POLICE SIDEARMS
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Bret van Sant
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OK A BIT OF HISTORY.... I HAVE PURCHASED THREE OF THESE POLICE BAYONETS.RESULT: I HAVE RETURNED EACH ONE TO THE DEALER.REASONS:MIXED, FOUND A PROBLEM WITH ONE.CONDITION WAS ALOT WORSE THAN STATED AND THE LAST ONE LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN FIXED.(A REAL NOTICABLE FIX) SO NOW I AM GOING TO LOOK AGAIN. SO I WILL WAIT FOR JOHNSON'S TO CALL AND LEAVE A MESSAGE,WAIT FOR #42 WITTMANN OFFERING OR GET LUCKY AT A DEALER OR JUST GET LUCKY PERIOD.OR WAIT TILL MAX SHOW,AT WHICH TIME I WILL WANT SOMETHING ELSE! MY QUESTION:HAS ANYONE NOTICED A CERTIAN DISTRICT OR SCHOOL STAMPING THAT IS WORTH MORE? I KNOW THAT A RURAL POLICE SEEMSTO FETCH MORE.JUST THE STAMP, NOT IF ITS PERSONALIZED,ENGRAVED OR THE LIKE.
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Ken Jasper
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Bret,
I can't answer your question about the rarity pf stampings, but three years ago I bought, from a reputable dealer, what was purported to be a rural police bayonet. After I had it for about a year, I showed it to another well respected dealer who pointed out to me that the unit stamping on the bayonet was that of a muncipal police unit, not rural. The frog was the correct brown color as was the scabbard, but the bayonet itself was not a rural one. I have shied away from bayonets because of this. Look carefully at any bayonet you buy and read between my lines here, i.e. I bought it from one dealer and showed it to another.
I can't answer your question about the rarity pf stampings, but three years ago I bought, from a reputable dealer, what was purported to be a rural police bayonet. After I had it for about a year, I showed it to another well respected dealer who pointed out to me that the unit stamping on the bayonet was that of a muncipal police unit, not rural. The frog was the correct brown color as was the scabbard, but the bayonet itself was not a rural one. I have shied away from bayonets because of this. Look carefully at any bayonet you buy and read between my lines here, i.e. I bought it from one dealer and showed it to another.
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Bret van Sant
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Ken Jasper
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Bret, not sure what you mean. We may be talking past one another. I have no doubt that the rural bayonets existed which is exactly why I was pleased to have found one. The only probblem was that somewhare along the line, someone inserted a muncipal baynoet in a rural scabbard. I am still looking for a rural one, but I am not sure what markings I should look for. Do you know?
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Bret van Sant
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Ken Jasper
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