Krieghoff bayonet?

Fallschirmjäger · 04-29-2017, 01:46 AM

Hello LugerForum!
I have the opportunity to purchase a bayonet manufactured by Krieghoff. It has the HK logo, presumably for Heinrich Krieghoff. Is this an authentic Krieghoff product or some postwar knockoff? I read Randall Gibson's Krieghoff Parabellum book but I couldn't seem to identify any part about Krieghoff making bayonets, besides the ones for the FG rifles.

Any help is well appreciated!

Ron Wood · 04-29-2017, 02:02 AM

That HK is hand engraved. For all I know it may be authentic, but I would be very suspicious. I hope someone with expert knowledge will give you a definitive answer.
Ron

lugerholsterrepair · 04-29-2017, 12:51 PM

someone with expert knowledge will give you a definitive answer. That's not me but put me down as a non believer. I agree with Ron.

wlyon · 04-29-2017, 01:31 PM

I am not even remotely an expert but I would not buy this. Bill

DonVoigt · 04-29-2017, 11:59 PM

I would not pay "extra" for that marking; whole bayonet looks a little too shiny to me; but like Bill I'm no expert.

DonS · 04-30-2017, 08:29 AM

This is an authentic Third Reich Heinrich Krieghoff, Suhl maker marked bayonet, and a very nice one at that.

cirelaw · 04-30-2017, 10:59 AM

I'll stick to Lugers!

DonVoigt · 04-30-2017, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonS

This is an authentic Third Reich Heinrich Krieghoff, Suhl maker marked bayonet, and a very nice one at that.

Good day, learned something new.

wlyon · 04-30-2017, 07:10 PM

DonS
Not doubting you but where did you get the info? Bill

DonS · 04-30-2017, 07:30 PM

Another example. Bill: This is a well known trademark in the edged weapons collector community. This mark is also found on some Krieghoff Lugers. Both bayonets are Third Reich Fire Dept. dress bayonets. Reference site germandaggers.com

wlyon · 04-30-2017, 09:03 PM

Thank you. Appreciate the info. Bill

04-29-2017, 02:02 AM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	That HK is hand engraved. For all I know it may be authentic, but I would be very suspicious. I hope someone with expert knowledge will give you a definitive answer. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	someone with expert knowledge will give you a definitive answer. That's not me but put me down as a non believer. I agree with Ron. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,243 Thanked 2,658 Times in 988 Posts	I am not even remotely an expert but I would not buy this. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	I would not pay "extra" for that marking; whole bayonet looks a little too shiny to me; but like Bill I'm no expert. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

04-30-2017, 07:10 PM	#9
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,243 Thanked 2,658 Times in 988 Posts	DonS Not doubting you but where did you get the info? Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

04-30-2017, 08:29 AM	#6
DonS User Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 31 Thanks: 3 Thanked 45 Times in 13 Posts	This is an authentic Third Reich Heinrich Krieghoff, Suhl maker marked bayonet, and a very nice one at that.

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	I'll stick to Lugers!

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wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,243 Thanked 2,658 Times in 988 Posts	Thank you. Appreciate the info. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon