Can anyone tell me what this knife is?

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shadowfax

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It's a bayonett of some sort. It's seen some abuse - - the formerly straight edge has a big gouge taken out of it. Almost looks like someone tried to sharpen it with a large (5" or so diameter i'd guess) wheel grinder, and the part that is still straight is about as sharp as a beach ball so I'm not under any delusion that it'd be a valuable knife -- - I'm just curious as to what it is. The guy at the army surplus store had no clue what it was, nor do any of the people I know who are or have been in the armed forces, which leads me to believe it may be a foriegn military blade. I found the thing under a rock in an abandoned gravel pit near St. Paul, MN about 15 years ago. For all I know the stupid thing's a murder weapon, but I was just a little kid and didn't know anything other than I'd found a knife and it was cool. My stupid scanner's broken so I can't u/l a picture, but here's the description:

All black. Handle heavy. It's a sling-under-rifle bayonett design with the ring on the top doubling as a hand guard and a rectangular locking hole in the butt of the handle. The handle is contoured and has a diamond grip pattern etched into the metal. The only marking on the blade is "Stainless" right where the blade joins the handle. it's about a 9" straight single edged blade which curves up to the tip.

Does that give enough clues to get a possible ID on this thing or do I need to find more detail?

Thanx
 
Post a picture!

Or at least a drawing of some sort- it's almost way too hard to give any sort of definitive answer from a text-only description.

You could also try Bernard Levine's Forum, if any one knows what it might be, he will.

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Shadowfax,

Welcome to the forums.

It sounds like a commercial (as in non-military issued) piece. If you can get a picture I'll try to identify it.

N2S

BTW, this topic would be a better fit under the Bernard Levine collector's forum.

 
Thanks for the welcome guys.

Wish I could post a picture. My scanner caught fire last month and I haven't gotten a new one yet :P

I didn't know there were non-military bayonettes floating around. Who'd need one?

I thought about posting it in the collector knife forum, but looking at this knife it just didn't look like a collector piece to me, so I assumed a general forum would be better. sorry for the confusion!

 
Sorry to hear that your scanner caught fire.
I feel your pain.
The same thing happened to me when I tried recording my attempts at lighting farts for posterity.

You could try posting at The Bernard Levine Knife Collecting and Identification Forum. He may be able to shed some light on the situation.

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