Buck USMC on e-bay

[Mister Moon]

... The year of the USMC / ......

The last year was for the " CHEVRON " ..... 1200 $ i beleive ..

[porterkids]

Don't forget there was a Buck USMC+ that sold for $2000.

[Chris Johnson]

Some of already know that I was the high on the latest full tang bayonet.
Two of my favorite expressions are “too much is never enough” and “less is more”, the former applies in this case. Did I pay too Much ?, Possibly. Bill made a point earlier in this thread, “very used” is what makes valuable”, I know that was in reference to a threaded tang, nonetheless, that was a BIG reason for my bid, condition, completeness and character were also other incentives.
Besides how many of these bayonets do you see come up for sale…
All of your comments have me feeling pretty good about my purchase… Thanks
I will post some Photos.
cj

[pwcosol]

One thing is for certain. There are only a finite number of these bayonets available. The belief is of those made, the majority were destroyed either during extensive testing or upon termination of the trials, but nobody knows for sure. I also wonder if the bayonets remained in the hands of the USMC or were returned to BUCK after the trials took place. From those that have surfaced, many seem to have some sort of provenance coming from the military, and escaped the fate of the majority.
I cannot see the USMC actually destroying the bayonets after trials completion. This does not seem to have happened with the 1991 contract thus far. They may have, just like surplussed US M7s, ended up going to a regional DRMO for disposition. There the M9s might be destroyed, provided as aid to a foreign or other entity friendly with the United States, or sold as surplus. Who knows? If the USMC retained these bayonets the remainder might well still be sitting in a crate someplace (like Yermo) in the Mojave desert, awaiting final disposition...

[rexmeyer]

I was lucky enough to get one of the rivet pommel USMC 1993 M-9 knivIes' It is close to being mint, but the only thing I lack is the correct scabbard. It came with a mint 1991 style scabbard. This was 2 years ago.. I haven't been lucky enough to find an original scabbard yet.. But I am still looking.....It goes along with the incomplete prototype Phrobis m-9 I was lucky enough to get on ebay..

[M9A1]

good

[Carlo]

I just noted that Joe H. is selling one full tang USMC 1993 with the riveted pommell
http://cgi.ebay.com/Buck-knife-188-U...3A2%7C294%3A50
This bayonet has, in my opinion, a lot of "character", as Chris said few posts above in regard to a different piece.
What is your opinion about having a broken M9 in your collection?

[Mister Moon]

Originally Posted by Carlo

I just noted that Joe H. is selling one full tang USMC 1993 with the riveted pommell
http://cgi.ebay.com/Buck-knife-188-U...3A2%7C294%3A50
This bayonet has, in my opinion, a lot of "character", as Chris said few posts above in regard to a different piece.
What is your opinion about having a broken M9 in your collection?

... not for me.

[Carlo]

Hello to everyone!
Didn't have much time to post on the forum, lately, and .... sadly I already spent all my available "M9 budget" for 2009, so no more M9s untill next year!
Anyway,
I just saw few nice pieces for sale: a clear LanCay, a black blade australian contract and a Buck USMC 1993 riveted pommell
http://cgi.ebay.com/USMC-BUCK-M9-Bay...d=p3286.c0.m14
What do you think about the modified cutter plate?
There was no screwdriver on the USMC 1993 model cutter plate.
More chances, in my opinion, that the cutter plate got broken and was then rasped (hope this is the correct english word).

[pwcosol]

Carlo, I noticed the cutter-plate as well. It looks almost like the metal was removed by machining rather than by grinding, as the angles are crisp & sharp. I suspect what happened is end of the cutter plate was broken off (and in doing so eliminated the button blade stop). The damaged cutterplate was machined off around the breakage to eliminate the sharp metal. One would have thought a new cutterplate would have been substituted, but this might have been against rules for the testing & evaluation process of the bayonet trials. It is also possible the cutterplate was modified after "liberation" from the testing, but it seems to show some wear around the modified area indicating usage afterwards.