Looking for a good reproduction bayonet...

[PvtShot]

I need to get a good (or best quality) repro. bayonet for a '61 Springfield.

Any ideas?

[Jim Mayo]

I need to get a good (or best quality) repro. bayonet for a '61 Springfield.

Any ideas?

Buy an original. It will always be worth what you paid for it and usually fits well.

[PvtShot]

Thanks Mr. Mayo, I am aware of the originals being better. But my question still stands...

[PetePaolillo]

Thanks Mr. Mayo, I am aware of the originals being better. But my question still stands...

Elliot, If you are only going for a reproduction, go with the Italian defarbed version offered here. http://www.taylorsfirearms.com/produ...20Acccessories

Stay away from the Indian made bayonets, The steel is too soft and you can bend them with your hands.
The deal is though, you can find an original for about the same price or a little more.
As others have said...Go Original

[indguard]

That price right there is why we have few young people in this hobby. Just like you don't see anyone under 50-years-old on a Harley, we don't have many young people because the gear is outrageously priced any more.

WTH
The WherestheWallMart mess

[PvtMudflap]

Wow, Taylor's '61 bayonet is $22.50 more than I paid for an original at the Richmond relic show last November.....

DLH

[PetePaolillo]

That price right there is why we have few young people in this hobby. Just like you don't see anyone under 50-years-old on a Harley, we don't have many young people because the gear is outrageously priced any more.

WTH
The WherestheWallMart mess

IMHO That is a cop-out for justifying less than authentically made gear. I had more diposable income when I was in my 20's compared to now bveing married with two kids and a mortgage etc etc. We all have bills don't we? I still manage to make purchases of quality (patterned off of originals) gear. The key is to never pay full msrp for an item. There are deals to be had. Most of what I have bought, was from people either getting out of the hobby or selling off something they did not use anymore. If you want to have a quality impression you have to be willing to either pay for it, learn to make it yourself, or be patient and search out for the good deal. I have never known a hobby to ever be inexpensive. For the record I owned a Harley before I was thirty. I sold it to pay for other hobbies. You can't have everything ya know...lol

Wow, Taylor's '61 bayonet is $22.50 more than I paid for an original at the Richmond relic show last November.....

DLH

...and that is the reason I suggested an original to him as well.

[FloridaHoosier]

Name calling will not be tolerated therefore comments have been deleted. As stated in previous postings of mine and others, prices for quality reproductions should never be used as an excuse for poor living history, as there is indeed as mentioned quality gear available at affordable prices, with some patience and an eye open. Sure, we all know this hobby is expensive, but so is golf, sports, camping, RVing, etc, etc....

[Tiger_rifles]

IMHO That is a cop-out for justifying less than authentically made gear. I had more diposable income when I was in my 20's compared to now bveing married with two kids and a mortgage etc etc. We all have bills don't we? I still manage to make purchases of quality (patterned off of originals) gear. The key is to never pay full msrp for an item. There are deals to be had. Most of what I have bought, was from people either getting out of the hobby or selling off something they did not use anymore. If you want to have a quality impression you have to be willing to either pay for it, learn to make it yourself, or be patient and search out for the good deal. I have never known a hobby to ever be inexpensive. For the record I owned a Harley before I was thirty. I sold it to pay for other hobbies. You can't have everything ya know...lol.

I think you have missed the point completely! Indguard is dead on in what he said. Maybe YOU could afford the best stuff available when you started, but that is NOT the norm! Most teenagers are not interested in impressing thier re-enactor friends....... its more about the car/truck, the girl, or thier high score on World of War Craft! Originally I wanted to do Rev War, but it was too pricie and I went with CW, Later i skipped F&I to do 1812 because of cost, and this was all between 16 and 19 YOA. But now a musket costs more than a PS3 and couple games........So why leave the living room and fridge?

To answer your original question, If you do not want to go w/an original, follow that link to a defarbed Italian bayonet. Its really the only other option.
Good luck.

[FloridaHoosier]

This thread is on track for the lock if there is nothing to add about the original poster's interest in a bayonet. The debate about costs associated with the hobby, which have been beat down for years here, is best served in another thread.