GREAT video! My Dad was a Paratrooper in 11th ABN in WWII and acquired a carbine bayonet which he carried as a dedicated fighting knife. He was issued a Garand and had a standard bayonet for that.

Well done! Thank you very much for this clip!

Thanks for the history lesson, and nice collection.

Thank you for your excellent review.

This is fantastic. Thank you :)

You are back! (In black perhaps?) Good video. Wish I had a nice bayonet collection.

Great video Sir. Thank you.

Great video 👍👍👍

Thank you for this video

My Dad carried a radio part of the time in WWII and he was taught to rap a ground wire around his bayonet and plunge it into the dirt. In one situation he ripped off the wire and left it sticking in the dirt as his forward observation post was being over run.

My dad left me his USMC issued M6 - its very cool.

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Thanks a lot!

Great video explaining bayonet evolution. My 5cents, in soviet army soilders would get their asses kicked for sharpening their bayonets. As a cutting tool they used other regular knifes.

Liked video and the subject thanks Just subscribed to your channel 👌

Great vid

Started out just collecting m9 bayos then some m7 which actually was my first given to me by a friend who it was issued to in the aust. army. Then got some more m7 a colt 64 and a Ontario 2005 and my Aussie one a gen cut in pristine condition just yesterday my first m4 arrived a case 1944 leather handled bayonet it's in pretty good condition I love it. I'm hooked

Thank you for this video. Gert informative. Danish Collecter here.

Thanks for this informative, interesting video.

Great video, do you what the flaming bomb symbol means on the M4 leather handle??

The Marines still teach their people the school of the bayonet, so, the use of the bayonet isnt over yet. The threat of cold steel being thrust or slashed into your body is greater than being hit by a bullet.

Suburban Rifleman - I just learned a ton, thanks for this. However .... the frosting on the cake would be to show attachment - detachment from their respective rifles. One could not expect that you own each - the M1, M1a, M16, M1 Carbine, and AKM... however, you could beg / borrow rifles and / or reference other videos.

I picked up an M7 for my first AR build several years ago. How common was it for them to come with the M10 sheath? Also it feels like it has a sharpener in it as well.

Nice

Ive got a real nice M3 made by Boker..still has the leather leg tie down on the sheath

The M1905 had a "16 blade and was "21 inches overall in length.

Thank you for the info. Wasn't sure if my M7 was Vietnam era, now I know.

I know I’m late but do you keep your bayonets sheathed long term?

I just got. T65 bayonet from my uncle. Was his war souvenir or something

No. The M3 Trench Knife was not a departure. It was the second evolution of the M1917 Trench Knife.

Wow can't believe I'm just now seeing this video. I was watching videos of the Mossberg 590 shotgun with the bayonet lug and magazine cap for the large ring of the M7 and M9 Bayonets. It seems that the current production Ontario M7 is slightly longer from the bayonet lug latch to the front attaching ring and does not work well on the shotgun. Guys are having to shim the shotgun magazine cap forward. I guess it's not a problem on an AR15 20" barrel and 14.5" barrel. My Mossberg 590A1 came with an Ontario M9 Bayonet and I already had a contract one made by Lan-Cay. I also have an M7 bayonet that is marked Colt on the blade and was made in West Germany with an M8A1 Scabbard. Back when I was buying the M7 style ones they were pretty cheap (except the Colt) but now all of them are like everything else, expensive. Nice video presentation.

I've got a m7 bayonet with a cerved runout . Imperial with a m8a1 scabbard. Think they changed the run from 90 degree in 1974,? .. So I think mine will be post Vietnam. Think imperial had a few contracts from 1973 to 84??

Sorry im so late to this discussion, but the m6 bayonet looks a tad different in the handle, but of course the same blade. They are getting quite rare also. The m7s with m8a1 scabbards used to be a dime a dozen but like all other milsurp they dry up eventually. The m9 is actually a long drawn out and twisty turny story but suffice it to say it was and wasn't based on the ak bayo, stoner had his new era space ahe type bayonet to go with his stoner modular system of rifles. I love bayonets and knives and a decent collection, but the best part is learning the history. Thanks for sharing yours.

Hi. Was the M5A1 bayonet ever used in Vietnam

And the M4 bayonet was based on the M3 fighting knife. The M3 and M4 are basically the same except that the M4 has the mounting for M1 carbine. My uncle was in the 247th Engineer (Combat) Battalion. He was originally issued a M1 carbine and a M3 knife. I have his M3.

You are giving the impression that the M8 scabbards are WWII and all M8A1 stamped scabbards are post-WWII. Not true. The M8 scabbards were for the M3 fighting knife then converted for the M4 bayonet and designated M8A1 and were stamped as such.. The reason you see M8 stamped M8A1 configuration scabbards is because the manufacturers used the leftover M8 throats to make M8A1 scabbards.

The M1905 was a 16" blade, not 13". About 1,000,000 were cut down to a 10" blade.

The M8 is the best US bayonete issued, IMO, practically speaking. I have an AK type 2 and type 3 and are excellent for their intended purpose.

You put the M6 Bayonet before the M5A1 bayonet that you have sitting there. It was made for the M14 rifle so you "do" have that bayonet. It even says it on the hand guard.

Your back cut for you m5A1 isn't 90 degrees. It's also slightly different back cut than my milpar m5A1 bayonet as well

18:38 I bought an M7 bayonet at a gunshow when I was a kid and cut the $hit out of my fingers…. The M7 has a veeeery sharp blade.

My dear, as you held the last M7 model in you hand before taking up the sowjet bayonet, on its hilt I recognized the hebrew letter" tzadik" !!! That means this particular one was once proberty of the Israeli IDF!🇮🇱 ! I believe it has some serious collectors value! Best regards from Israel, David😎

I have a M7 blade in a M8A1 sheath is that unusual ?

The m3 trench knife evolved into the m7 and m8 bayonet.

Are you saying you have these bayonets because you have the corresponding rifles? Well then get a Springfield M1A and the put a bayonet-lugged flash hider on it. Then you can get an M6.

Shocking you haven’t acquired an M6

No m9 the king of knifes?

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You gonna get out and do some hunting this fall? Don’t suppose you would be inclined to film it? Have a nice fall.🙂

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No U.S. M9 bayonet? It has a wire cutter function too, and you could have demonstrated that instead of the commie blade which doesn't belong in that lineup.

I am a retired US Marine and my service connected knife collection is way beyond this guys cheap junk collection. There are those of us that have carried them in combat and then there are these wannabe clowns on youtube.