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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 45987, member: 54&quot;]I&#039;m no bayonet expert, but you may be having trouble differing between the &quot;model year&quot; and the year of manufacture.&nbsp; Yours appears to be model 1905 &quot;Springfield&quot; bayonet, manufactured in 1912, if that helps.&nbsp; The model 1905 was in production from about 1905 or 6 thru 1922, and the date marked on the blade is merely the year of manufacture, nothing to do with the Army&#039;s model nomenclature, which is sometimes marked on weapons and sometimes not, depending sometimes on the relative cost of the weapon and need to locate the correct technical manuals etc.&nbsp; In the case of a bayonet, the need for correct technical data is minimal.&nbsp; An &quot;all original&quot; like yours is scarce, most were given fiberglass scabbards and plastic handles in WWII.&nbsp; I&#039;d leave as-is, many collectors love &quot;attic-found&quot; condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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