Yesterday's Weapons Forums

Picked-up the previous butcher at the postoffice yesterday.
Then today I bought this one.
It's an "High Ears" Coppel, a steal at 44 (including shipping of course).

Have a nice weekend !
A

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another nice grab , i can see that there is much to know of these before delving into buying

Basically anything in decent condition under 50 is a good deal.
I passed-up on 2 other ones with scabbards at 60 each becoz I have already spent too much this month, though both were excellent deals as well.
Brgds, A

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are there a lot of them floating about without scabbords ? i have noticed a lot of my commonwealth blades are out there like that

Yeah most are without scabbards.
If you can find one with a scabbard it usually commands a premium. Like 80 to 100-110. To me scabbards are not important (though I have a few) as I never leave any bayonet in a scabbard (to avoid rust). I just throw them in a corner (the scabbards I mean), might even sell them separately on the net someday. If I ever get round to taking pix that is ...
The "high ears" model bayonets are more scarce than the regular "Low ears", as they are pre WWI, not that many survived WWI and the smelters before and afterwards. These things are around a century old, have been used in 2 world wars, been abused as cutlasses by kids playing pirates in the woods or as farm implements; you're lucky to find one which has been hanging on grandfathers living room wall or has been in the attic since 1918 ... Also at the beginning of WWII all people in German-occupied countries were obliged to hand-in their weapons, including bayonets. A lot of otherwise nice stuff ended up being recycled for the German war effort or being re-issued to the German forces.
So whenever I encounter a decent looking butcher I feel obliged to save it
BRGDS, A

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thanks that explains a lot , i had not thought about the 'turn backs' as i dont collect german items , i agree with you - save all you can ,

i try to get a scabbord for every blade , there are enough varients in them to make that a viable effort in my case [US & COMMONWEALTH] and i have only a few i have not found yet ....there are many full sets i have yet to find however