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Tymber 
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 Topic: 1888 LeeMetford Type 2Posted: March 31 2007 at 11:21am |
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Made by SandersonSheffield in Oct 1896
No scabbard .
The metal is tarnished and some slight pitting on the pommel .
The handles are in good shape and the stamps are clear and well defined.
$50 and the seller forced 2 beer on me.
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TomcatPC
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Posted: April 01 2007 at 1:46pm |
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Great to hear someone else got a good deal on a 1888-Pattern Bayonet. Is this the same one you mentioned for sale at $65?
Mine is the same version, Type (Mk?)2, made by Enfield (EFD) in Oct. of 1897, exactly one year "newer" than yours. Do I have this correct? First version had three rivets holding the grip scales? One large and two small? Second version had two large rivets with oil/cleaning hole behind second rivet. Third version had the oil/cleaning hole relocated to the pommel? Forth version had screws and nuts holding grip scales instead of rivets? Now we need to find scabbards...LOL. Mark |
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Posted: April 01 2007 at 10:19pm |
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nice catch , i used to see these more regularly but seems they have gotten scarce of late , the early ones had hole for the clearing rod as well IIRC , dont believe the later did
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Posted: September 04 2007 at 12:21pm |
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I saw a Pattern-1888 Mk.I "Type 2" Bayonet (2 large rivets in grip with hole in grips) at an antique store this weekend for $49 (US). It was in decent shape (but not as good as the bayonet Tymber posted or the one I have), it did not have a scabbard, most of the Pattern-1888 Bayonets I have seen for sale are without scabbards. In the last 4 to 6 months I have seen about five Pattern-1888 Bayonets for sale in the Toledo, Ohio are, so they are lurking about, but still not that common.
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 6:52am |
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Well while I was sitting here going through these threds , the UPS man "PAT" showed up with my 3 - NO#1 MK 3 Bayos w/scabards.
will go out to the Armoury and take some picts. of them tonight for yall to see. I orderd 3 because of the price and how hard they are becoming to get. so now I have one for each NO# 3.
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." --W. C. Fields |
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 10:23am |
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OK after all the phone call interuptions and people trying to talk to me while on the computer HERE they are.----
    OH!!! this is the Beer bottle that Cookie Monster left in the gun room.
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Tymber
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 7:27pm |
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Nice bayo's!
I've kept up to a bayo for each of my Enfields . I need to figure out some kind of display board instead of filling up a dresser drawer.
Blue Moon beer ? lol
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 9:30pm |
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Ale and bayonets?
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 10:54pm |
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looking good , and all you need is an orange to complete the photo , can always cut it with one of those fine P07s
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 6:29am |
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Yep Cookie said some thing about an orange at the store when we got the Beer and we went right past the produce and forgot.
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Posted: September 16 2007 at 12:15pm |
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This is my Pattern-1888 Bayonet, along with a Pattern-1903 Bayonet Scabbard.
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