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Reply #15 - Sep 27th, 2017 at 11:02pm
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See anything wrong with this one?

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Reply #16 - Sep 28th, 2017 at 12:51am
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Looks like a dandy bote!

Have you made an offer yet?

BTW: Hartman's The US Entrenching Tools and The U.S. Krag Bayonets can be purchased at this site for a total of $130 plus $12 shipping when you buy both books.  It says until May 31st but didn't specify what year? I have received both copies and have thoroughly enjoyed reading them.

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On a similar note, what's wrong with this fellow:

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Reply #17 - Sep 28th, 2017 at 1:29am
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That's a crazy looking bayonet.  Prolly go out of my reach, especially with the 23% buyers premium.  I made an offer on the one, prolly should just buy it.
  
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Reply #18 - Sep 28th, 2017 at 2:23am
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Just wanted some other inputs since The Krag bowie listed on Evil Bay looks like a fake to me.

The real deal normally goes for $2000 to $3000 or more now days.

Although, sometimes I think a fake one would be cool to have.
  
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Reply #19 - Sep 28th, 2017 at 6:36am
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Is super fake.  As fake as CNN.  Do not buy one unless it has the scabard making the chance of it being a fake is a lot less.

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Notice his phrase "Bowie style"  and not plain "Bowie"  Dead giveaway that he knows it is not the real deal.

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Reply #20 - Sep 28th, 2017 at 2:44pm
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Thanks Culpeper! I agree it is super fake.

Here's more fake Krag Bowie style bayonets for your viewing pleasure:

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Reply #21 - Sep 28th, 2017 at 3:32pm
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You have to watch out for super duper fake 1902 bolo bayonets also.
  

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Reply #22 - Sep 29th, 2017 at 4:51pm
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The seller accepted my offer for the bayonet and it's on it's way.  I used the tips and web links from this site to educate myself.  These things are never at the gun shows I go to but I've never travelled more than a couple hours to attend one.  Thanks for all the tips.
  
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Reply #23 - Oct 3rd, 2017 at 2:30pm
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Received the bayonet yesterday and it was nicer than expected.  I actually selected it due to the apparent condition of the scabbard.  There are no dents, the swivel is tight, just a little surface rust with much of the blueing still present.  The blade has it's original profile and there are no nicks.

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Reply #24 - Oct 6th, 2017 at 5:18am
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Seven hundred bucks for a fake bowie.  Sheesh.

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Reply #25 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 12:34am
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Hello, just got my first krag! New to the boards and of course I have questions. Specifically if anyone knows where I can get a lock for an 1898 bayonet. I have the bayonet, spring and the actual button, but can't locate a lock for it anywhere! Really hoping not to have to cannibalize it from another. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
  
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Reply #26 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 1:30am
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Here’s my 10 foot reproduction, I left all the Bolo markings on it.
  
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Reply #27 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 6:09am
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Fletch42 wrote on Dec 12th, 2018 at 12:34am:
Hello, just got my first krag! New to the boards and of course I have questions. Specifically if anyone knows where I can get a lock for an 1898 bayonet. I have the bayonet, spring and the actual button, but can't locate a lock for it anywhere! Really hoping not to have to cannibalize it from another. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Welcome to the kragdom.  Pull up an ammo crate and sit a spell

You might as well get a complete bayonet instead of running down windmills.  Chances are, there are more loose bayonets with scabbards than the one part you seek.

Soooooo.  Tell us about the rifle.  Is it pretty?  (in my worst valley girl lingo)

Do ya have enough ammo?  Remember you can never have TOO MUCH ammo.  Only ammo you haven't got around to shootin' jest yet.

I measure the worth of a man by the amount of ammo the next of kin has to sell off after he is dead.    I'm not talking two packs of twenty-two long rifle and a few boxes of twelve gauge bird loads.  I'm talking tonnage. Shocked Wink

Seriously, Grab a case of ten boxes and learn to reload if you do not already have that skill set.  Don't go through a Great Barky Dry Spell (Grrrrrrrrr Angry) like many of the other Krag owners. 




  

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Reply #28 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 6:57am
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Someone say "Bolo"?
  

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Reply #29 - Dec 15th, 2018 at 1:27pm
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Thanks for the welcome Culpeper! She's an 1898 that a friend of mine got as a wall hangar. Traded a 42 mosin for it and got her running with a few parts from grandpa's  gun parts. Not "bubba'd" and except for the broken parts I replaced seems all original. Cartouche is from 1898 and she's double p stamped by the trigger guard. I have a few rounds and I'm headed to the range next week to see how she fires. Can't wait!
  
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