Buck USMC on e-bay

[nolesfan1]

can someone tell me about the buck usmc on e-bay with the 1993 date stamp? The scabbard is very different than any i have seen from Buck. Was this another trial knife or a commercial one? Also i have never seen a USMC with a black blade. Thanks for your info! Bill

[Quarterbore]

That looks like a correct 1993 USMC M9 Bayonet to me!

Ebay 120322029592

I have one identical to it, mine is in better shpe for the most part but these are interesting as there are a couple varieties. Mine has the full length tang and when the bolt was threaded into the tang it split the tang (hence the reason I think mine was unused). That was certainly not a great idea and the reason there were not many made that way I would guess.

Bill will have more info on these but they are a knife you do not see very often.

[nolesfan1]

By the looks of the final price " not seen very often" would be an understatement!!!!

[porterkids]

So now Mr. Moon maybe you believe me? I told you this was a $2000 bayonet. "Very used" is what makes it valuable. This is a genuine USMC Trials bayonet, actually used by the Marines in their 1993 trials. This particular model, as QB pointed out, has the drilled and tapped tang. These did not hold up well and most were destroyed, making this an even more desireable piece. This will hold or appreciate in value far better than the shiny new M9 bayonets that we buy.

[Carlo]

Hello to everyone and sorry for being away from the forum.
I was actually the second higher bidder in the auction and I'm responsible for the 1000+ dollars bid increment.
I just would like to see how was the winning bidder face expression, when he saw the final price, once my bid was placed
Everybody can be sure that, with me around, you will NOT see high valuable M9s going for "bargain" prices (like the XM9 this last August)!!!!
Just two footnotes:
1) This is the first time I have been outbidded with such a serious offer;
2) To all the ebay US sellers: did you ever realize that by removing the illogical ban-of-international-shipments your income from auctions could increase up to 100%?

[Mister Moon]

incredible !

[porterkids]

With an auction ending at $2000+ you can bet that anyone else who has one of these and was thinking about selling it might now have a little more incentive to do so.

I was at a big show last year and missed one of these by about an hour. It was sitting on a table with a $750 price tag. A friend of mine saw it and thought that was a high price for an M9 and passed by it.

[Chris Johnson]

A positive note for the U.S. economy, and for good martial collectibles, they certainly hold their value.
Carlos… try asking U.S. eBay sellers if you may bid, I always allow foreign country bidders permission after verifying decent feedback.

[Carlo]

Originally Posted by Chris Johnson

A positive note for the U.S. economy, and for good martial collectibles, they certainly hold their value.
Carlos… try asking U.S. eBay sellers if you may bid, I always allow foreign country bidders permission after verifying decent feedback.

Hi Chirs!
that is exactly what I did, and the seller kindly allowed me to bid.
Unfortunately, despite my good feedback, sometimes sellers will not allow me to bid, period.
I have lost many, many auctions because of this.......

Originally Posted by Mister Moon

... my maximum " BID " was 800 $ for this model .... not more.

Fabrizio,
prices are subiective, but I still believe 1800-2000 USD (which is a very high price) was not completely outrageous.
We are not talking about a USMC 1991 M9 (remember the one that sold for $ 2000?), but a version much more desiderable.

[porterkids]

I agree with Carlo. There were only 175 of these made and due to their fragile composition not too many survived. It is a scarce bayonet and of interest to M9 bayonet collectors, Buck collectors and USMC collectors.