[SVDS]

 

[heartbreakridge01]

hrmm must have been drunk or built on a friday or monday! :mrgreen:

 

[MachineGunEddie]

hrmm must have been drunk or built on a friday or monday! :mrgreen:

looks like a monday to me :mrgreen:

 

[Billy Mays]

That's weird, if you notice these bayonets have weird breaking points.. Such that it would mean that they aren't full blades running though the handle... :neutral: Is that how all AK bayonets are?

 

[MachineGunEddie]

I think they are just demils, there is a full tang there on the bottom

 

[rayman1]

The bayonets are definately breakable - we broke several of the Russian Type II's using them as throwing knives at plywood in Iraq. Those bakelite handles seemed to be prone to cracking/chipping if given some major use. Especially the Type I transitional (bulbous handled) ones. But anymore, bayonets are kind of an aesthetic thing and few militaries really make them like they used to, anyway.

Here's a quick couple of photos to show the "bones" of the bayonet (photo credit to wherever the heck I got the photo):

 

[SturmGrenadier]

Looks like a war trophy ebay auction photos...."AK bayonet recovered from burnt out BMP"

 

[rayman1]

Good memory - I think that's actually right. I remember copying it for a reference photo maybe a couple months ago from the internet. Still trying to get a ton of saved reference photos organized. :shotz:

 

[Billy Mays]

I know this may sound not the smartest but your saying then then AK knives wouldn't make a good SHTF knife, like comparable to a KaBar? :goof:

 

[5thShock]

A lot of good knives can and will break:

http://knifetest.com/forum/index.php

 

[Enoch]

I chopped up a new pole bayonet and the metal does not extend all the way through, in fact there was very little metal actually inside the bakelite at all. :neutral:

 

[WarBaby]

I chopped up a new pole bayonet and the metal does not extend all the way through, in fact there was very little metal actually inside the bakelite at all. :neutral:

Ill be the first to ask. Why?

 

[Enoch]

Well, because I have a couple of mint ones with original hangers and original wrist straps and I wanted to make a custom job with some orange micarta handles and put a nice Polish insignia in the middle. The one I cut up had some chewed up bakelite spots, so i classified it as a junk knife, available for experimentation. After I found that the steel did not go all the way through I scrapped my plans :sad: