Russian Sword for I D and Comment

Norman McCormick · 17th June 2009, 07:51 PM

Hi Brian,
A number of these Shaska and bayonet combinations came out of China quite recently, whilst my knowledge does not extend to being able to say for sure that this is one of these the general lack of quality would tend to make me think that this is indeed a Chinese repro. Even the post 1917 ones, which this would appear to be, although utility, were in my experience better made than this one. Please don't take my doubts as a positive affirmation that this is a copy, I sincerely hope it's not, but it would be worthwhile to investigate the possibility further.
My Regards,
Norman.

17th June 2009, 07:51 PM	#3
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,613	Hi Brian, A number of these Shaska and bayonet combinations came out of China quite recently, whilst my knowledge does not extend to being able to say for sure that this is one of these the general lack of quality would tend to make me think that this is indeed a Chinese repro. Even the post 1917 ones, which this would appear to be, although utility, were in my experience better made than this one. Please don't take my doubts as a positive affirmation that this is a copy, I sincerely hope it's not, but it would be worthwhile to investigate the possibility further. My Regards, Norman.