A different kind of hog sticker

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My infatuation with big knives also started with Bayonets. At around age 12, I began buying them at local gun shows. Specifically the 1907 Wilkerson British bayonets, 16-18" blade. I still have 3 or 4 of them. One in mint, unissued condition. I have no idea the value nowdays...snip....
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Back in March, I sold a 1918 Wilkinson Sword made Pattern 1907 SMLE bayonet for $75 on a fairly well known gun brokering website. These are neat chunks of steel!
 
kdstrick said:
Great pics, fellas.

Awesome collection there RussMo!


My infatuation with big knives also started with Bayonets. At around age 12, I began buying them at local gun shows. Specifically the 1907 Wilkerson British bayonets, 16-18" blade. I still have 3 or 4 of them. One in mint, unissued condition. I have no idea the value nowdays, but there is no doubt that my love of big blades early in life have led me to Busseville.

This is what they look like...

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But as previously stated... It's hard to imagine the bayonet charge in modern warfare. I wish we had more men of that era in this era.

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Yea know what you mean Kevin!!! I've been in to Pig Sticker for the better part of my life. I have a Cival War bayo that belonged to and in my family. I to have a bunch of the Imperial British as well as Imperial German piece's. One of my favorites is my 1853 Austrian Pioneer Short Sword. It is in Beautiful shape for being 160 years old. The oldest Brit that I have is a 1887 Sword Bayonet actually made in 1888. Just gotta appreciate history and yes going over the top was a different thing back then. Even still back then the human carnage was mind bogling. Between July and Nov 1916 there was over 1,000,000 men casualties. Unbelievable. My Grand Dad on my mother side was in the trenches there and never spoke much of it.
 
RussMo said:
Yea know what you mean Kevin!!! I've been in to Pig Sticker for the better part of my life. I have a Cival War bayo that belonged to and in my family. I to have a bunch of the Imperial British as well as Imperial German piece's. One of my favorites is my 1853 Austrian Pioneer Short Sword. It is in Beautiful shape for being 160 years old. The oldest Brit that I have is a 1887 Sword Bayonet actually made in 1888. Just gotta appreciate history and yes going over the top was a different thing back then. Even still back then the human carnage was mind bogling. Between July and Nov 1916 there was over 1,000,000 men casualties. Unbelievable. My Grand Dad on my mother side was in the trenches there and never spoke much of it.
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Some of the military blades are fairly utilitarian in nature, while others are really amazing pieces of cutlery. What strikes me is the quality that went into many of the military cutlery back in the day. The really made those things to stand the test of time... and then some.

Sounds like you have an awesome collection, man. Very cool you still have the civil war bayonet in your family, too.


Oh... and thanks CrufflerJJ for the info. They aren't worth all that much... but I sure do think they are cool. I'll hang on to them and pass them on to the boy when he is old enough. I'm sure he'll enjoy doing the same stuff I used to do with them... mainly whacking stuff for no good reason. :D

Come to think of it, I still do that. :)

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You can't help to have a profound sense of awe and respect for those fighting men that preceded us, where the bayonet was a critical and perhaps more effective weapon of war than the rifle it was mounted on. Men that fought on the battlefields of Gettysburg, Gallipoli, the trench line in WWI, Normandy, Guadalcanal and other battles in the Pacific and Europe, Korea and Vietnam were hard core. It is an honor to be counted as a member of that fraternity and to stand on their shoulders and accomplishments, carrying on the traditions they established with their sacrifice and lives.
 
Marine24 said:
You can't help to have a profound sense of awe and respect for those fighting men that preceded us, where the bayonet was a critical and perhaps more effective weapon of war than the rifle it was mounted on. Men that fought on the battlefields of Gettysburg, Gallipoli, the trench line in WWI, Normandy, Guadalcanal and other battles in the Pacific and Europe, Korea and Vietnam were hard core. It is an honor to be counted as a member of that fraternity and to stand on their shoulders and accomplishments, carrying on the traditions they established with their sacrifice and lives.
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Thanks for your service Bro and you are 100% correct. I spent 15+yrs in as well. Army Scout, nothing like Recon, lot of fun(at times) and scare the crap out of ya at others.
 
Russ: Thanks. Accept my appreciation for your service as well. We have a debt to anyone who has served in the military, served as a LEO, fire fighter, first responder, teacher or any career that has put the needs of others in front of their own.

These collections of bayonets serve as a reminder for me to never forget and where our priorities should be.
 
Sorry for being a little melodramatic. Now how about some more of those pig stickers?

My Grandfather gave me one that was a war souvenir for WWI. According to him, he took it from the Kaiser himself but according to my great Uncle that served with him, he got it in trade for some French brandy he had. Supposedly he had cooked the brandy up himself and let it age for all of a week.
 



Got this from my godfather he was an officer on the submarine USS trout. He passed away before I was old enough to ask about how he came to possess it.
 
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Got this from my godfather he was an officer on the submarine USS trout. He passed away before I was old enough to ask about how he came to possess it.
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Those are excellent bayo's!!! It's a Swiss (Switzerland) 1914 Sawback Bayonet. Congrats Bro...
 
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