Swedish Mauser M1896 bayonet 

In the Swedish Army, I was issued this bayonet in the 1990s to mount on my Swedish K M/45 submachinegun.

I just found one of these in an antique shop where I live here in the North East of Scotland! Good/Medium condition. Random place to find a Swedish bayonet! Thanks for helping me ID it.

First bayonet I ever got. Very common here in sweden, but also unique and charming

I bought one this morning at a vide grenier. French for table top sale. The man told me it was French first World War. Bless him he charged me 10€ so a real bargain, its stamped EAB and numbered 452. Thank you for the presentation.

Definitely an interesting piece of history knowing their connection to the winter war and Sweden's involvement

Mine is marked 9 over L6 (maybe i not L?) then No (dash under little 0) 455. Made by EJ - AB serial 6773 (all matching). Left side of blade crown only right maker an serial. I bought it as a kid (14+/-) in army surplus store in states. Was in nice shape. Until I left it under the back seat of a VW Vanagon for 20 + years. Retrieved it a few years ago. Little bit of rust but cleaned up well enough. Sharp. No scabbard. I left it under the back seat of VW while I used it for camping, tool, misc. also so my roommates didn’t steal it or hurt themselves. I don’t remember what I payed for it but $14.00 is what pops into my mind. Probably not much more or less. It is a sturdy knife with almost no risk of destruction unless you snapped the blade and even then it would probably still have some functionality.

Saw one of these at an antique fair a few months go, very nice looking.

My bayonet has the conical stud mounting feature. It mounts very securely to my M96 infantry rifle. I don't know of another bayonet that mounts in this manner, but it works very well. Thank you for all the marking information, I will have to take a much more detailed look at my example as it could explain its history.

Got one of these when in British Army and had it on my belt,stationed in Germany, 1990-91.

You are correct about the divot on the top of the pomel ring, it is needed to clear the barrel when fixed. As for other interesting unit marks, my bayonet is marked 1 over IK2 which is the code for the Engineer corps :) I like your videos mate, its neat to see a little more detail about bayonets than many others show.

I10 is ”Södermanlands” in the city of “Strängnäs” The singel crown was actually the marking for the Swedish army up until 1942 when it was change to the three crowns :).

They are an excellent excellent bush knife.

The Ljungman is no joke, my grandfather did his military service at the P4 armored regiment. They were issued the older Mauser models and considered themselves lucky, as the M/42 Ljungman was sometimes referred to as "Tumkrossen", meaning "The thumb crusher". And i do agree that this bayonet was definitely advanced for it's time, instead of using a long sword-bayonet which is definitely oversized for any practical use outside of any environment that basically isn't a wide open field

I bought one couple years ago at my scabbard looks very crude was there a difference in wartime production and peace sign production or maybe like a crude Cruise replacement cheers

Got one of these at a yard sale for $12. I can't find it...

Your frog is converted from the earlier long version with the diagonal retention straps,if you look you can see where the old straps were cut off and the belt loop shortened.

What steel did they use

Swiss M96 Bayonet. What tool do you use to disemble the blade from the Handle / Grip ?

Back in the 1980s the UK magazine combat and survival ran a competition to see who could do the best conversion to a survival knife.

For the pronunciation, just go with how you would read it out in English, like with "Paris" or "Madrid".

which is the longest bayonet? is there a site where bayonets can be compared?

The m1938 was never issued to the cavalry. on the frog from m1896 there must never be a cavalry mark. The cavalry they used the m1894 carbine with the m1914 bayonet.