Interesting option on the No9 Bayo |
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Pedro
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Posted: July 13 2018 at 8:03am |
Zed, you're right. Even if it had some provenance as to where it came from, that's a lot of dosh. If it were priced at around the price of a normal No9 bayonet, or a little more, it might be worth it for novelty value, but otherwise, that would be a no for me.I see there's a button that, if my French is holding up, gives you the option of making an offer. Don't suppose it would harm to make a cheeky one. You never know.
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yup - thats too costly for a fake in my book , but kudos to whoever has the disposable cash and wants this in their inventory , its a nicely made piece but trench art on my list and i have very - very - little of that
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Zed
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That's almost 400 US dollar's at today's rate!
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me too - are you the one ?
if you had the opportunity and it was cheap enough i might bite but i cant convert cash that well from dollars to euros so ill er on the side of caution and say NO , it sounds expensive for a fake to me - just sayin
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Zed
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They are asking 340 Euro's!! A good No9 Bayonet might be worth around 50 Euro's in Europe; so I think the seller is looking for a sucker to buy at that price. |
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i agree - the bayo is most likely a legit - perhaps saveage - explains the faint S but the handle looks like someone with time on their hands did a fine job of it , if anyone finds something similar in a reference or has bought one in the past would love to know of it in detail , for now - ots trench art or fantasy item but a fun one to be sure - i would hold onto it ...unless someone offers you a proffit of course ,
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Pedro
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Could well have been a "squaddie special". But it's just as likely to be some underhand work from an employee at one of the Ordinance Factories. Where the slightly bored worker could lay hands on the odd bayonet, together with a worn out barrel waiting for the chop lying about and a workshop with the required tools to cut the barrel and fabricate. Just the thing for a Saturday night in Liverpool. Doesn't explain how it got to France though.
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hoadie
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Paddy;
It doesn't appear to be marked at all. I think I see a faint "S" stamp. It still has some cosmo on it |
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well - no need to worry of scewreing three people as this did not exist in WWI - nor is it long enough , the no9 is similar to the no5 - all WWII or later and about a half at best the length more likely a third , not to say id like being scewered by it any more , all are nasty
they go cheap in bayo prices as noted above , even with their scabbard bits , |
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Sarco are selling the bayonet & scabbard, but no frog, for US$30.oo
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paddyofurniture
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Is it Candian marked? |
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How much money, in US dollars, is that bayonet worth? I'm not familiar with Euros or bayonets. All I know is I wouldn't want to get stuck by one! Especially one of the ones from WW1 that look like they could skewer about three people with one thrust!
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Pukka Bundook
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I made a "handle" for a No 9 years ago. Figured it seemed a shame a decent blade didn't have a handle!
The one in the opening post looks rather hard to hold, the grip being round and all.
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hoadie
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Well, I have a No 9 bayo & scabbard to sell off, if your interested in making one!
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never saw one of these before but looks based on the entrenching tool adaptaions if i had to guess , i like it , its an interesting item ,
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Rare! Collectable! Unique hand-made item! |
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