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Title: I have a Question
Post by megstar262 on Dec 5^th, 2010 at 7:34pm

Hi! I found an old bayonet in a drawer in my house .. ive researched a little and i think its a 1896 US Model 30-40 Krag-Jorgensen Knife Bayonet , What would that be worth if anything?
Thanks so much!!

Title: Re: I have a Question
Post by Dick Hosmer on Dec 5^th, 2010 at 7:57pm

Blade should be marked "US" on one side with a date - from 1894 to 1903 on the other. Most collectors prefer to have the bayonet complete with scabbard. Loose bayonets sell, but not as quickly.

Prices range from perhaps $35 for a very rough one (no scabbard, rusty, nicked, chipped grips, excessively sharpened, etc.) to as much as $275+ for a pristine example, with scabbard, EVERYTHING perfect, NO signs of ever having been sharpened, etc.

Most fall somewhere in between.