On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:01:37 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:15:08 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ignoramus21192 quickly quoth:

On 2008-06-08, Tom wrote:
Ignoramus21192 wrote:

Anyone knows what gun is this bayonet for?

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Bayonet/

Also, there is some sort of etching on the rear of the handle, covered
by rust. Is there some way to clean off rust without destroying
etching?

Austro=Hungarian Mannlicher Carbine,
Bajonett M95, NCO's Pattern for Stutzen M95.

Tom this is great. I think that your guess may be close, but it may be
not exactly?

Here's the pic:

http://www.geocities.com/alancook.geo/m95bayonet.jpg

its hand guard is a little different.

Yeah, it's missing the hook for your (generic) purse.


that hook is called a 'blade breaker' for various reasons.


http://www.sunblest.net/gun/img/Mann95bayo1.jpg

this matches my bayonet perfectly!!!!

Ayup, that's her, alright. Now about the closeup of the sheath...

not to mention the frog......


,g

Gunner


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