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Having the advantage of seeing the bayonet up close, I measured the area of Carlo's red lines. The long line is .259 inches ("shallow fuller")and the short line is .213. The actual width of the wide fuller is .40 inches and the width of the narrow fuller is .34 inches, .06 inches difference.
One thing that would indicate that this is a regular fuller is this. If you notice what looks like a gritty line of grease along one side of the fuller; that is actually where the milling bur chattered along path. It would be entirely possible that this blade was either unfinished and needed another pass of the milling bur to complete the fuller, or it was rejected outright and assembled some years later just for me.
As I am writing this, I noticed that Porterkids has weighed in.
I am quite aware of the deficiencies of the regular fullered bayonet. I figured that is was resharpened to remove some deep gouges on the edge, but a factory reject is a good suspicion.
Please comment on the milling process used on narrow fuller bayonet. Most do not looked milled, but rather forged and bead blasted. Thanks
Please comment again.
Marv
Last edited by Misfit-45; 11-23-2012 at 12:10 PM.
Reason: transposed numbers, erroneous math conclusions
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