Prototype M7 bayonet? T65 scabbard mark

[Alt Berliner]

Hi all I'm New here and have a question.

 

I have a question about a bayonet I own.

I'm pretty sure that my Bayonet is an M7 US Bayonet,

I say pretty sure because it fits on my M16, the handle is the same,

but there are no maker's marks, and it is a full 1 1/2 in. longer than the standard.

Whereas the standard bayonet takes the M8A1 scabbard......

Mine is in a longer one with the only makings being T65,

and it does not have the protective metal tip.

I will try to post pic's of it here.

Can you help me out?

 

 

 

[bayonetman]

Hi all I'm New here and have a question.

 

I have a question about a bayonet I own.

I'm pretty sure that my Bayonet is an M7 US Bayonet,

I say pretty sure because it fits on my M16, the handle is the same,

but there are no maker's marks, and it is a full 1 1/2 in. longer than the standard.

Whereas the standard bayonet takes the M8A1 scabbard......

Mine is in a longer one with the only makings being T65,

and it does not have the protective metal tip.

I will try to post pic's of it here.

Can you help me out?

 

Bill Porter wrote about this bayonet - see the link below. Hopefully it will answer your question:

 

http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/porters_page_22.htm

 

William Humes also shows one:

 

http://www.jouster.com/cgi-bin/knives/knif...ames;read=12174

[Bob Hudson]

Bill Porter wrote about this bayonet - see the link below. Hopefully it will answer your question:

 

http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/porters_page_22.htm

 

William Humes also shows one:

 

http://www.jouster.com/cgi-bin/knives/knif...ames;read=12174

 

So it's a Panamanian bayonet, probably made in Taiwan. According to those links, people have been selling these for over $300 and calling them a "prototype" M7 In order to help others more readily find out the true story behind these, I have changed this topic's title a bit.

[Alt Berliner]

So it's a Panamanian bayonet, probably made in Taiwan. According to those links, people have been selling these for over $300 and calling them a "prototype" M7 In order to help others more readily find out the true story behind these, I have changed this topic's title a bit.

 

 

Thank You so much for helping me out.

I got this from a friend of mine about 10 years ago, he sold it to me for $25.

Whenever I go to the field I take this one instead of that worthless M9.

I find it especially usefull when I have to chip ice out of the throat of my canteen.

When I was in a medivac compnay, they looked at me strangely,

saying as a medic, I don't need a bayonet.

I told them it's not a bayonet.......it's a scalpel.

Too bad there are people out there ripping people off on Ebay for these.

As the old saying goes.....Let the buyer beware.

Thanks Again

[dustin]

Are bayonets considered ORDNANCE?

when an item is experimental or procured for testing items are given a T designation and once adopted a more formal nomenclature is assigned such as the distress signal RED 2STAR, based off the british MK-II was given the designation T-49 and once adopted was redesignated the type M-75.I know little about bayonets and that was my first thought when I saw the T-65 but as the article says was not.

[Alt Berliner]

Are bayonets considered ORDNANCE?

when an item is experimental or procured for testing items are given a T designation and once adopted a more formal nomenclature is assigned such as the distress signal RED 2STAR, based off the british MK-II was given the designation T-49 and once adopted was redesignated the type M-75.I know little about bayonets and that was my first thought when I saw the T-65 but as the article says was not.

 

 

I'm "no expert" but a thing to remember/keep in mind.......

if it's stamped on the "scabbard" then it's talking about "the scabbard".

an excellent example is the M7 bayonets being sold on Ebay right now........

(search under M7 bayonet)

The Scabbards are M8A1,

the Bayonets are M7.

I hope this helps

Ken

[Spathologist]

Sorry to grave dig, but I chanced across a dealer listing one of these for $225 and nearly choked.

 

My command passed these out at the end of Operation Just Cause with a commemorative engraving on the blade. IIRC, the story was that there was a warehouse full of these things and that enough had been engraved for each veteran of the operation to have one.