So Who's Got The New Bayonet?

[Yeoman]

I just got issued mine today. So far I'm actually impressed. It's actually a SOLID bayonet that looks like it won't snap off in a soft target.
One of the guys (okay several) just happend to "slip" and have theirs go into the locker or table or whaver they could find. Seems pretty damn sturdy so far. I'll have to try out the wire cutters tomorrow when I'm cutting up the razor wire. The sharping stone looks like it could do the job........for maybe a year. But overall I'm impressed so far. I'll have to see how it turns out in a tree tomorrow.
Greg

 

[Krazy-P]

Got any pics?

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

say what now

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

and post pics NOW please.

just kidding about the emphasis.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

also an NSN if you please.

 

[1feral1]

I'll gladly trade an Aussie contract M9 Buck, first issue (rare, especially in North America), mint condition for one of these CAN-2000 bayonets.

I can only hope ;D

Do post some pics of it for us.

Cheers,

Wes

 

[Yeoman]

well if I can remember to, I'll make sure to take some pics of me playing with it tomorrow.
maybe some in the shit pics
Greg

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

In the shit, in the urine, in the doughnut.  I could care less as long we get to see them.  Once again the Royals get first dibs at the new stuff.

 

[Blakey]

In the shit, in the urine, in the doughnut.   I could care less as long we get to see them.   Once again the Royals get first dibs at the new stuff.

Steadyyyyy!  ;D

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

Easy peasy lemon squezzy.

 

[scm77]

From the photo gallery, uploaded by Bomber

 

[paracowboy]

In the crap, in the urine, in the doughnut.   I could care less as long we get to see them.   Once again the Royals get first dibs at the new stuff.

au contraire, mon frere. paracowboy got his new bayonet some weeks ago!
He enjoys it a great deal.
He also enjoys talking about himself in the third person occasionally.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

Well if it isn't my rich cousins over there in Edmonton.
kinda looks like a K Bar.

 

[paracowboy]

kinda looks like one, but I find it doesn't handle quite the same. I actually prefer the balance and feel of the bayonet, but I have a bad habit of sticking my thumb into the hole when trying to exert pressure on a cut. That's gonna get me a broken thumb. But, for several 'knife-fighting drills' (for lack of a better term), I liked the way it handled in the modified sabre-grip, and reverse grip. The handle seems to be very ergonomically designed (for my hand, anyway). All in all, I dig it.

I wear it on the side of my vest, just over the utility pouch on my left, horizontal to the ground. I've rolled around with it there, a bit, and it seems to work so far.

A far cry from the POS we used to have, anywho.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

I thought is was illegal to sharpen the old C7 bayonet.   Was that incorrect or are we changing things now?

 

[paracowboy]

I was always told the same thing, but this puppy comes with a sharpening stone inset into the scabbard. I guess somebody caught on that edged weapons are supposed to be sharp.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

looks very similar to the M-9
http://www.armynavysales.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=01&Product_Code=MA165&Category_Code=TSH7

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Naw, ours makes the M-9 look like a chinese knockoff. Ours certainly looks more robust. At least in the pictures.

 

[paracowboy]

looks very similar to the M-9

very similar. There's a slight difference in the blade geometry, for instance. The M-9 has more of a Bowie-style false edge, while our new bayonet has a tip more reminiscent of the tanto style. The handle of the M-9 is round, while ours is more oval, and shaped to the hand better (at least for my hands). It's quite similar to the M-16/C7 relationship, really.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

posted edited for those that are extremely picky.