Sword bayonet for use on the M1935 'Chang Kai Shek' copy of the German Mauser Standard Modell rifle.
Easily one of the most unusual bayonets in my collection. It is a marriage of a Japanese Arisaka blade with a Belgian M1924 hilt. This is not a crudely made Chinese copy. It is an actual Japanese blade beautifully mated with a real M1924 hilt. The only one that I have ever seen outside of Janzen’s Notebook.
The wood grips are secured by screws in escutcheons, similar to early Arisaka bayonets, and finished with a shellac-like substance. The scabbard is a typical early Arisaka pattern, with a ball finial.
15.625
20.75
.610
Ricasso: Tokyo arsenal marking (four stacked cannonballs)
Type 53
Permanently attached to Type 53 (Mosin-Nagant) rifle. Folds to the right side and stows in cutout area in forend.
None.
Type 56 Carbine
Permanently attaches to Type 56 Carbine (SKS), but this example is detached. Folds under the barrel and stows in cutout area in forend.
11.50
14.875
.555
None.
Type 56 Rifle
Permanently attaches to Type 56 Rifle (AK-47), but this example is detached. Folds under the barrel and stows in cutout area in forend.
Provenance obtained with the bayonet indicates that this example was obtained in Battambong, Cambodia, in 1998, from a former Khmer Rouge soldier. Research indicates that it was most likely issued to the anti-Vietnamese forces of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) and the Khmer Rouge via United Nations convoys over the Thailand border in 1979.
9.75
11.75
n/a
None.
Type II AKM
Knife bayonet for use with the Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov AKM assault rifle.
Essentially, a copy of the Russian AKM bayonet, except that the sawback has been eliminated.
These were made with both a black and an orange plastic grip and scabbard body.
