Rare LanCay ?

[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?

[Mister Moon]

Personally i saw approximately 3 model 92 / year.
Rare (?) yes or not, the point of view is different for each of us maybe.
For me rare it's as a model CLEAR, 2 or 3 in four years... and, ultra rare as the XM9 for ex.

Probably "rare" in the "futur", we'll see...
BTW, the price for many of old M9' model, seems not to reach(affect) any more a summit financially speaking...

It's probably the good time for buy an old PHROBIS... Or LanCay http://cgi.ebay.com/PI-Lancay-Four-S...item27b7b6d47f


(PS : I wish that my rough translation does not raise too much problem to our friend the IndianChief76... that come depths of the earth... or not ! )

Amen.

[ColinG]

Yes, it is a good time to buy. On the other hand, it is a bad time to sell. I will have a table or two at the next Militaria and Knife show this February here in Michigan and, as usual, I will have five or six M9's for sale. For all my last shows very few people show any interest in M9s, either Phrobis, LanCay or Buck commerical. I am surprised at how many people don't even know what weapon the M9 goes to. (I have taken to displaying one on the end of an M4). This next show I am going to reduce my prices a bit more and see if that helps. Maybe because this is a poor economy state, but most people seem taken back when any knife or bayonet is priced over $100 - so it might not just be the M9.

ColinG

[pwcosol]

I think the M9's day has yet to come (so far as we collectors are concerned). This bayonet seems to be a bit obscure to the average guy. However, with the large number of cheap imitations now on the market; many from foreign shores, familiarity with the principal design will increase. Periodic releases of US Government "DX'd" bayonets have also entered the market. Another factor will be the large number of U.S. servicemen whom will have had first-hand experience with the MPBS M9 because of the protracted war on terror. Some of these warriors will undoubtedly look fondly upon this symbol of their service, and perhaps a few will even gravitate towards becoming collectors themselves. This has certainly been the case with war material from WWII, Korea, & Vietnam. Lastly, when Bill Porter's landmark book on the M9 is finally published, the secret will be out!

[ColinG]

At last weekend's militaria show I had six M9s. A mix of commercial and military. I only sold two at $150 each, but had a lot of lookers and questions. Three people asked, "Where is the stone that goes in the pouch?" Another two or three asked, "What's the difference between a military and a commercial M9." Of course the ever popular, "What gun does this go to?"

I sold one to a man who just wanted one for his bayonet collection and another to an ex-GI who told me that when he was in Iraq, he "used the heck out of his."

So, the bottom line is I thing PWCOSOL is right about new collectors coming into the mix as well as ex-GIs who were issued this bayonet and now want a reminder of their service experience.

CG

[ColinG]

Mister Moon -

Finally a fullered Lancay showed up on ebay. It went faiirly fast for $155 on a "buy it now". I think maybe it could have gone for more if not on "buy it now". The item number was 110656387059. If I did not already have a fullered Lancay I would have bid.

Colin

[Mister Moon]

Originally Posted by ColinG

Mister Moon -

Finally a fullered Lancay showed up on ebay. It went faiirly fast for $155 on a "buy it now". I think maybe it could have gone for more if not on "buy it now". The item number was 110656387059. If I did not already have a fullered Lancay I would have bid.

Colin

Great ColinG...

It's better for you, to not bought this "s**t" bayo.
This is wrong.... no dash blood groove m9's were made.
The scabbard is also too new... it looks like a "scrap barrel blade".
It's completely the style of a "re-canstruction".

[ColinG]

Mister Moon

Now don't hold anything back! Do you like it or not?

CG

[porterkids]

I think what Mr. Moon is trying to say is this bayonet is not an original early LanCay fullered bayonet. There are too many things not right with this piece to be an early one. It is a genuine Lan-Cay bayonet, I'm not disputing that. Just not one of the original early fullered ones.
- Blade should be marked "LanCay" not "Lan-Cay"
- Fastex should be dated 92
- Scabbard body should be early style, not Product Improved

[ColinG]

Oh, I know what Mister Moon is trying to say - it's that he says it with such gusto. Wasn't something mentioned in past threads about these fullered Lancays marked Lan-Cay instead of LanCay. I'll check later today, but something about them being for the commercial market or something like that.

CG