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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3495584, member: 87404"]When you have more than 1 of something, you technically have a "collection", right?</p><p><br /></p><p>So back about 2 decades ago, I was at a gun show and for $40 picked up a WWII M1935 Turkish bayonet. It wasn't until last month that I started researching it more and find out more about it. Here it is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]925878[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>M1935 Turkish (AS.FA, <i>Askari Fabrika</i>) knife bayonet</b>, designed for the 8mm Mauser M1893 and M1903 rifles. With original leather belt frog. (10" blade, 14.8" overall) </p><p><br /></p><p>This past month I've added 2 more bayonets to my new collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]925881[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>M1913 Spanish (<i>Artilleria Fábrica Nacional</i>, Toledo, Spain) Mauser sword bayonet,</b> with early production checked grip and original soft leather sheath. (15.6" blade, 20.5" overall) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]925884[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>M1874 Sutterlin Lippmann & Cie. French t-back sword bayonet crafted in 1875.</b> For use with the 11mm M1874 Gras rifle. With numbers-matching sheath. (20.6" blade, 25.5" overall)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3495584, member: 87404"]When you have more than 1 of something, you technically have a "collection", right? So back about 2 decades ago, I was at a gun show and for $40 picked up a WWII M1935 Turkish bayonet. It wasn't until last month that I started researching it more and find out more about it. Here it is: [ATTACH=full]925878[/ATTACH] [B]M1935 Turkish (AS.FA, [I]Askari Fabrika[/I]) knife bayonet[/B], designed for the 8mm Mauser M1893 and M1903 rifles. With original leather belt frog. (10" blade, 14.8" overall) This past month I've added 2 more bayonets to my new collection: [ATTACH=full]925881[/ATTACH] [B]M1913 Spanish ([I]Artilleria Fábrica Nacional[/I], Toledo, Spain) Mauser sword bayonet,[/B] with early production checked grip and original soft leather sheath. (15.6" blade, 20.5" overall) [ATTACH=full]925884[/ATTACH] [B]M1874 Sutterlin Lippmann & Cie. French t-back sword bayonet crafted in 1875.[/B] For use with the 11mm M1874 Gras rifle. With numbers-matching sheath. (20.6" blade, 25.5" overall)[/QUOTE]
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