LANCAY M9 Bayonet with General Cutlary Blood Grove Blade

[pwcosol]

My GenCut is pretty much like what everyone else has. Blade is nice but was also a likely reject. There is just a slight swell in the concave grind on the left side about an inch back from the blade tip. Fittings are all correct as is the '92 dated suspension. I believe it was bought on Ebay from seller "czjet" several years ago for $250.00...

[ColinG]

Sir,

When I first saw it, my thought was that it was a General Cutlery. The scabbard is dated '95 and, I believe, the original GenCuts were fitted with a 1992 dated scabbard. Also, seller states the the blade is a "shallow" fuller. I don't believe the GenCuts were shallow fullered - but, the fuller on this blade does not quite look shallow either. The LANCAY lettering sure seem correct though. I waid to see what more advanced collectors think of this. Still a nice one to have GenCut or not.

CG

[Carlo]

Originally Posted by ColinG

Sir,

When I first saw it, my thought was that it was a General Cutlery. The scabbard is dated '95 and, I believe, the original GenCuts were fitted with a 1992 dated scabbard. Also, seller states the the blade is a "shallow" fuller. I don't believe the GenCuts were shallow fullered - but, the fuller on this blade does not quite look shallow either. The LANCAY lettering sure seem correct though. I waid to see what more advanced collectors think of this. Still a nice one to have GenCut or not.

CG

Hello Colin,
I saw that auction too this morning.
There was probably a mistake in the description, as this is a standard fuller.
Yes, as you and Fabrizio pointed out this is probably one the the "rejected" General Cutlery blade.
We have already discussed the topic here and in a different topic I'm not able to find.
Conclusion is: even with a correct marked Fastex (1992) it is usually impossible to tell if the bayonet is 100% genuine, as the blade are the same even in the model that surfaced on the market back in 2003.
You just have to trust the seller.
Should, instead, the blade has minor defects, then there is a high chance it could be not genuine.

[Carlo]

Ok, found the other topic on the General Cutlery I was referring to.
Read from post #8
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/sh...eneral+cutlery

[Carlo]

New auction!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Near-Mint-Ge...item25693b2f60
Time to change the name of these forums to:
Quarterebaybore.net?

[pwcosol]

Based on how quickly the one Simpson had sold (and at more than double the starting price on NumberoneGI's), I will be interested to see where this auction goes. Again, I think the "word is out" on many of the scarcer variants (lancay in particular) and collectors are snapping them up. When Bill Porter finally gets his MPBS M9 book out, I expect things to really take off...