Rare LanCay ?

[porterkids]

Originally Posted by Tyjaz Tyjaz

Thank you for your answers, but now, I am little bit confused from second answer, as I can see on pictures above, If it is 1 from 350 made, it is quite a irregular thing... Just wondering how much is this worth, cause i can see on pictures above inovice from ebay to 905$ . I am going to read more about this one. Thank you :]

Your bayonet is the standard, first issue LanCay M9. The bayonet shown with the $900+ price is the 1993 model with the shallow fuller. They made approximately 350 of these. This is not the same as the bayonet you have. Sorry.

[Broad_Arrow]

While 350 of the shallow-fullered (1993) LanCay bayos were fabricated, does anyone have a rough idea how many of the standard, first-issue, LanCay fullered bayonets were made? Thousands? Just trying to understand the potential production run for the early fullered LanCays (excluding the earliest GenCut's).

Thanks,

David

[Mister Moon]

From Barry Brown@ Lan-Cay


Mister Moon...

The deep fullers in the early knives were mostly machined. We had problems in getting a good forge and laser cut much of the first production. Of the deep fullers, either laser pr machined, there were probably less than a very few thousand.




Barry Brown

[Broad_Arrow]

Thanks, Mister Moon, for the info. Very much appreciated!

[Tyjaz Tyjaz]

And what is the difference between my lancay and yours marked as year 1992 ?Or it is the same ? Sorry for bothering you again :]

[Mister Moon]

It's the same model.
The model 92, as on the photo, is not rare.

[ColinG]

It's the same model.
The model 92, as on the photo, is not rare.

Mister Moon,

The model 92 with the deep fuller seems to be getting hard to find these days. I don't think one has shown up on ebay in quite awhile although the early LanCay without the fuller seems to show up fairly regular. Maybe not rare, but approaching "uncommon" perhaps?