The various types and makers of the versitile M7 bayonet

[Wrangler]

I just want to say I really like your name as M1Garandfather having carried one too many times. I learned to love and hate it. Shot great but was heavy to a kid like me at the time. 8 and kachin......g.

I have sen a lot of M7's lately at gun shows but many wewre in terrible shape.So, where can I find a reasonable one in decent shape?

[Quarterbore]

Originally Posted by M1Garandfather

Hello Ken: I would be interested in helping out with the project , and by the sounds of his collection , hopefully K75thranger will too....

What kind of work do you have in mind?...

Thanks,
Bob

Basically something like we built at M9Bayonet.com. Bill Porter (Porterkids here on the the forums) along with a few other contributors helped me compile the information on the M9 bayonet.

All I really need to get started is some decent photos and any history that you or anybody else may know about the M7. A generic writeup would be great too...

You are welcome to use the forums here to start the pages and to collect and organize photos and I will be glad to help with getting the information into a webpage format. When finished, I will also need credits information so that we can give credits to those that help with the project as I really do not know much of anything about the M7 bayonet!

[Dee]

I just bought an M7 BOC Bayonet with an US.M8A(either an I or a 1) sheath. The handle has a yellow diamond on it. I've been trying to find out some information regarding this and the mark. Someone on another board said the diamond indicated it was a SF issued bayonet.....I'm not so sure.

Anybody know anything about this?

Thanks.

[06boblee]

Was Eickhorn the only maker of the 9"double edged bayonet? Mine is marked M7 US. It has a one piece grip and a threaded pommel.
Thanks for any info

[porterkids]

To the best of my knowledge, Eickhorn was the only manufacturer of the long double-edged M7 bayonets.

[stang]

Hi,

I am looking to buy the best condition M7 I can find, from the VIETNAM era. There are a lot of them on eBay from different manufacturers, and I don't know how to identify their ages.
Is there a way to know this? Like... certain companies only manufactured them between certain years?
And how about ones that come with the M10 scabbard/sheath, were those used during the Vietnam War? Which year was that introduced?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me...

Scott