Unknown No4 MkII*

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   I honestly do not have a clue who made this one. "The Spirit of the Pike" indicates that Baird was the only manufacturer that pinned their spike to the socket body but this one has a roll pin? There is a stamp on the face that I think reads N501 but I cannot find anyone with that dispersal code.  The other two oddities are that the socket is off center as well as the spike. The VNS and TRM2 stamps are correct according to "The Spirit of the Pike."Any help decoding this bayonet will be greatly appreciated. The tip of the spike has all four sides ground to a point and I have yet to find another example...

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Goosic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Offline Points: 8842	Post Options Post Reply Quote Goosic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Unknown No4 MkII* Posted: November 09 2023 at 7:39pm
	I honestly do not have a clue who made this one. "The Spirit of the Pike" indicates that Baird was the only manufacturer that pinned their spike to the socket body but this one has a roll pin? There is a stamp on the face that I think reads N501 but I cannot find anyone with that dispersal code. The other two oddities are that the socket is off center as well as the spike. The VNS and TRM2 stamps are correct according to "The Spirit of the Pike." Any help decoding this bayonet will be greatly appreciated. The tip of the spike has all four sides ground to a point and I have yet to find another example...

lance Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: July 19 2011 Location: Connecticut Status: Offline Points: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote lance Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: November 10 2023 at 1:48am
	You have a Prince-Smith & Stells Ltd, of Keighley manufactured bayonet as marked with a N56 in a circle on the socket above the spike, one of over 1 million manufactured by them. The socket was subcontracted from Viners (VNS) who themselves received the rough casting for the socket from Tinsley Rolling Mills Co. Ltd of Sheffield (TRM) with this example being from their 2nd contract. Someone has decided to remove the factory pin holding the spike on the socket resulting in the substitution you see now.

Goosic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: September 12 2017 Location: Phoenix Arizona Status: Offline Points: 8842	Post Options Post Reply Quote Goosic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 10 2023 at 5:20am
	You are correct Lance. I started to look closer at the one definitive example I have of a P.S.&S. N56 stamped No4 MkII* and can make out the outline of the pin. Thank you...

A square 10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: December 12 2006 Location: MN , USA Status: Offline Points: 16998	Post Options Post Reply Quote A square 10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 10 2023 at 1:11pm
	very nice , lance provided all the info i had found with the same observation of the roll pin i was going to make , its a very nice example of that bayonet - congrats