Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Bayonet from mazar-i-sharif. Translation help needed.

spiral · 19th July 2006, 10:58 PM

OK S.Al-Anizi Thankyou, all info is of intrest to me.

Thanks DrDavid , yes the 1888 & 1903 have always been may favorite English bayonets, But although I have had many this is my first keeper amongst them.

From the rivets its not the mk.1 or mk.4 I think? but it doesnt have an oil/cleaning hole so its not quite the same as the English models. its The Royal Afghans interpritation. I would guees a modified mk.2 perhaps?

I understand they were used on the Afghan Martini-Henrys out there, rather than the lee metfords.

I have compared it with British made ones & its a very close copy in dimensions etc, I had to examine with a 9x lens to be certain it wasnt British made. But I am sure a true bayonet collector would know at a glance.

Spiral

19th July 2006, 10:58 PM	#8
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	OK S.Al-Anizi Thankyou, all info is of intrest to me. Thanks DrDavid , yes the 1888 & 1903 have always been may favorite English bayonets, But although I have had many this is my first keeper amongst them. From the rivets its not the mk.1 or mk.4 I think? but it doesnt have an oil/cleaning hole so its not quite the same as the English models. its The Royal Afghans interpritation. I would guees a modified mk.2 perhaps? I understand they were used on the Afghan Martini-Henrys out there, rather than the lee metfords. I have compared it with British made ones & its a very close copy in dimensions etc, I had to examine with a 9x lens to be certain it wasnt British made. But I am sure a true bayonet collector would know at a glance. Spiral