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cwmosshead · #1 02-29-2008, 02:20 AM

I just purchased a Buck 188 > that has a plain round pommel without latch and a cross guard like the Lan Cay M-11. Does anyone know of this variant? I don't know if I done this correctly but heres the photo link.

http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/ph...ry.php?cat=564

biboufab · #2 02-29-2008, 04:00 AM

" Assembling commercial for commercial sell " ... Good knife for the fishing .

Mister Moon for WWW.M9M4.COM

Carlo · #3 02-29-2008, 04:24 AM

Humm

I guess Fabrizio was right, and while waiting for Bill answer, I can only say that my very first M9 has (well, better say "had", as it was soon replaced) a dummy pommell, that is quite different from yours.
See pictures here:
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=723.
What I believe, based on the answers in that post, is that the dummy pommell I have is the same of the M9 Field Knife Japan I.

cwmosshead · #4 02-29-2008, 04:38 AM

With the poor fit of the pommel, I thought maybe someone replaced it after it left the Buck factory. But its apparent the knife has never been used. Also Carlo I noticed your knife has Pat. Pend. this one doesn't. Whatever that means.

Carlo · #5 02-29-2008, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by cwmosshead

Also Carlo I noticed your knife has Pat. Pend. this one doesn't. Whatever that means.

It is because these two (commercial) bayonets were made in different years, yours in 1987 (">" mark), mine in 1989 ("V" mark), and the "Pat. Pend" mark was add later, after 1987.

porterkids · #6 02-29-2008, 08:17 AM

I hope you saved that pommel Carlo. It is the correct one for the Field Knife that Buck manufactured for sale in Japan. It's a hard to find piece.

The knife pictured in this link has a Lan-Cay EOD cross guard and pommel on it. If you look at the side view photo of the hilt you will see a gap between the grip and the pommel. There are two ears on the back end of the grip that are used to index the bayonet pommel. The directions that come with the EOD pommel instruct you to cut these ears off the grip. Fortunately the previous owner did not do that and you can restore the bayonet to its original configuration if you choose. The solid pommel that Buck made fits between the two ears.

porterkids · #7 02-29-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Carlo

It is because these two (commercial) bayonets were made in different years, yours in 1987 (">" mark), mine in 1989 ("V" mark), and the "Pat. Pend" mark was add later, after 1987.

The Pat. Pend. was added in 1987. You can find both three-line and four-line Buck bayonets with the 1987 date code.