Question about M9 bayonet

[sac troop]

You can get clones of the M9 on the open market with a variety of finishes. It's buyer beware on those. I only have examples of U.S. military contract M9's. The early ones came with a mat finish.
All the phrobis contract bayonets had that finish. The first Lan-Cay bayonets also had that finish. The specifications changed and the dark finish has been around more than 20 years now.

 

[BladeScout]

Well, you will note my post count quite low for someone who first posted here 13yrs ago, and it is because this place turned to a cash cow trying to milk money from every aspect, to even forbidding mention of anyone not paying to be mentioned. So, the good doc is on his own in googling a carrier battle, which is not exactly doctoral in difficulty.

And am raising my rates, the mods can tell the owners I am charging them $29 per post due to increased clicks and revenues for the site, the name is MTNGUNR, which is a name still able to be mentioned by me. But, might be a user name fee just around the corner, who knows? Gold members get to use the letter E.

Nobody forces you to participate here.
Its a nice forum with a whole heck of a lot of knowledge. MODs are doing a good job at maintaining something resembling structure without swooping in every single time someone steps outside the lines. The MODs are worth every penny!
If paid vendors and paid members help making this circus go around, thats just fine in my book.
Last but not least, its a privately owned forum. You dont have to like every rule but you do have to abide by them.

Speaking of rules; maybe we can keep this about the knives?

As for the M9, I got an old uncoated one. It is a used bayo, so might have been stripped for all I know. Sheath was messed with for sure.
Cao, you can keep an eye on the sales forum here. Bayonets will occasionally pop up.

 

[Dr. Cao]

Hi, a new question, it is about the forging blade process. This is my brand new tri-technologies M9 bayonet, and I found the tip's color is darker(brown) than the blade(normal steel's color), is it a flaw?
Also, I concern the reason for the darker color is that the tip contacted with blood and had some chemical reaction on it. Thanks first.
A picture of the tip is here https://ibb.co/hqHvTz

 

[mtngunr]

Nobody forces you to participate here.
Its a nice forum with a whole heck of a lot of knowledge. MODs are doing a good job at maintaining something resembling structure without swooping in every single time someone steps outside the lines. The MODs are worth every penny!
If paid vendors and paid members help making this circus go around, thats just fine in my book.
Last but not least, its a privately owned forum. You dont have to like every rule but you do have to abide by them.

Speaking of rules; maybe we can keep this about the knives?

As for the M9, I got an old uncoated one. It is a used bayo, so might have been stripped for all I know. Sheath was messed with for sure.
Cao, you can keep an eye on the sales forum here. Bayonets will occasionally pop up.

I would say now in several threads you have taken to following my posts around to harass them. You are right. Always and everywhere, right. This place is the best it has EVER been, all a soldier EVER needs is a good folder, no fixed blade strength ever needed.
Which makes me wonder why you are even on a BAYONET thread in the first place. However, friendly folk such as you is what keeps me coming back to going away. As you said, if it stinks so much....thanks for the reminder....ciao, baby.

Like the battle of MIDWAY, right, Dr. Cao? Have not folowed a link, but discolored tips often from grinding heat not polished out when finishing. Which may or may not mean steel overheated.

 

[BladeScout]

Hi, a new question, it is about the forging blade process. This is my brand new tri-technologies M9 bayonet, and I found the tip's color is darker(brown) than the blade(normal steel's color), is it a flaw?
Also, I concern the reason for the darker color is that the tip contacted with blood and had some chemical reaction on it. Thanks first.
A picture of the tip is here https://ibb.co/hqHvTz

I dont think human blood would discolor the tip.

I would say now in several threads you have taken to following my posts around to harass them. You are right. Always and everywhere, right. This place is the best it has EVER been, all a soldier EVER needs is a good folder, no fixed blade strength ever needed.
Which makes me wonder why you are even on a BAYONET thread in the first place. However, friendly folk such as you is what keeps me coming back to going away. As you said, if it stinks so much....thanks for the reminder....ciao, baby.

I merely take part in interesting threads in GD, just like you.

The reason you are upset, is because you stated that you had combat jumped in two 'invasions,' been a ground pounder in one invasion and couldnt (with good reason) answer which two you combat jumped into and in which invasion, you were a ground pounder. I notice you still havent answered.

Maybe try to keep it about the blades though.

 

[Dr. Cao]

If you can sharpen, just go to a auto body shop and have them sandblast it. It's the fastest and probably isn't gonna cost much. It depends what kind of finish you want, just bare gray metal is easy, polish is gonna take time=money. If I were you, and you can sharpen, just do it yourself with some sandpaper you can order online for cheap and a bit elbow grease. Probably isn't gonna take longer, the tricky part with sandpaper is going to be the saw.

Do you know where I can remove the coating of the blade?