Ontario Commemoratives

[lee cousens]

I have recently bought the ARMY & USMC commemo rative ONTARIO m9 s , could anybody tell me if there is an air force version?

[porterkids]

Ontario only made an Army and USMC commemorative. They supposedly made 500 of each. I imagine they only made these two as these are the two branches of the US military that use the M9 bayonet.
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[lee cousens]

Thanks for the info :)

[Carlo]

Hello,
at the moment there is one of these bayonets (US Army version) for sale on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-US-Army-Ont...QQcmdZViewItem
An example of an Ontario commemorative for the USMC is shown in the following tread in this forum
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=34
My question is: until now the Ontario commemoratives I saw for sale on ebay were ALL numbered on the blade "1 of 500" ..I never saw a blade with written on it "2 of 500" or "150 of 500".
So, are they really a "limited edition"?
I honestly can't understand if the "1 of 500" logo on the blades means that:
a) the bayonet is the number # 1 (so there should be a number # 2, 3....of a total of 500 made, or
b) the bayonet is one (not numbered) of a total of 500 made --> all the bayonets have the same marking "1 of 500"?
Found this a little bit confusing....

[porterkids]

All of the bayonets are marked "1 of 500". There is no number 2. It simply means that they made 500 bayonets and this is one of them.
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[Old-Smithy]

MAny of these commemeratives are marked on th ebox, and literature only.setting up a system to individually number the blades would be expensive, so keep your box!

[porterkids]

Since this post first appeared Ontario has also come out with a SOCOM M9 bayonet. Again, a 500 piece run.

[mountainbikernc]

Sorry, I still don't know if these are worth it/worth collecting. It reminds me of the Commerative Obama stuff being sold, Commerative quarters, etc.

Thanks

[porterkids]

When you get right down to it, what is any of this stuff really worth? Within the last year I've seen Chevron M9s sell for $1500 and a Buck USMC for over $2000. Both of those are basically the same thing as the Ontario M9, aren't they? Why do they have a perceived value so much higher than the Ontario commemoratives? It can't be due to the number made; there are over 1000 Chevrons and there are 5000 Buck USMCs. There are only 500 of the Ontarios.

I guess what I'm trying to say without getting too philosophical is that any of this stuff we value so highly is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it when we put it up for sale. I personally buy every commemorative and foreign copy of the M9 that I come across. Some of them will probably decrease in value in the short term but I collect M9s and I am trying to have a complete and comprehensive collection. I believe that there will be a market for these in the future when collectors are trying to round out their collections.

[lee cousens]

You may be right, i sold my 2 Ontarios, how do we know there are only 500 made????
I think the earlier Phrobis desert storm commeratives will hold their value better even though they are not advertised as a limited addition, well i love mine