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Rare Lancay
Thank you for the information on a further history behind these commercial Lan-Cays. I collect military bayonets and fighting knives to a very limited degree and don't or try not to buy civilian/commercial versions; however, the bayonets that Lan-Cay currently supplies to the military have no different markings than what can be bought on the civilian market. If I remember correctly they used to mark their commercial version "UTILITY' rather than standard, current civilian/military markings. If I read this history correctly, only those Lancays marked UTILITY or the grooved 'Lan-Cay"s were expressly marketed for the civilian market prior to some law that now does not require different civilian/military markings. Of course, those tan, blue, red, etc. Lancay colored bayos are expressely for the civilian market whatever the markings on the blade. Currenly on ebay, as Carlo pointed out, there is a shallow grooved 'Lan-Cay' up for sale. Thinking back, I have seen maybe a half dozen of these shallow grooved Lan-Cays, but never a deep grooved Lan-Cay. So perhaps only 20 of these were made up, making them the rarest bayonet made expressly for the civilian market by the Lan-Cay company. Would you agree with that statement?
CG
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