What kind of bayonet is this?

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http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=1111463

http://www.liongate-armsandarmour.com/bq686.htm
(Just a guess...) Possibly a Japanese Model 1897 bayonet, or similar, circa WWII, according to the referenced website.

http://www.gunboards.com/sites/banzai/Bayonets/BayPrimer/M35Bay/M35Bayonet.htm
But then there's a Japanese Type 30 bayonet which looks more like your picture with the curved hilt. I believe this referenced item is missing the photo on the webpage, though.

Try doing a "Google" image search using the words "bayonet" and "japanese".

A Big'un.

Could be the bayonet off the Type 38 Arisaka 6.5mm.


But without seeing the markings I'm not sure. The handle looks suspiciously like an older German bayonet like off the 1888 Commission rifle.

I believe your bayonet in question might be a Japanese Type 30 bayonet.

Compare here: http://bayonets.www3.50megs.com/index.html

Good luck.
-L

Yeah, it does look long enough to be off an Arisaka. The Mauser bayonets are usually a little shorter. That strongly curved guard should be a clue.

John

"Usually" is the key. The older 1888 Commission rifle had a long bayonet, and older Italian rifles also had the strong hook (for disarming someone else, hook the bayonet and yank) on their bayonets. Pre-WW1 rifles have fairly similar looking bayonets.

Thanks for the replies.

Here is a close up. I can't make out the numbers.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=1123290

Another view of the "handle" note the triple marks just below the "hilt
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=1123743

Could be the bayonet off the Type 38 Arisaka 6.5mm.

Mine is from a 7.7 Arisaka.

Oh, and though I stupidly didn't photograph it, mine has the same triple circle symbol indicating the arsenal that either manufactured or subcontracted the bayonet.

Koishikawa Arsenal (Tokyo) 1870-1935
Kokura Arsenal 1935-1945

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=28675&stc=1