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Impact resistant, modular hilt
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Kurtis Dwight Davis
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Registered: August 2010
Location: Oklahoma countryside
Posts: 68
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Blade is patterned after Swiss Model 1899/11 Schmidt-Rubin; saw made after Swiss Pioneer Model 1878 (Jantzen page 186). Material is quarter inch 1095 flatbar, inch and a half wide. View shows fixed bayonet removed and fully disassembled, with both military and civilian parts positioned.
Modularity allows disassembly, and parts interchange and/or replacement. Parts interchange allows option to change utility from civilian to military, at owner's discretion. The M-9 bayonet provides these same valuable characteristics.
The patented concept can be applied to a wide rage of fixed blade cutlery, and is not limited to this particular example. The concept is very well suited for units up to 31 inches in overall length. Application of the concept to a bayonet hilt does not in and of itself amount to invention (neither does commercial success).
By the way, Gentlemen, the original M-9 manufacturer got it all wrong; my blade may or may not be for fighting---it all depends on the circumstances at hand.
More information concerning U.S. Patent 4,458,420 is available at www.kurtisddavis.com
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