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Originally Posted by Carlo
Hello,
I don't have a great knowledge of the Ontario M10 and Lan-Cay M11, so you'll better wait some more answers.
Anyway, I believe the main difference between the "standard" M9 bayonet and the Ontario M10 is (apart from the blade markings and the handle you mentioned) the scabbard configuration. The "loops" at the end were removed and the back weebing was modified.
The Lan-Cay M11 is just not a bayonet at all, but an EOD tool (knife, in fact).
I personally wouldn't consider the Lan-Cay EOD an improvement, as it was just a different configuration of the M9 bayonet. |
Ah yeah, that makes sense.
Also, why is Ontario Knife Co using this new finish on their M10?
I have an Ontario M9 and M7. The M9 has a smooth dull black finish much like the Lan-Cay M9s.
The M7 has this "sandstone" finish, or the finish looks entirely like the knife was made from a dark sharpening stone. It marks like crazy when it goes in or out of the scabbard and it appears the M10 suffers the same thing. What's so special about this finish that the previous typical M9 finish couldn't achieve?