New K.S.98 bayonet

[MichaelWC]

Frist I have to thank Chris for giving me the opportunity to purchase this bayonet from him. It makes a fine addition to my ever growing Schutztruppen collection. 1910 Erfurt SB K.S. 1703. (LG) or Leather grips. The leather grips have seen better days but that is okay.
I don't see many of these. So bagers can't be choosers. It didn't come with a scabbard. I can probably find nice reproduction scabbard or a blank original sometime in the future. I'm not too worried about it right now. Now I can say I have three KS bayonets. Two Schutztruppen marked and one probably used in the colonies but I not 100% yet.

 

[AndyB]

Certainly a nice win.

 

[MichaelWC]

Certainly a nice win.

Thanks Andy.

 

[Slash]

Congrats! I love these .....

 

[MichaelWC]

Congrats! I love these .....

Thank you Slash. These bayonets are becoming my favorite type of German bayonets. I need to find a good book about the KS98 bayonet some day.

 

[Spielkind]

Hi
Those are my favorites too, but it´s an expensive hobby.
There is a quite good new book about the KS 98, from Ian Jackson.
Regards

 

[markwadeks98]

is the wooden handled one a horster from 1913 , if so yes its colonial

Frist I have to thank Chris for giving me the opportunity to purchase this bayonet from him. It makes a fine addition to my ever growing Schutztruppen collection. 1910 Erfurt SB K.S. 1703. (LG) or Leather grips. The leather grips have seen better days but that is okay.
I don't see many of these. So bagers can't be choosers. It didn't come with a scabbard. I can probably find nice reproduction scabbard or a blank original sometime in the future. I'm not too worried about it right now. Now I can say I have three KS bayonets. Two Schutztruppen marked and one probably used in the colonies but I not 100% yet.

 

[MichaelWC]

is the wooden handled one a horster from 1913 , if so yes its colonial

Yes you are right but I think you and I talked about this on the Imperial German bayonets group on Facebook.