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Type | Description | Blade Length |
Overall Length |
Muzzle |
Markings |
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M1874 |
Sword bayonet for use on the 11.4 mm. M1874 Peabody-Martini rifle, produced in the U.S. for the Turkish government. These rifles and bayonets were made in the 1870s by the Providence Tool Company in Providence, Rhode Island. This example has been converted into a dress saber, by filling the mounting slot and press stud, nickel-plating the entire bayonet, and replacing the original gutta-percha grips with satinwood inlaid with mother-of-pearl. This example is pictured in Dennis Ottobre's authoritative work on Turkish bayonets, Observations on Turkish Bayonets. It is also featured in my article at surplusrifle.com, Made by Who? - Bayonets From Unlikely Sources. |
22.625 |
28.125 |
.715 |
Ricasso: "s" |
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M1913 | Knife bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Mauser M1893 and M1903 rifles. This is not a cut-down M1903 bayonet. It was produced new with a short blade. Unlike the long M1903 bayonet, the blade is only 6.5mm thick at the ricasso tapering down to 4mm before thinning out to it's point. In the course of research for his book, Dennis Ottobre noted that all examples he examined had the same maker's mark and date on the front face of the crosspiece. The maker's mark, in Osmanlica script, translates to "Tone Han," presumably a Turkish maker. The Ottoman calendar date corresponds to 1913 on the Gregorian calendar, so he classified them as the M1913. This may change, if additional information surfaces. The bayonet once had a hooked quillion, which was subsequently removed. According to Dennis Ottobre, the M1913's hilt is the first Turkish bayonet to bear the "small nosed slant pommel" which is found on some later conversions of foreign bayonets to M1935 types. |
9.625 | 14.50 | .615 | Crosspiece (front): maker's mark and "31" (in Osmanlica script) Crosspiece (front quillion): Crescent Pommel: "8568" |
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M1935 | Knife bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Mauser M1893 and M1903 rifles. This is the final Turkish bayonet type designed for use with Mauser rifles. This example is of new manufacture. However, the M1935 designation is also applied more broadly to a bewildering variety of similarly-dimensioned bayonets cobbled together using recycled parts from older bayonets. AS.FA is an abbreviation for Askari Fabrika (military factory). |
10.00 | 14.875 | .605 | Pommel: "A S. F A" and "161795" |
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