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Do you fellas have the bayonet with your MHG's?
OOOOOOOOhhhh! LOL
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MHG bayonet worth $4K? Not having much luck doing better. More than I want to pay. Hell, you'd probably put yer eye out with the dam thing anyway!  Yea, no joke. Or fall on it wile running through the house chasing the cat.
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Or hand-to-hand in the trenches?
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Roy, is that a general question for all MHG owners or just the people responding to this post? I have both the musket and bayonet plus some insignia.
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There was a very well known dealer at a gun show in Montreal 30 years ago who watched a dealer dump a box of bayonets on his table. Larry noticed a MHG bayonet and quickly bought it at a bargain price. Later he showed it to another dealer and gloated about his purchase. The other dealer said he already knew because the vendor had told him when he had bought the other two.
I bought my MHG in about 1990. It took almost 30 years to find a bayonet with scabbard at a price I could afford. Are they worth it? Who knows but you sure won't find one at Walmart.
Most of the MHG bayonets I have seen for sale in the past 20 years have been highly polished and wood varnished. Does a professional refinish help or hinder the bayonets?
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Most of the MHG bayonets I have seen for sale in the past 20 years have been highly polished and wood varnished. Does a professional refinish help or hinder the bayonets?
The dealer wanting $4K talks up condition but honestly I don't know if it's original or polished up. He's damn proud of it though.
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There was a very well known dealer at a gun show in Montreal 30 years ago who watched a dealer dump a box of bayonets on his table. Larry noticed a MHG bayonet and quickly bought it at a bargain price. Later he showed it to another dealer and gloated about his purchase. The other dealer said he already knew because the vendor had told him when he had bought the other two.
I bought my MHG in about 1990. It took almost 30 years to find a bayonet with scabbard at a price I could afford. Are they worth it? Who knows but you sure won't find one at Walmart.
Most of the MHG bayonets I have seen for sale in the past 20 years have been highly polished and wood varnished. Does a professional refinish help or hinder the bayonets? A professional refinish would be an extreme hindrance to me, I wouldn’t even consider a refinished bayonet for any amount approaching the prices noted above. Ymmv
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Only if it was done to resurrect one that laid out in a barn for 100 years.
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The dealer wanting $4K talks up condition but honestly I don't know if it's original or polished up. He's damn proud of it though.
That is his "I don't want to sell it price". That guy loves that knife.... 
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I have both, rifle and bayonet. Bought both from Seller's back in 2002. Not cheap but cheaper back then.
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The dealer wanting $4K talks up condition but honestly I don't know if it's original or polished up. He's damn proud of it though.
That is his "I don't want to sell it price". That guy loves that knife.... It doesn't pencil out that's for sure, and that's what I told him.
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For 4K I bet you could make a real good replica if someone loaned you a pattern. Got a milling machine?
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Holy crap, wonder how much my scabbard is worth?
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Holy crap, wonder how much my scabbard is worth? Enough to retire on, evidently.
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