today, i took my Pakistani scimitar to a pawn shop because i didn't need it and i need a nice new buck knife. the owner of the pawn shop took me into the back where are the knives and weaponry are located, and showed me several knives. there was a good buck knife, and a few other useful knives, but then he showed me an antique knife that i couldn't stop looking at:



the pawn shop owner didn't know anything about it, other than the fact that it was a bayonet. he doesn't remember where it came from, and thinks it's some kind of french bayonet.

anyone have any guesses? any help would be appreciated. also, should i keep the bayonet or should i see if i could trade it for a buck knife? not sure what to do, i kinda like it.

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No idea, but you should throw that on the end of a rifle and we can go storm DC together.

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doesn't fit around the muzzle on my m14.

it looks like it was in a war; i mean you can smell gun powder on it, and there are stains on it and shit, and the tip is all ****ed up like it's been stabbed into a bunch of people..

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the scabbard looks like a german mauser from wwii, but the knife looks way different.

on the hilt is the mark of a crown and underneath it, is the letter c. there is a bunch of numbers and I's next to them. not sure what those mean either.

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edit:

it's a Swedish M1896 bayonet, which was designed for the mauser m1896 and m1938. the m1896 was a swedish mauser, and has a long ass history behind it, here to read up on your mausers. >> http://www.answers.com/topic/mauser

i couldn't find any information on the mauser m1938, it may have been used in wwii.


all i know is that this bayonet i got was used in war. there are all kinds of grooves and certain wears and tears in it give hint to war. i'm now the proud owner of a war artifact.

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If you stare at a fuzzy blanket long enough with your eye so close it goes out of focus, just look at the sparkles; you can see it on the cellular level.

Great, you own something that killed people.

You seem to enjoy this, and it disturbs me.

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bayonets were used when the guns had a single shot fire and needed ten freaking hours to reload for one more fire again. Now we have something called a secondary clip. I don't really like weapons, I do own some samurai swords but my love for those is like towards art.

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i like weapons. it's not the pure fact that it killed someone, it's the fact that it was just used in wwii. i'm making a glass case for it

i have weapons for hunting, and i used to have a pakistani scimitar, which is nothing more than a long knife. i didn't use it for anything so i figured 'hey, i'll go get me a nice hunting knife' and now i have an artifact that's worth a few hundred dollars. the pakistani sword was new and i bought it for $20. it's a good thing that the shop owner didn't know anything about it.

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If you stare at a fuzzy blanket long enough with your eye so close it goes out of focus, just look at the sparkles; you can see it on the cellular level.

Which is why you're from Canada, and we're from the United States.

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Heil Frasbee

I hate to burst your bubble, but it's very unlikely that was used in combat. Most likely the damage comes from the weapon being used as an impromptu entrentching tool, not from disemboweling Nazis. Bayonets saw less and less use as weapons following WWI. It's still possible it drew blood, and that does make for a cooler story.