Black jack bayonet blank?

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nrv216

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Bought labeled as such for $10 at an antique store just because it looked cool. Can’t find any info on what it might be. Any help would be appreciated. Endura for size reference. Thanks!
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Although slightly different, it resembles one of these "ninja darts".

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Centermass said:
Looks similar to those “OSS stilettos” that have been made by a few companies over the years.

ETA: or those, K killgar !
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Nah, I'm going with your guess :)

These look closer to the OP's. They are reproductions of the OSS "sleeve dagger" made by a company called "Blackjack Cutlery".

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Either way, something adolescent me probably wanted in the ‘80s whilst perusing SOF or the Edge Cutlery catalog.
 
Performing a search here at Bladeforums for "Blackjack OSS sleeve dagger" will provide some info that might be of interest to the OP.

I had provided a link to that thread, but is was a "for sale" thread, and I don't want to violate any forum rules by posting any "for sale" stuff here in General (even though it's from 2016), so I deleted the link. But the thread is there.

If the OP's item is a Blackjack brand, with an original catalog price of $119, I'd say the OP got a good deal.
 
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hg long ww2 repros were sold by ek knives back in the day. so its possible it was part of the ek stock when blackjack knives bought over ek in 1993

BlackJack Info Pages

BlackJack Info Pages (BlackJack Info Pages): Inforamtion about BlackJack brand knives
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history of h.g.Long

H. G. Long & Company Ltd

<p>Henry Godfrey Lamb Long (c.1789-1853) was born at Newark, Nottinghamshire. It is not known when he came to Sheffield or started in business (though ...
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killgar said:
Performing a search here at Bladeforums for "Blackjack OSS sleeve dagger" will provide some info that might be of interest to the OP.

I had provided a link to that thread, but is was a "for sale" thread, and I don't want to violate any forum rules by posting any "for sale" stuff here in General (even though it's from 2016), so I deleted the link. But the thread is there.

If the OP's item is a Blackjack brand, with an original catalog price of $119, I'd say the OP got a good deal.
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Thanks everyone! Killgar, I followed your advice. Considering the antique shop was a few miles from Effingham, Illinois, I feel like I scored! Awesome help here!
 
These are indeed Blackjack / H G Long parts. It's a pre polished blank. When BJ went out of business, tons of stuff would up sold off by workers or in the bank sale of it. AG Russell, Ken Warner, Bill Adams (Atlanta Cutlery) and a few others with the bulk of it, but there were odd parts like this floating around.
 
Interesting. There was a variety of covert weapons produced during WW II, including so-called lapel knives designed to be stitched behind jacket lapels or anywhere else in clothing. I suspect though, that like the Fairbairne-Sykes dagger, few were used operationally.
 
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