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Order #BOA  eBook on CD-ROM entitled "Bayonets of Afghanistan" ©2006 Created and published by yours truly, Dennis D. Ottobre. PICTURE The first book published on the subject of Afghan bayonets.  Includes hundreds of detailed color photos with the option to view larger more detailed images of many pieces depicted.  Covers a total of 79 bayonet variants from Afghanistan including a section devoted to spotting fake and fantasy pieces being sold as genuine items on the current collector's market.  Dozens of the variants listed have never previously been published.  Includes a numerical reference system for quick referencing and is formatted to be more printer friendly for those who would like to make a hard copy for their own use.  As with my previous eBook "Observations On Turkish Bayonets" I have left room for expansion and if I receive the same type of participation and feedback from readers sharing more variant items from their own collections for future updates I will keep a list of updates posted here so you can see if you might want to upgrade to a newer version in the future.

Self starting eBook on CD-ROM in HTML format works off your own web browser and is navigated just like a web page.  You don't have to be a computer genius, if you were able to find your way here on my web page you are all ready to surf this CD-ROM.

Just $12 DELIVERED in the USA AND Canada and $16(USD) DELIVERED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD! (Notice to MAC users- You may have to start the CD manually and instructions are included on the inside of the cover.  There have been a few cases where some MACs could not use the links in the CD and no one can seem to tell me why it works on some but not others.  Because of this I am not able to guarantee that it will work properly on MACs)

SPECIAL- Buy any bayonet (Does not have to be Afghan) and add a copy of Bayonets of Afghanistan for just $10 more.  This special deal price applies to INTERNATIONAL ORDERS TOO;-)
 
 

The following bayonets listed in green text with 3 digit item numbers are being sold for a friend recently returned from serving in Afghanistan.  GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

All of these were purchased in Afghanistan and are deemed to have been issued there.  They are guaranteed original except where specifically noted.  These are his "spares" from what he sent back for his own collection most of which is depicted in "Bayonets Of Afghanistan".

Please also visit my  ANTIQUE GUNS, STOCKS,  PARTS + ACCESSORIES, AMMO + ORDNANCE section for some antique rifles from Afghanistan.

016  WWI Imperial German SOCKET BLADED ersatz bayonet with triform British P1853 blade and small beaked straight gripped smooth pressed steel hilt. Lots of pitting on this one.  PIC1***PIC2  $250

030  WWI Imperial German SOCKET BLADED ersatz bayonet with Belgian triform blade and small beaked straight gripped smooth pressed steel hilt.  Blade is probably an M1867 Albini-Brandlin but many of those were converted from earlier bayonets so no way to be sure with the original socket no longer present.  Muzzle ears pinched inwards, broken reverse lug catch.  Original FELDGRAU paint on hilt remains 70% intact.  PIC1***PIC2***PIC3  $250

083 Canadian made but former BRITISH ISSUED ROSS bayonet with scabbard procured in Afghanistan. Blade contour modified to fit a Romanian M1893 scabbard.   Bears no Canadian property marks but rather has British broad arow and inspector's stamp on the crossguard. Britain did buy some Ross rifles for issue with Royal Navy units operating in and around Mesopatamia (Iraq) during their fight with Turkey there from 1915-1918. The Turks probably captured these and at some point reshaped the blades to fit the available Romanian scabbards (Turkey is well documented using modified Romanian M93 bayonets and their scabbards).   Turkey at some point foisted off large amounts of military equipment on Afghanistan and seems to have made it a point fo sending any really oddball rifles and bayonets that were not as easily adaptable to their own needs as others that Turkey is famous for modifying.  However these ended up in this configuration I have seen 10 identically so modified come from Afghanistan and guarantee that the modification is a legitimate variant and not Bubba's work.   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3   $200

086  Former Turkish M1890 bayonet shortened and hooked quillion removed but straight portion of quillion remains protruding unlike similar Turkish modifications for export pattern Mausers.  The muzzle ring has been reamed out for use on an M1910 Ross rifle but the locking lug to muzzle ring distance is so long that the ring slips off the end of the barrel if jarred forward.  It's not clear if the conversion is Turkish or Afghan but I suspect it is more likely Turkish since it is really not very functional.  Turkey produced many poor or altogether non-functioning conversions.  Most of the Afghan made and converted bayonets work quite well.  Minor hammering on pommel but mortise slot is unaffected  PIC1***PIC2  $95

097 Indian/British P1907 bayonet with scabbard.  RFI 11/20 date.  No Dari markings unfortunately but Bona Fide Afghanistan procured.   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3***PIC4   $100

098  Afghan re-issued British P1907 bayonets with scabbards.  WITH Dari numbers on right side of pommel. I have several each of WILKINSON or SANDERSON manufacture (Your choice).  All have the updated pommel with cleanout hole.  Best examples go first.  $75 each.

109 Afghan re-issued British P1907 bayonet with scabbard.  HOOKED QUILLION REMOVED  EFD 8/11 date.  Dari markings on the right side of pommel.   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3***PIC4***PIC5   $100

149  Afghan CONTRACT P1903 bayonet with scabbard.  Commercially made P1903 bayonet marked "WILKINSON LONDON"  with a small "crown" over "49" over "W" inspection stamp but no British property markings or bend test marks so NOT a British accepted bayonet.  Tang bears great Dari markings on both edges.  Scabbard rough with Afghan repair.   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3***PIC4  $125

175  WWI Imperial German SOCKET BLADED ersatz bayonet with US triform blade (looks like either an M1835 or M1842) and Multi piece cast 9 groove steel hilt.  This is the specific variant of this particular hilt that is purpose made to accept triform socket blades.  Release button very stiff and sticks but works with a bit of effort.  Very rare to find US blade.

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$500

176  WWI Imperial German SOCKET BLADED ersatz bayonet with Belgian? triform blade and and Multi piece cast 9 groove steel hilt.  This is the specific variant of this particular hilt that is purpose made to accept triform socket blades.  Small crack between reverse of lug catch and butt of pommel (see pics) but bayonet remains serviceable.

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$400

JR9398  Afghan made P1888 bayonet with temple marking and Hijra date 1319 (Gregorian year 1901 AD) and more Dari markings on the tang and pommel (see pics). Blade is completely UNsharpened but entire bayonet shows age and use. The crossguard is loose but not falling off and has been battered and somehow cracked on the inside of the muzzle ring (see pic). Blade is 295mm long.   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3***PIC4***PIC5***PIC6  $175

ARGENTINA

9046 M1891 scabbard converted to M1 or BM59.  EXAMPLE PIC OF BOTH SIDES   $25

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$100

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$180

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$225

ARMENIA

AUSTRALIA (also see Great Britain)

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE and POST-HAPSBURG AUSTRIA (see also ARMENIA, BULGARIA, CHILE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, GERMANY (IMPERIAL), GREECE, HUNGARY, ROMANIA, SIAM and SUDAN for other Austrian bayonets)

BAVARIA  see GERMANY, IMPERIAL

BELGIUM

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$125

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$250

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

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$30

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$65

BRITAIN  SEE "GREAT BRITAIN and UNIDENTIFIED COMMONWEALTH pieces"

BULGARIA

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$25

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$200

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$50

CHILE

CHINA  (see also TAIWAN)

4639 T56 SKS 15" chrome spike bayonet assembly complete with grip slide, spring and screw.  EXAMPLE PIC $5 each

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$200

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$150

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$150

COLOMBIA

8009 Colombian M1924? Bayonet with VZ24 scabbard   PIC1***PIC2***PIC3***PIC4    $40

8124 Colombian VZ24 bayonet with Slovak Scabbard.  PIC1***PIC2***PIC3***PIC4   $30

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
(see also Colombia, Germany (NAZI), Israel, Peru, Romania and Slovakia for contract and capture VZ24 variants)

8668 Former Austrian M1888/90 bayonet with scabbard.  Clear Austrian eagle on ricasso. Czech Modified to fit German GEW1888 Commission Rifle by crudely reaming out the muzzle ring.  Czech "(lion)18" on the pommel shows it to be VERY early Czech piece.  Scabbard is late Austrian ersatz type.  This could also have been modified by Austria late in the game.  The possibility also remains that it was Bubba-ized but I have a feeling it's right.

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$200

DENMARK

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$65

ENGLAND  SEE "GREAT BRITAIN and UNIDENTIFIED COMMONWEALTH pieces"

FINLAND

FRANCE

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$55