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Hey LazyEngineer,
Welcome to the forum and thank you for the detailed write up on your Chinese M9. I have several different variations of the PRC and Taiwanese M9 bayonets. They all appear to be of decent quality. There are two things that I've noticed about these bayonets that make them stand out to me. The grips are slightly smaller in diameter than the standard US M9. It makes the hilt on the Chinese bayonets look a little out of proportion. The other item that is nothing other than a poor design is the method they used to fasten the blade stop to the cutter plate. They have a nice big stop on the face of the cutter plate, but if you look at it from the backside you will notice that the stop is held in place by a hollow body rivet. I don't think it would take too much use to shear that rivet.
I picked mine up when they first came available in the US. They were relatively inexpensive compared to a Phrobis or Buck M9. The Lan-Cay bayonets are available for about the same price that you paid for yours and they are made to USGI spec.
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