Help Identify Mark on Bayonet and age?

[jrlowe]

May be from the early 1900's?
It is 20 inches overall length.
The blade is 15 inches.
The only mark that I can see is a star within a circle on the blade by the handle.

Thanks!

John

 

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[PBK]

Korean bayonets have a "star in circle" mark.

Here's a Korean Type 99 bayonet, Korean War vintage. Compare it to yours.

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/woodcut/1287/koreanjap.jpg

 

[Gypsy Heart]

AK47 standard blade with the scabbard made from a piece of wrapped sheet steel spot welded down the side. Pommel has a star in a circle proof mark on the pommel. North Korea

http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/ak47_and_related_bayonets.htm

 

[diggerfororo]

looks like a 1917 model enfield bayonet from ww1 that has seen quite a bit of wear.

Les

 

[Montana Jim]

It also looks like the "Eddystone" model 1917...

I think the key is the Star symbol that PBK pointed out...

 

[Zephyr]

It's Japanese.

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html

The above site has a list of markings found on Jap. bayonets.

This site also has info (but not that particular marking as far as I could see.)

http://members.shaw.ca/nambuworld/bayonets.htm

 

[jrlowe]

Thanks for all the research. I am still unsure however. Looks most like Korean to me from the above links. Any more help appreciated.

Regards

John

 

[Gypsy Heart]

( * ) "star in circle mark"
North Korea
http://www.ak-47.us/AK47_Markings.php

 

[Zephyr]

Look closely. In jrlowe's first picture, the symbol on the bayonet (star, with a half-circle surrounding the lower half, and a connecting line at the 6 o'clock position) matches this

from the first bayonet site I posted above.

It's Japanese....

 

[PBK]

Zephyr's right!

Since John described the mark as "a star within a circle," I assumed the circle was complete, which would be consistent with a Korean mark.

However, here's an enlargement of the mark on his bayonet, and both of the details cited by Zephyr can clearly be seen:

• The circle is not complete. Arrow #1 indicates where it stops.

• There is indeed "a connecting line at the 6 o'clock position," as indicated by arrow #2.

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[Montana Jim]

Outstanding work guys... I remember stating that the "symbol was the key".

Super Sluthing by Zephyr! ... as PBK would say.

 

[Comanche Todd]

looks like a late war WWII Japanese type 30 Arisaka bayonet with an uncommon maker's mark

mfg around 1944

since it has a straight cross guard [not the hooked style] it's late war

 

[Ramitt]

Does that qualify it as last ditch, or is that a bit later. I don't know enough about Japanese WWII weapons to see the quality difference.