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Originally Posted by pwcosol
Well, after mulling it over, I ended up placing a successful bid on this bayonet, and hope to have it shortly. I am not sure just what it is. A very well known bayonet collector has assured me it definitely is not an example of the off mil-spec 200 early first contract LanCay M9s which were later given a waiver from the Army and included in the second contract. On the other hand, I made an inquiry to the seller as to where he had acquired this bayonet. His response was it was: "Item comes directly from a striker brigade member after deployment from Iraq. Alaska has a very large military presence , with several bases stationed throughout the state". Since the Army issues the M9, seems unlikely the serviceman privately purchased this bayonet from a commercial source...
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Hello!
Could you post pictures of your bayonet once you'll receive it?
I would suggest to disassemble the bayonet and look if the small portion of the blade covered by the guard/handle was parkerized as well (I probably think so, but there could be a very small chance of the blade being originally bright and later parkerized, like some Phrobis blades we saw on ebay some time ago).
Back to the "off mil-spec 200 early first contract LanCay M9s", were you able to understand if the blade was supposed to have a fuller?
The only examples I saw (with the correct LanCay marking, without the "-") are all missing the fuller.