Two New Bayonets

January 6, 2009 9:04 PM | permalink | comments: 0

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Using some Christmas money, I got two new bayonets tonight. Picked them up from a local collector who always has a booth at the Gun & Knife Show. I picked out these two bayonets on Saturday at the show, but then realized I forgot to take any money. Silly me. So we just arranged to meet tonight.

The top bayonet is a French Lebel, from 1886. I have a shortened version of the Lebel, but hadn't had this long version. The other is a Swiss Mauser bayonet from 1889.

That brings my collection to 49 bayonets, all proudly displayed in the cabinet Dad made for me.

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Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
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I've been blogging since 2004, and it's been fun. Please understand that, though I work for the United Brethren in Christ denomination, the nonsense I spew out here comes from my own semi-functional brain in a totally personal, non-official capacity. Yes, that's a disclaimer.

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