Lan-Cay M9-XM (full tang)

[Carlo]

I just saw on ebay an interesting auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/US-Army-M9-Experimental-Bayonet-Knife-1998-LanCay-M9-XM_W0QQitemZ170392271622QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Defa ultDomain_0?hash=item27ac2bbb06
I believe this bayonet is extremely rare!

[Greg V]

I would like to get your opinion. Is the scabbard on this one G.I. or is it commercial?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300353791320&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching


Thanks, Greg V

[Mister Moon]

To : GregV :

They were mostly just for testing. Lancay had made a very few with this attaching.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5066/alice001.jpg (http://img124.imageshack.us/i/alice001.jpg/)http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/alice001.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img124/alice001.jpg/1/)


http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/7400/alice002.jpg (http://img114.imageshack.us/i/alice002.jpg/)http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/alice002.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img114/alice002.jpg/1/)


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5324/alice003.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/alice003.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/alice003.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/alice003.jpg/1/)

[Mister Moon]

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6582/alice004.jpg (http://img48.imageshack.us/i/alice004.jpg/)http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/alice004.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img48/alice004.jpg/1/)


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7981/alice005.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/alice005.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/alice005.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/alice005.jpg/1/)

[Mister Moon]

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3170/alice011.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/alice011.jpg/)http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/alice011.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img44/alice011.jpg/1/)


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7401/alice014.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/alice014.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/alice014.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/alice014.jpg/1/)


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1678/alice012.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/alice012.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/alice012.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/alice012.jpg/1/)

[Mister Moon]

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9991/alice015t.jpg (http://img238.imageshack.us/i/alice015t.jpg/)http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/alice015t.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img238/alice015t.jpg/1/)

[Mister Moon]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7015/aliceinformation001.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/aliceinformation001.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/aliceinformation001.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/aliceinformation001.jpg/1/)



http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9824/aliceinformation002.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/aliceinformation002.jpg/)http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/aliceinformation002.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img19/aliceinformation002.jpg/1/)

[Mister Moon]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3237/aliceinformation003.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/aliceinformation003.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/aliceinformation003.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/aliceinformation003.jpg/1/)



http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5797/aliceinformation004.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/aliceinformation004.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/aliceinformation004.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img97/aliceinformation004.jpg/1/)

[Mister Moon]

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9099/aliceinformation005.jpg (http://img238.imageshack.us/i/aliceinformation005.jpg/)http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/aliceinformation005.jpg/1/w997.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img238/aliceinformation005.jpg/1/)

[pwcosol]

The letter from Homer B. references the Lancay USMC 2002 trials bayonets as the first examples to incorporate the Molle suspension system. If you access Frank Trazka's US Military Knife website, there was an excellent article submitted by Jim Maddox on these bayonets, with photos included.

[Carlo]

By the way, thanks for the pictures!

[Greg V]

Thanks for all the information.