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holmes · #1 01-08-2006, 09:37 AM

just looking at various other pics on here i was wondering why the blade on my M9 is straight behind the serated edge on the back of the blade but all others are tapered,is mine a cheap knock off or something?

porterkids · #2 01-08-2006, 12:51 PM

Your Lan-Cay M9 may seem cheap but it's not a knock off. Only the first contract bayonets manufactured by LanCay had the notch in the back edge of the blade in front of the muzzle ring. The last 1000 or so first contract blades went out with the revised blade, and all second contract and later blades were made without he notched back edge.
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Quarterbore · #3 01-08-2006, 01:03 PM

It is interesting that they engraved the blade wrong however... Nice knife and Bill is the expert...

holmes · #4 01-08-2006, 08:48 PM

thanks for the info,as a side note i never noticed the engraving being off till mentioned

Carlo · #5 01-09-2006, 12:21 PM

Bill,
could I assume that this LanCay I have (see the attached image) is from the last part of the FIRST contract?

porterkids · #6 01-09-2006, 02:36 PM

No, that is an early second contract bayonet. All first contract bayonets had a bright (vs. black oxide) finish. LanCay changed their name to Lan-Cay right around the time they received the second M9 contract. They started the second contract run with the die they had and then switched over to the hyphenated marking when the new die was made.
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