Need help to identify a No5 bayonet
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Topic: Need help to identify a No5 bayonet
Posted By: ViribusUnitis96
Subject: Need help to identify a No5 bayonet
Date Posted: December 16 2022 at 1:15pm
    he!!o, i recently bought a bayonet for my No5 Mk1 but i cant find any manufacturers markings. Only the markings shown on the photos. Is somebody able ro identify the bayonet?Greetings from Austria
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 16 2022 at 7:29pm
| i cant see the photos or i might be able to help , hang in there with us as soon as we can see them you will get responses ....................WELCOME |
Posted By: ViribusUnitis96
Date Posted: December 17 2022 at 2:40am
| Sorry for that, now you should be able to see the pictures. |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: December 17 2022 at 10:49am
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Any thing marked on the blade or hilt? Maybe under scales/wood grips? Broad arrow is obviously the UK, G2 ?, 5 over what appears to be a B or and R ? Not much to go on as to who made it without a makers mark. War time codes would be S294 for Wilkinson, N79 Viners, N187 Radcliffe, M78 Elkington, Stirling inside a rectangle Stirling, RFI India or P in a circle for Poole. If you find any of these, then you`ll know who made it. |
Posted By: ViribusUnitis96
Date Posted: December 17 2022 at 2:28pm
| There are no markings on the blade and the hilt. I will take it apart an have a look under the grips!! Thank you |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 17 2022 at 9:06pm
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sorry those dont help a lot - nearly every blade was marked on the blade near the hilt , ill guess its a poole because they made most but i cant give you a good read n that - the markings you show are all use marks , i cant see them clearly enough to add more , the RFI blades are very clearly marked , the poole marked blades are less clear as its a P in a circle , they are marked on the blade right below the hilt , ill look for a photo but doubt i still have it with all the photobucket losses over the years , mine has been gone for years now
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Posted By: ViribusUnitis96
Date Posted: December 18 2022 at 4:27am
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Thanks a lot, you were right. There is a tiny P marking on the blade right below the hilt - it was dirty so i could not see it. Thank you
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: December 19 2022 at 7:46pm
| huh - somethings not working here |
Posted By: Enfield trader
Date Posted: January 06 2023 at 8:21am
| P in a circle is Poole - appears that there is a date also there of 1946 - these were made after WW2 - well all that I have seen were |