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by LONDON ANDY
Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AK47 Bayonet identification
Replies: 29
Views: 44900

Re: AK47 Bayonet identification

Hi Mike Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. :-) I have now looked at the relevant posts on East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia & Finland and it appears that Bulgaria might be where one of my AK's originates. If I can manage to get a couple of pictures and upload them would you ...
by LONDON ANDY
Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AK47 Bayonet identification
Replies: 29
Views: 44900

Re: AK47 Bayonet identification

Hi again Mike I think I have an East German AK47 bayonet but I can not find mention of East German traits in your guide ? Or am I missing something? It has a serial number on the bottom 981 in silver/white. The one I have purchased was covered in grease and still had the leather hanger wrapped in gr...
by LONDON ANDY
Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:33 am
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AK47 Bayonet identification
Replies: 29
Views: 44900

Re: AK47 Bayonet identification

Hi Mike

Makes perfect sense now - Thank you :-)

Andy
by LONDON ANDY
Sun Jan 12, 2020 2:22 am
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AK47 Bayonet identification
Replies: 29
Views: 44900

Re: AK47 Bayonet identification

Really useful post -Thank you Brian :-) I do have one part that is confusing me about the scabbards - The two uses of 4th in conjunction with the corresponding pictures is not clear for me ! (passage copied below) Am I missing something? :surrender: "One last scabbard point, (pardon the pun), f...
by LONDON ANDY
Sun Jan 05, 2020 10:53 pm
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: Polish Web hangers on eBay
Replies: 12
Views: 13854

Re: Polish Web hangers on eBay

I had also purchased a few weeks ago what was described as "An original Polish army bayonet holder" on e-bay. It was listed as "fits 6H3 & 6H4 and other" and "Made in Poland" and "Old military stock". The item never arrived and I have also received a full ...
by LONDON ANDY
Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:09 pm
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AKM Bayonets & Scabbards
Replies: 7
Views: 7401

Re: AKM Bayonets & Scabbards

Hi to all who have replied and thanks to you all. Some interesting points raised that I had not thought of. The most important thing for me was to know that I was not causing any unnecessary damage to my AKM's by inserting them into their scabbards the wrong way :-) . I am storing my bayonets in ind...
by LONDON ANDY
Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:38 am
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AKM Bayonets & Scabbards
Replies: 7
Views: 7401

Re: AKM Bayonets & Scabbards

Hi Mike Thank you for the reply :-) That makes sense to me the only problem arises with my Romanian AKM with the leather frog because the rubber insulator is larger on one side to accommodate the clip on the hangers which makes the scabbard sit the other way around with the scabbard cutter pivot fac...
by LONDON ANDY
Tue Dec 31, 2019 11:10 pm
Forum: AK Bayonet Discussion
Topic: AKM Bayonets & Scabbards
Replies: 7
Views: 7401

AKM Bayonets & Scabbards

Hi there, I have been collecting bayonets for some time and have recently started to acquire AK & AKM bayonets from various countries. I have a general question that hopefully someone can answer for me :-) Is there a right way around to put AKM bayonets into their scabbards ? I have looked at va...