CLEAR LANCAY YEAR ! ..... Proto 1

[Mister Moon]

............... Great Month ....... The most beautiful M9 bayo that i see on ebay .. in 3 years .

... On approximately 25 of this 1st version LanCay made in 1995 , half a dozen were sent to Rock Island where they were cut into pieces , disassembled and dissected , tested etc etc ..... In fact there're maybe about ten of this model in perfect state . The last year , one guy proposed me 3700 $ for this version .....

[Mister Moon]

Left to Right ...Version 1 ..... 2 ..... 3

[pwcosol]

A superb selection of clear Lancay variants! I just got my first pattern back in March. The seller was smart as he had loosened the pommel grip nut & never stored the bayonet in the scabbard since getting it back in the mid-1990's.

[rexmeyer]

From what I have seen there are more than 25 around, just like the General Cutlery blades which surfaced in 2003.. How can one tell if it is indeed one of the original 25 or not made up somewhere? Rex

[porterkids]

The first lot of 25 pieces had LanCay marked blades. The second grouping, allegedly much greater in number, had Lan-Cay marked blades. I suppose somone could swap blades, but if you run across one without the hyphen I'd say chances are pretty good that it is legitimate. I expect there is also a difference in the Fastex date, but I don't have mine handy to check.

[Mister Moon]

FASTEX date 95 for LanCay ....................98 for Lan - Cay .................. 98 for US

[Carlo]

Originally Posted by rexmeyer

From what I have seen there are more than 25 around, just like the General Cutlery blades which surfaced in 2003.. How can one tell if it is indeed one of the original 25 or not made up somewhere? Rex

Rex made a very good point here!
Due to the way the M9 bayonet is designed (modular construction) and apart from few exceptions (like the USMC 1993) you will never be 100% sure that some parts of an M9 were not changed.
Don't get me wrong, please.
I'm sure this clear LanCay is legitimate, but this is something I had been thinking for some time.
As you know I have one of the General Cutlery LANCAY from 2003.
What happens if I changed the pommell with an un-marked one, used the correct scabbard, cutter plate and 1992 Fastex?
Nobody will be able to tell the difference with a legitimate one.
At the end, you trust the seller.

[Mister Moon]

... I'd contacted the seller for know the FASTEX DATE is CORRECT : 95 ...... All in this model seem OK as mine ....


.. In LanCay , we trust !

[porterkids]

Originally Posted by Carlo

What happens if I changed the pommell with an un-marked one, used the correct scabbard, cutter plate and 1992 Fastex?
Nobody will be able to tell the difference with a legitimate one.

That's because there would be no difference between it and a "legitimate" one.