:18pm
	thats a nice find and the scabbard is as well , ive noticed that often the bayonets are collected and the scabbards are treated as just an add on , they are equally interesting and so are the frogs , but then you need to be a collector to recognize some things i guess , i collected the complete gamut so i notice some of these things

Goosic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Offline Points: 8842	Post Options Post Reply Quote Goosic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 09 2023 at 4:53am
	The information i have regarding these scabbards suggest that they were made in North America and not originally intended to be mated with a bayonet made in Belfast. I am trying to locate a Lucas made scabbard.