Kalashnikov Bayonets of the World

I saw one in sand color as well.

I've managed to acquire one and added it to my collection. Here are a few pics.
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Attached to my Izhevsk AK74
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I have an AK-74 flash hider in 14x1L and attached it to one of my AK47s. The distance from the back of the teeth on the front sight base to the ring on the muzzle device is roughly 75mm, so the distance from the front of the bayonet hooks to the rear of the bayonet ring would have to be about 76mm ...

It looks like it could fit an early AK with some sort of barrel extension. I used a ruler to take a quick look at my AK74s and it appears the tip of the flash hider is about 17mm, so it would clear the ring. An extension like an AK74 muzzle brake/flash hider would move the attachment point for the ...

It's Russanian. Seriously though, I've never seen that and can't wait for those in the know to provide some good discussion.

I've had success with eBay, GunBroker, and Invaluable.com. Unfortunately, the best deals, regardless of whether in person or online, have been with misidentified or unidentified AK bayonets. I picked up my two N. Koreans, EG G36 (based on the AKM Type 2), Iraqi Type 2, and a few others from sites ...

I would think the giveaways are the font and direction of the serial numbers (perpendicular to the grip vs following the grip curve like the Russians use); the lack of the necessary stamps that would point to it being Russian or Polish; grip style and color (eliminating East German and Chinese). The ...

Greetings. I found this recently and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this. It appears to be a Romanian AKM Type 1 with an arrow-in-triangle stamp on the mortise.

Excellent points! Thanks for solving the mystery!

One more thing Mike, I tried to imagine a project to easily make 6X3 bayonets compatible with the existing AKM rifles and the new AK-74 rifles. If leaving as much of the bulbous area in place as possible was a consideration, I would have probably chosen to simply mill the top of the pommels ...

To me, if I were looking at spending hundreds of dollars on such a bayonet, I'd invest a few dollars on a chopped, but complete, AK74 FSB and do a quick test, if possible. Therefore, I would agree with using a fit test as an easy eliminator of a copy or a legitimate mod.

And you're quite right, my ...

Just picked this up a few days ago. It does have the Circle 11 stamp, albeit filled in with some sort of white paint. However, it doesn't have a date stamp or any indication one was removed. The bayonet has an A-prefix serial number with the typical diamond stamp, although it's an incredibly clear ...

Could be. You never know.

As for mounting on a different weapon, mine will mount on an either of my AK-74s, which the regular 6X3 won't because it won't clear. I could only guess that was the intent of the mod...to allow the huge inventory of 6X3s to go on either the existing AKMs or the new AK74s ...

Saw this on eBay- https://www.ebay.com/itm/284656720652 -and it's the first I've ever seen available on any of the auction sites I monitor, and with a hefty price. I was leaning toward a legitimate sample...
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...until I saw this pic and ...

Nice find! Care to share your source?

I used to have one of those on my MAK-90, until I debanned the entire gun.

Here are some old pics I have of the clamp-on installed. I bought mine new and it came in a plastic bag with Chinese writing. One of the drawbacks of the clamp-on bayonet was that the cleaning rod would "walk" forward when ...

I have a similar Izhevsk where the original serial number was over-stamped with Cyrillic "G"s, then restamped with a new serial number. Mine followed a circuitous route to me...I bought it from a pawn shop in Hawaii specializing in Cambodian items, where the owner had personally bought it while in ...

Look like scabbards to me.

Maybe we should have a separate area for fakes and suspected fakes? I know I've seen examples here and there in the individual (by country) sections, but nothing bringing them all together.

Here you go...