I was at a birthday party this afternoon and one of the gifts was an AKM bayonet. Unlike the AK47 version, it’s Bakelite and not wood. It’s not the most comfortable of knives to handle and doesn’t seem to have had either ergonomics or aesthetics involved in its design. However, it is definitely robust and heavy and has a built in wire cutting feature between the blade and sheath. I wouldn’t like to use one for bush craft but I did feel more than a twinge of envy as it’s definitely a real knife. I’ll add one to my Christmas wish list. Compared to the little RUI neck knife I got today, it’s industrially larger. It’s an Kalashnikov bayonet. What more needs to be said? Definitely one to add to the cool pile.
Kalashnikov AKM Mk1 Bayonet
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My name is Edward O'Toole and I live in one of the wildest, most beautiful parts of Europe, in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia. Life is an adventure - both physically and metaphysically... I've been living out here for the last 22 years, along with my wife, 3 kids and Jack Russell. My main interests involve bushcraft, prepping, survival and wilderness living (self-sufficiency and self-reliance), ecological, green, smart and natural solutions, motorcycles and motorbike club life, writing and art (I have 7 published books), and exploring the paranormal. For more about my lifestyle, art and writing visit http://www.edwardotoole.com View more posts
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After some investigating, I now believe that the bayonet may in fact be an East German Mk1 type